Evening star., 1925-01-22
WAR CONFERENCE
TO CONTINUE WORK
Permanent Committee Is
Named-EmpoWered to
Call Another ParIey.

CauSe ana cure OF w bT dL the w dSH-
ington Hotel today took steps to per-
petuate its work among it's nine con-
stituent national organizations of
women by launching continuing
committee"
This committee, to consist of the
presidents of each of the nine organ
izations and the chairmen of the peace
committees or similar departments
Of these organizations. was provided
in the report presented by Miss Rose
Brenner, president of the National
Council of Jewish Women and chair
man of the committee on co-opera-
tion. The conference unanimously
approved this recommendation, and
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, general
chairman of the conference, called
the new committee to meet at 1890
to form a permanent organization.
Under it's authority this committee
is to transmit the findings of the
conference to the various organiZa-
tions represented, and keep a record
of the progress made by each. Pro-
vision is also made for the commit
tee to call another conference at any
time thought necessary.
Not Separate Group.
Miss Brenner in making her report
explained that 1t was not the thought
to set up another separate organiza-
tion, but to provide a central fex-
ible plan" for carrying on the work
of the conference.
The preliminary report Of the con-
ference committee on the cure of war
was to be submitted this afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock.
A motion of Mrs. George Allen OF
the League of Woman Voters re-
ferred to the continuing committee,
provided that Mrs. Cats be author
lied to send or take to Geneva the
findings of the conference, with the
pledge that women of America stand
ready to cooperate in the cause of
preventing war, without fear"
Raymond Fosdick OF New York dis
cussed before the morning session the
value of international conference on
cooperation.
Declaring 1T looks as II the opium
conference hit the rocks pretty hard" +"
he, however. predicted that the facts
which had been gathered by that con-
ference would prove of great value.
Substitute for League.
When Mr.. Fosdick declared, You
who do not like the League of Nations
and it's technique, have you anything
else to suggest" he was greeted
tered a protesting yes"
Miss Grace Abbott, director OF the
Children's Bureau, in speaking on
Work of the Advisory Committee on
Traffic in Women and Children" re-
vealed that in developing a plan for
international cooperation on the
problem some nations had defended
segregation of vice and the double
standard for men and women This
he Sni rof
vail. in the conclusions of the COM
mittee.
Miss Abbott declared herself in
favor of national action for the pro-
lection of children and evoked much
applause.
Other speakers on the program to-
day included: Prof. Herbert Feis of
the University of Cincinnati, DR.. Mary
E. Woolley. president OF Mount
Nicholson. president of the women's
Foreign Missionary Society; Dr. Alice
Hamilton of Harvard Medical College;
Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer. and DR..
Julius Klein, director of the United
States Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce.
The session tonight will be ad-
dressed by DR.. Alfred E. Zimmern,
Columbia University; Allen WardwelI
+ u.
of Johns Hopkins University.
The session last night was given
over to an informal discussion of the
causes of war.
During the discussion at the forum
former Attorney General Wickersham,
who had addressed the conference
earlier in the day, made reference to
the attitude of Senators on the World
Court, which drew a challenge from
Mrs. H. w. Keyes, wife OF the Sen
stor from New Hampshire. Mr.
Wickersham had said that in his
opinion It was to be regretted that
the Senate was not responsive to
the will of the people on the World
Court. Mrs. Keyes defended her
husbands stand against the World
Court, explaining that to her knowl-
edge he had not received single
letter urging him to support it.