Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-14
ENFORCE DRY LAW,
ELECT HONEST MEN,
URGES D. A. R. HEAD
Eighteenth Amendment Here
to Stay, Says Mrs. Cook
at Opening Session.
WOMEN CALLED TO HELP
IN U. S. HOUSEKEEPING
Youth of Today Held Essentially
Sound-Would Bar Teachers
With Radical Views.

WIN Aloo4to1 v iSWo
An urgent appeal for strict law
enforcement and note of warning
against continued disregard for gov
ernmental authority were sounded
today in Memorial Continental Hall
by Mrs, Anthony Wayne Cook, presi-
dent general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, when she vel
coined the delegates of that society
to their thirty-third Continental Con-
gress.
Speaking in a setting of profound
Americanism, with the descendant.
of the founders gathered before her
and the national emblem nodding in
unison with the standards of the
forty eight states above her, Mrs.
Cook briefly traced the story of the
nations creation and called upon
American womanhood to stand firm
to old faiths.
Searching OF Conscience.
AT this particular moment in our
national life" she said, when we
are beset with assaults upon our
trust in public officials, it is we'll for
us to renew our beliefs at the deep
wells Of old faiths. 1t may be that
our national destiny requires an ap-
praisal of our integrity searching
reckoning with the voice of our ma
tional conscience.
If we are to be examined, we shall
not shame the pure courage that estab-
lished our record in the fiery crucible
of war. Nor shall We elevate the flesh
above the spirit, for it is the spirit that
has always persisted beyond the en-
durance of flesh. The ordeal of Valley
Forge broke the bodies of men: il did
not break the unconquerable spirit that
put conservation to service of God and
country above all else.
Every star and every stripe in our
flag was placed there in valor and in
honor. That valor and that honor now
in our keeping must be passed on to
our children without stain. The true,
the good, the right shall prevail to Sc
cure the benefits of liberty and justice
to all. And how far have we come
toward securing liberty and justice"
High Position of L. 8.
There is no government in all the
world today that rises to such high con-
ceptions of civilization as the United
States. In translating and applying our
ideas of civilization we have required
laws for the benefit of the public. These
laws are based on human experience
and are only more or less imperfect
copies of eternal laws.
IF we are 10 enjoy security of our
persons and our property We must sub
nit to authority with it's abridgment
of our freedom of action. 1t is I'M
thinkable that any American would eN-
change the restraint of law for the
freedom of anarchy. In the words OF
Secretary Hughes, The great duty OF
the hour is not to make law, but en-
force law.
After a vigorous effort lasting
more than fifty years, the eighteenth
amendment to the Federal Consutu-
ton was ratified because a majority
of the people in this country so Wtlled;
In my opinion. that amendment Will
never be repealed. Loyal respect for
that amendment is the duty of every
citizen. Nor can any law be houted
without serious consequences to the
citizen and to the state.
Need Respect for Inv.
eff lawlessness is on the increase
in this country it is because we have
elaxed our respect for law. To point
to the danger of that relaxation and
to aid in law enforcement, representa-
tives of the most powerful women's
national organizations in this country
only last week preceded US in conven-
ton here in Washington. The law
must not be Knocked in this day by the
willful selfishness of the few. The
law is the sovereign will of the peo-
pie and it shall prevail
Mrs Cook called upon American
ay,h nn1 n
clean living and clear thinking. She
urged patriotic curriculums for the
public schools and related the educa-
tional work the Daughters of the
American Revolution are doing. She
insisted that the society must con-
tinue its important work OF preserv-
ing fur postersty historical land
marks.
Honest OmciaIs Demanded.
Turning briefly to the political sit
uation, she called upon women to
constitute themselves the minute
women of our age" and be Informed
of all things that concern our coun-
try's welfare" Referring to the can
didates and the considerations that
should have a part in the voters
choice, she said, the wisdom of Solo
llOIl, Tic VI ISIuOoNAShoS
and the acumen of a Richelieu can
not redeem the character lacking
moral rectitude.''
Mrs. Cook advocated a merchant
marine even if a subsidy is necessary.
defended the younger generation
from charges of moral looSeneSs OF
a fatal kind, and demanded censor
ship of radical teachings in the
schools.
Opens With Pageantry.
All the time-honored pageantry
that has marked the inaugural ses-
sion of a Continental Congress was
witnessed at the opening of the
thirty third congress today. A bugler
of the United States Marine Corps
on the platform called the delegates
to Assembly" and a moment later
sounded the call ito the chief"
AS the last note of the bugle
torium the Inaugural procession
began to move down the main aisle
led by the pages, each dressed in
white. 1t was a striking scene and as
the procession stepped slowly to-
ward the rostrum, the bugler began
playing Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean"
A fagbearer stood in the center OF
the platform, and as the pageant
marchers reached her in pairs they
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