Evening star., 1925-04-23
D. A. R. CLEARS WAY
TO VOTE UPON NEW
$2,O()O,O)D BUILDING
Routine Election of Vice
Presidents Will Be Followed
by Debate on Project.
ECONOMY GROUP PUTS
UP STRONG OPPOSITION
American Legion Aid for War
Orphans Approved-D. C. Suf-
frage Issue Pending.

While delegates to the thirty.fourth
Continental Congress of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution were
going through the motions of ballot
ing on seven candidates for as many
vacancies in the ranks of their vice
presidents general the congress pro-
ceeded to clear its slate of routine
business to make way for debate on
the proposal to build new 81, 600 900
auditorium
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi-
dent general of the society, announced
that she would reserve the right to
automatically call up the auditorium
project early tomorrow. but that if
conditions warranted putting the ques.
ton TO a vote today she would do so.
Considerable argument over the audi
torium, particularly relating to the
method by which it might be financed,
is expected from the floor.
Election Is Perfunctory.
The election of the seven vice presi-
dents general today is merely a per-
functory matter. There are only seven
candidates for seven places, and bal
loting was conducted by State delega-
tions, small blocs of delegates leaving
the meeting in the Washington Audi.
torium at time so that a quorum
might remain in their seats to carry
out the scheduled program without
delay.
The candidates being voted on to-
day are Mrs. Robert ]. Reed of West
Virginia. Mrs. S. A. Dickson of Louis
lana, Mrs. John H. Hanley of Illinois,
Mrs. L. Victor Seydel of Michigan.
Mrs. Walter Ambrose Robinson of
Alabama, Mrs. II. H McClintock of
Oklahoma and Mrs. John NJ. Young of
North Dakota. They were placed in
nomination without opposition at last
nights session of the congress.
Whether or not the action of the
congress late yesterday, which voted
/ down proposals to increase the initia-
! ton fees and annual dues. indicates a
| determination to follow a policy of
strict economy, which may postpone
construction Of the new auditorium
| several years, at least, was question
many delegates were considering to-
| day. AT the best, it is said, proponents
OF the project may expect some Sc
we're questioning as to the societys
ability to undertake the building pro-
gram at this time.
Sentiment for Building.
There is no doubt that the Senti-
ment of the delegates Is overwhelm-
| ingly favorable to the construction of
the auditorium, but fear is felt in
! some quarters that those who are
! fighting for program of economy
may succeed in delaying the building
/ operations indefinitely, thus necessita-
ating the congress holding it's meet
| ings for many years to come in
rented auditorium, such as the Wash
| lngton Auditorium, at a large expense.
That such policy would soon prove
to be false economy is held by many,
| but whether those in favor of be-
ginning operations Immediately can
persuade a majority of delegates TO
take this point of view remains TO
be seen. 1t is declared that for the
| society to continue TO pay thousands
! of dollars every year for the use of
a hall not owned by it will soon make
serious inroads on the treasurer's
funds. That the Daughters will
eventually build the proposed audi
torium is not doubted.
| Among the important resolutions
adopted unanimously by the congress
| today were two of outstanding inter
est. BY adoption of one the Daughters
vehemently protested against the use
of the field at Yorktown, Va, where
| CORVALLIS surrendered to George
! Washington, as a golf course. and
|
for outstanding heroes of the battle of
Yorktown.
! Approve Legion Project.
| The second gave the American Le-
gion and its auxiliary the unreserved
| Endorsement of the Daughters in its
| campaign to raise an endowment fund
of $5,0o0,000 with which to provide
! for 35, 900 orphans of veterans of the
! IEnrld War Of these nrnhQnS II
declared, 5000 are definitely destitute
and without proper protection. Ire
mendous applause marked the pas
sage of this resolution, against which
not a voice was raised.
In another resolution, the congress
authorized Mrs. Cook to send to for
mer Amba ssador and Nine. Jusserand,
in the name of the entire society, the
Daughters regret at their departure
from this country, and an expressed
wish that some future congress may
again welcome them as guests. Sym
pathies for Secretary of War Weeks
and Mrs. Weeks over the formers i'll
ness were also voted.
Complaint was registered with the
congress that railroads giving dele
gates to the congress reduced fare
tickets had not allowed them sufficient
time to take in side trips to places of
patriotic interest before and after the
! formal sessions. resolution peu-
tions the passenger associations of all
trunk lines to hereafter extend the
return limit of these tickets so that
! future delegates may have ample time
to see points Of interest in this part
! of the country
/ Schools Are Endorsed.
| Without dissenting vote the con.
gress also gave Endorsement to the
following schools: The Hillside School
| for Boys, at Greenwich Village, Conn;
the Kate Duncan Smith School, in
Alabama, and the Mount Verde School,
in Florida. A resolution, authorizing
the use of q small reception pin"
| bearing the insignia of the society, by
members, was held for action until all
delegates could be in the auditorium.
Another resolution on which action
was postponed for the return of all
1 delegates, asks the Daughters to
recommend that it's members bow
their heads during the singing of the
fourth stanza of America" as a mark
| of respect for Deity. The resolution
would also put the society on record
| as favoring a campaign to make this
| custom national, just as it is now
| customary for all men to raise their
| hats and stand at attention during the