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Easter Mass Meeting Re quests President To Call Conference To Discuss World Disarmament
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WASHINGTON. March 27-A reso- fution requesting President Harding to call a conference of the nations on world disarmament, and asking that increased applications of congress for armaments be postponed pending such q conference, was adopted today at an Easter mass meeting held in advo- cacy or dIsarmament under auspices of the woman S disarmament committee
 Senator Rorah Of Idaho again ad- vocated an agreement between the united states, Great Britain and Japan 10 reduce naval armaments and charged authors of the program for in creased armaments with being "sedu- lous patrons of bolshevism, painstak- Ing and industrious gardeners of un- rest and misery
 The ties which bind peoples to their governments are snapping because of great burdens of armaments" he said.
 Ihe meeting. it was announced was held simultaneously with others in Is states Other speakers were Repre- sentative F'rear of Wisconsin Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark and Edward F. Grady of the American Federation of Labor.
 Mrs. Florence Kelly of New York, who presided. said the meetings mark the spontaneous. uprising of women on the first Easter on which they have had power.'
 Mir. Grady said that the American Federation of Labor joins in to have the statesmen do something at once to bring about definite program for world disarmament.
 We however clearly recognize" he added, that we cannot diSarm while other nations are armed. But we want disarmament, the reduction to be grad ual and by general agreement
 Among telegrams read was one from w. J. Bryan, saying he twas heartily In favor of disarmament-for an agree with other nations if possible, by our example if necessary"
 There is no way to bring about disarmament except through agree ment with other naval powers" Sena- tor Borah said. Tt should never be our purpose to leave our country in secure, but it should be our determined purpose to bring about such an agree ment as will bring about security without bringing about bankruptcy.
 Great Britain has again taken up the subject of building. Japan is adding to her program. And we are still to have the greatest navy in the world. So the race is on.
 Through an agreement or under standing, which puts an end to naval competition, we can reduce taxes, re- store faIth in the government at home and augment friendly relations abroad
 Representative Frear said that the }dSt ndd submitted ~amazing" peace time naval estimates and that the navy appropriation bil as reported to the senate would have levied S25 on every American family
 Protection for America" he said lis a captivating slogan following the war. Behind all movements for a lar ger navy, investigations disclose thai powerful influences are strongly en- trenched whose interests and indus tries depend on liberal appropriations By similar coincidence we may req. sonably expect, until the navy bil passes congress, sensational headline. and editorials advising congress anl the country that Japan is planning tt capture Hawaii and the Philippine. and everything in the Pacific from thu Behring Sea to the Kingdom of Yal and the Cannibal Isles.
 Management of affairs was criticized by Ida Clyde Clark, who asked:
 What sort of a deal are you mel trying to put over on us?"
 we women demand that the mer who speak for us are to be made truly representative of the people," she de clared.
 You admit that you've succeeded il getting things in an awful tangle. Now we are willing to come in and hell z you straighten things out