Evening star., 1923-04-17

general. Offsettlng this. however.
Mrs. Hanger has strong support from
the south and the open Endorsement
OF Mrs. Minor and most of the other
incumbent national officers.
Nominations Tomorrow.
Nomination of officers will begin
tomorrow night. The congress will
Dc called upon to nominate candi-
oates for president general, seven
general. recording Secretary general,
corresponding secretary general, or
ganizing secretary general, registrar
genera; general; treasurer general. historian
Smithsonian Institution, libraria n
general, curator general and three
honorary vice presidents general.
.ballotins Will begin Immediately
after the congress convenes Thurs
dny thst + 10 81 Hiose esIs is the race. however.
will be required to elect a president
general and the entire national
ticket with her. The rules OF the
congress require the successful can
didate 70 have at least one ballot
more than half Of the total delegates
person was willing today to hazard
a guess as to who might be the con-
Ventlon s. choice, 1t was generally
conceded that today the race was
I
Mrs. Cook. with each trying to win
Story.
Urge Radical Fight.
Secretary Of State Hughes, Sir
Auckland Ceddes, the ambassador
from Great Britain, and NJ. Jusserand,
the ambassador from France, address
"a the congress last night Secretary
Hughes. like President Harding and
in
upon the need of Americas patriotic
societies combating the spirit OF
adicalism. The Secretary Of State
paid tribute to the patriotic work of
the -. a. X. In the past, but empha-
sized the need for even more strenu-
Gus Americanization work in the flu
ture.
You aim to inspire that love of
country, that burning zeal of true pa
srlots which Is our unifying force and
We need now the applied patriotism
OF peace. In this effort we have spe-
ciai difhculties to surmount. Our ra-
ciai !nherltances give us the strength
or many lands, but we are troubled by
a defective assimilation and a vivid
sense. on the part of many among
our people. of blood relation to other
peoples which instead Of promoting
good will, affiict our life with divisions
ana traditional animosities when are
escapable differences in the economic
interests OF different vocations and
activities. When the unifying power
OF supreme issue disappears the
harmony of the patriotic music of
common endeavor Is lost in the strife
and discordant noises of controversy
over the interests of particular
groups.
Function Of Society.
1T is the function of patriotic or
ganizations amid these inevitable
strivings to look for the common
ground on which all citizens, despite
differences of race, creed. party and
economic interests, can unite TO pro-
mote the general welfare. We begin
by recognizing that loyalty to the
flag is not loyalty to a particular
race. 1t is loyalty to our institutions
They are institutions of an ordered
liberty, of system of government.
designed to secure requisite national
power without unnecessary impair
ment of local autonomy, to give op-
portunity 20 the majority to rule,
while safeguarding the essentials of
personal freedom.
They are institutions providing for
orderly changes. but not making them
too easy, SO that the expression of
the peoples will may be deliberate.
They are institutions grounded in re-
spect for law. There is no room here
for those who plot revolutions. We
believe in free speech and free assem-
bly,, but there is no freedom to coun-
sci violence or the oVerturning of
the government.
Against insidious propaganda as
well as open assault, against all revo-
lutionary efforts, we stand united, not
10 serve any selfish interests, but to
protect the fundamental interests of
all citizens alike; In defense of liberty
and order, which are inseparable; in