Evening star., 1924-04-01
NAVY-SECOND-TO-NONE POLICY.
SECRETARY WILBUR ADVOCATES
Stand for 18Th Amendment Also Taken in address
at Y. NJ. {. A. Barquet-FesS, Freeman
and SEE Among Speakers.

The American Navy shall be second
to none on the face of the globe. and
the United States will be safe as a
consequence, Secretary of the Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur declared in his first
public address since becoming Secre-
tary, at the Y. NJ. c. a. banquet at the
Willard Hotel last night. He said it
is his desire that the Navy shall be
manned by the cIeanest and best men
of any nation, and that he will use
his greatest effort to bring this about.
I'VE fail to realize" said the Secre-
tary, that all human developments
and changes are the result of slow
evolution, expedited and sometimes
retarded by great wars. The funda-
mental principles established as a re-
suit of war and generally acceded to
and even centuries for their complete
fulhllment and application to human
affairs.
Need of Peace Effort.
1--WE are, however, still struggling
in our internal affairs and in our in
ternational relations in the establish
ment of the fundamental principle of
equality in human life and opportu-
nifty. We should recognize that even
if every nation in the world sub
scribes to the principle that there
should never be war any more, it
would still be necessary to buttress
that resolution by adequate armies
and naVieS and by continued and
daily effort to keep the peace among
nations.
There is at present a persistent
effort to diScredit the eighteenth
amendment and Legislation to enforce
the same. We should realize that q
change so radical and so far-reaching e
could not be effected overnight and
that only by persistent and constant
effort of all men who have the good
of the nation at heart can the desired
end be achieved, namely, a. sober and
prosperous people"
Spencer Is Toastmaster.
Senator SeIden NJ. Spencer was
toastmaster, and introduced DR.. Jason
Noble Pierce, who delivered the in
vocation. Tho educational, physical
and spiritual achievements of the Y.
NJ. c. A. were lauded by n long list
of speakers, including, besides the
Secretary of the Navy, Senator Sim
con d. FeSS, the Chinese minister,
Mr.. Sao-ke Alfred Sze, and Bishop
James T.. Freeman.
Senator F'esS said the "Y" is "indiS-
pensable because it deals with the
spiritual but not in the same sen Sc
as the church; it deals with the edu-
cational in a manner different from
the school, and it's right to a high
place in the development of physical
we'll being cannot be disputed"
The international aspect of the ~
work was emphasized by Mr.. Sze,
who said that eff a nation is to be
uplifted it must first uplift the man,
and that the character OF the educa-
tional work of this association in
China is the handspring in the uplitt
movement there.
Hold to Apostles Greed.
TN spite of everything you may
read in the New York newspapers,
the Apostles Creed is still being said
in Washington" Bishop Freeman told
the assembly. He reminded the gath
ering that now and always this ma
tion is Christian at heart, and chal-
Ienged any man of his age to try to
make a favorable comparison of con-
ditions as they existed in his youth
with those of today"
Representative Clifton A Wood
rum gave several vocal selections, ac-
companied by Mrs. Carl R Chind-
blom, wife of Representative Chind-
blom A grouh>of about twenty boys