Evening star., 1923-04-21

Story's suggestion contained definite
sppr0xsl Of seSrstasy Of war wa wssns
edness on this continent
1t was referred to the resolutions
committee. All Of tho other resolu-
tions were reported out In due time.
but that Of Mra Story did not find
its way back to the congress until
the sessions were nearing their end.
and then with an unfavorable re-
port.
1t was pointed out at that time
that the D. A. r. had time and again
taken a stand in favor Of prepared
ness and that its passage would be
superfuous. AS result the con-
gress voted to table 1t. but unfor-
tunately and unconsciously thereby
, placed itself officially on record as
having opposed resolution in
tended to uphold Secretary Weeks
stand.
When Mrs. Greenawalt arose this
morning she pointed out that al
though previous conventions of the
u. A. r had stood UP for prepared
ness. they could not have favored
the present attitude Of the Secretary
OF War. since new conditions had
presented themselves. She quoted
! from the paper that the congress
J had refused" to stand absolutely
pack OF the government in it's ef-
forts to keep the United States pre-
pared for eventualities In a min
| ute the auditorium Of Memorial Con-
tinental Hall was In an uproar
Favored Preparedness.
I'VE have not refused to stand be-
hind the government in its campaign
of preparedness" Mrs. Minor an.
nounced from the chair. THE d. A. R..
have always. for twenty years so far
as your president general is concern
ed, absolutely favored a policy of
adequate preparedness. Under the
rules. the time for offering resolutions
ended last night"
However" Mrs. Greenawalt insist
ed, Il think we should now suspend
the rules and pass a resolution abso-
lutely supporting the government, for
Secretary Weeks does represent the
government. so that pacif1st papers
may not have an opportunity even to
insinuate that this society refused to
uphold the government"
After a hurried conference with the
parliamentarian. Mrs. Minor ANNOUNCE
ed that 1t would be possible to obtain
the consent of the congress to sus-
pend the rules for the introduction Of
an actual emergency resolution. The
question was put following consider
able talk back and forth from the
J floor and finally carried. Mrs. Green
await then introduced her resolution
and 1t was adopted without a dis
sentlng voice.
Asked to Fight Drugs.
Judge Stanton J. Peelle, former Jus
tice Of the United States Court Of
Claims. brought the national narcotic
menace to the attention of the d. A.
r. in a short address. He drew en-
thusiastic applause from the dele
gates when he outlined q plan spon-
sored by some of the most prominent
men In the United States to convene
in this city. a conference aimed at the
drug traffic, and invited the women
Of the D. A. r. to attend.
Since the beginning Of our govern.
ment men have had control" he said
Recently. however. women have
come into their just rights, and now
have an opportunity to take leader
| ship in the great reform that must
be brought about In this country. And
I am sure that work could be in no
better hands. Many menaces confront
US today, but one that seems para
mount is the growing use Of mar
cotics;. No official report Of the num-
has ever been published. but you
will And that virtually every commu-
| nifty on this continent will have one
| or more.
'If you combat this overwhelmine
| situation. some OF the most promi-
| nent men in this country have ar
ranged q conference to meet in the
main ballroom Of the Willard Hotel
here. May 2, 3 and 4. These men will
represent every section Of the coun-
try, and know OF one governdr Of
J state who has appointed twenty
physicians from his commonwea
to attend and hear the addres sses. Out
Of this conference. we hope to evolve
some means Of inducing the people
in the United States to organize to
control the Illicit traffic in narcotics,
which Is digging at the root Of our
very foundation"
Ask Uniform Divorce.
The resolutions committee today re-
ported out favorably q resolution in
troduced by Mrs. U. G. Smith. vice
regent Of Willamette. Portland, Orek,
asking the congress to memorabilia