The Washington times., 1925-04-21
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luton thanking the President Of
che United States for his courtesy
IN addressing the congress last
night and to Mrs. Coolidge IN ac-
companying him were unanimously
adopted.
Mrs. Coolidge sent a big basket
Of White House flowers to Pres1-
dent General Cook today.
Memorial Tor Dead.
Special memorial services with
anrroDriate music closed the morn.
ing session shortly after noon today
Tributes were paid for Doctor Kate
waller Barrett, former State re-
gent, and Mrs. Willard T. Brock,
Mrs. Malinda Hopes and Mrs. VIII
liam D. Kcarfott, former vice presi-
dents general.
TIE afternoon has been reserved
for meetings OF State delegations
and national committee which VIII
meet In Memorial Continental Hal.
Tonight, beginning at $50 o'clock,
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presl-
dent general, and other national or,
lltars win receive the delegates and
f6eft friends IN Memorial Contlnen-
ri Ell. They win be assisted by
The state regents.
Ecz8CO
ara dance will be given by Mrs.
krxs Anderson through the Suzan
Flviafe HetzeI Chapter Of the Dis
kffef Of Columbia at RAuscher's
krara $50 until midnight.
President Lauds Work.
re session this afternoon will
i've tAe congress its first chance
6lscuss politics since it opened.
Hsh tribute was paid to the
MIriotic purposes Of the Daughters
the American revolution by
es.dent Coolidge last night in his
dress at the Washington Audi
kiuml.
More than 5000 delegates. altern-
Is, and their friends greeted the
fessdent and Mrs. Coolidge with
echiefA. During the Prestaent's
neech@ the cheers and applause
re frequent.
Fhe President referred to the
ai.official work Of the D. \. r.,
<tIeh although apart from Gov arm.
.@n1 supervision. was doing gooo
considerable number Of pee.
30. sc said. He warmly commend
ifs ArneTicapizatfon work at
sNllIs island and its educational
pregrafsa among the iIliterate. These
bDoliefeo were p1inistering to the
Id6al 6k self-kovernn1ent, he said.
Discusses Immigration.
The present immigration policy
appears TO be satisfactory, the
president declared, although It 10
.stfll in the experimental stage.
"Restriction of immigration il
nothing less than . revolutionary
change from the older days when
Ne boaSted that this country II.
fered refuge and opportunity. lib
erty and security. to all who de
sifed Them he said.
''The policy Of restriction scented
necessary, in view Of the certainty
thai unprecedented numbers would
now to us from Europe following
the war: more than we could be
sure Of asaimilating. more than tie
European countries could well
snare. Had there beeen no liTnita-
among us in the last four years
would probably have been several
million greater.
u OESH
receive and place such a number,
Il may well be doubted whether
they would have found their coY1di.
ton here much better than it was
81 Europe. Certainly our problem
Of helping adjust them to the nGw
conditions and the hard competition
OF such a situation, would have
been Ear more difficult.
"Tt 10 nanifestly impossible to
know how many immigrants would
have come in the last four years II
no restrictions had been iInpossd.
But competent official authorities
have estimated that 100000
would have come in each OF these
four years, or over three times as
many a. did actually come, We
may well doubt whether that would
have been 20 the advantage OF
either them or the country.
Welfare Promoted.
The welfare Of all the people viii
Be promoted by q truly national
life. In these last few years we
hare ali realized as never before
the need to bring about the spiritual
unification OF this great people. A
hundred and ten million people, liv-
ing together. may or may not con.
stifute in the full sense q nation Of
40 900, 900. The war brought APP
probation Of this truth.
. Struggle for Unity.
We achieved our independence q
century and a half ago. we con.
tirmed our political union sixty
years ago. We have all the time
been struggling toward spiritual
and moral unity. To gain and per.
y Il IL, we need just such interests
and activities as these to which the
Daughters OF the American RevOlu.
ton are so sincerely devoted.
I'VE need not only to draw the
newcomers into our social struc-
lures. but we need also to make
them contribute to its strength and
beauty. We may gain much from
them. In the liberalization OF our
Sulturs, the broadening Of our in
ferests, the development OF our lit.
erature and arts, the formation of
q rounded, symmetrical national
character they can help US vastly.
interference by the Government
n affairs affecting a large number
OF persons can only be avoided by
eincere private regulation, President
Coolidge told the delegates.
Mrs. Cook introduced NJ. Daesch.
aef, the Ambassador Of France, who
epoke In English. He expressed
pleasure ~ 4 newcomer 70 Wash.
th6t6n to have the opportunity OF
attending q y. A. r. congress as
one OF his first public gatherings
ct which he had been present. lie
naid tribute 70 hia predecessor, ~,