Evening star., 1925-02-23
u. S. Aim Declared
Solely Defensive in
Talk to Women.
HOPES ALL NATIONS
WILL ADOPT POLICY
Gen. Hines Says Army
Has Peace Idea but
Pleads for Backing

Problems of the world in banish-
ing war, and of the United States
in being ready to resist any aggres-
sion, were outlined by President
Coolidge and by military and civilian
leaders TO group of women meet
ing at American Red Cross head
quarters and later at the White
House today.
Addressing a group of more than
100 women at the White House, rep
resenting Is organizations, meeting
in fourday convention here to
discuss the national defense in its
relation to world peace, President
Coolidge declared that although this
Nation should not abolish the Army
and Navy, 1t can afford to limit its
military and naval esta blishments so
as 10 assure. that, while determined
and able to defend ourselves, we have
no intent If aggression"
The President made 1t plain that
in his opinion If every nation would
enforce such policy, armament
costs could be greatly decreased and
the general welfare of humanity
promoted.
Hines Outlines Army View.
A few moments previously the wom-
an advocates of preparedness had
heard Maj. Gen. Hines. chief of staff,
describe three possible solutions Of
the national defense problem and
some of the difficulties now faced by
the Regular Army, and heard Assist
ant Secretary of War Dwight F.
Davis describe plans for marsha1ing
industry for wartime emergency az
the very antithesis of militarism'
while Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, as
sistant chief of staff. declared the
men of the Army are in accord with
plans to Danish war.
Referring to his part in war prepa-
rations, Mr. Davis said that Industrial
preparedness means primarily prep2-
ration to avert war 1T means that
every man, woman and child in the
great service of supply throughout
our country will be ready to do their
part in the national defense; that de-
mands for power, labor and trans
portation have been intelliEently
anaIyzed and properly co-ordinated;
that every dollar of the Nation,
every resource of the farms, forests,
mines and factories will be prepared
to cooperate with our rnanpower
against aggression. These plans are
the, very antithesis of militarism. The
knowledge that we are fully pre-
pared will make an attack upon US
most perilous and most improbable
and thus will make for peace.
Pronteer to he Curbed.
Mr.. Davis said the Government is
determined to eliminate the Stacker
and profteer in case this Nation Is
ever again at war. Control of the
Stacker, he added, win be effected by
control of capital and labor, while by
administrative measures the profteer
will be eliminated.
Industrial preparedness Is the
backbone of national defense. Ma
tional defense is national life. In
dustrial preparedness offers a way
toward progress, prosperity and peace.
The rest is service"
Declaring that many persons are
ignorant of war and its causes, Gen.
Drum added that commercial rivalry
is one of the underlying causes of
conflict and that the people, not gov
eInments. make war.
Women Being CataIoKued.
Gen. Hines said the accomplish
ments women can undertake in war
time are being studied by the general
staff, not with the idea of making
fighters of our girls, or of creating
any such thing as woman bat
talon of DEATH" but experience had
proved, he said, that there are some
tasks that women can perform better
than men, and the study was in
tended to catalogue these to show
how woman volunteers of the flu
ture may be used to the best ad-
vantage in order to release
men for heavier and more dangerous
duties"
Referring to national defense
problems, Gen. Hines said. there are
just three possible solutions" The
first was to wait until war came and
then pay the full price; the second,
Ito try to prepare hurriedly at great
cost and waste when war is immi-
nent," and the third, ito build ac-
cording to a program, year by year.
which is the only economical and
sound way"
Wants BiE-ScaIe MRneuvers.
At the present time. the general
said, Regular Army companies in the
United States average less than so
men and each man has to pretend he
is four in field training exercises
In addition" the general said, "the
training problem Of the Regular
Army Is growing more severe each
year. &. Because of the shortage of
funds the Regular Army has held
no maneuvers, except in Panama and
since the World War. As
long as our officers were war-trained
this might be postponed. The time
for maneuvers on large scale is
here.
Our reserve munition supply is dis
1t needs replenishing. We
have confined our efforts since 1918
to experiments, building only models.
The time has come for the manufac-
ture of military munitions on a more
ambitious scale so thatb they will
eventually exist in sufficient quantity
to satisfy the demand of defense, until
our industry can replace them"
Defense Policy Upheld.
Those who oppose a policy of ma
tional defense with the idea that
they are promoting peace in the
world are but deluding themselves
and at the same time depriving their
of the very instruments
which will further peace among the
peoples" Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron OF
Baltimore told the opening session
of the conference yesterday.
The causes of war" he said, f.iie
deep in the necessity to find place
for excess populations, the competi-
ton for work, markets and in the
iealusy of the nations to secure pref
srential rights to raw materials. No