Evening star., 1925-04-29
VICTORY MEMORIAL
!. HIT AND DEFENDED
Daughters of 1912 Argue on
Delay to Project of
:. Mrs. DimoCk.


ington Victory Memorial. at Sixth and
3 streets, which she is sponsoring,
came in for sharp criticism and stout
defense today before the United States
Daughters of 1872 at the Willard
Hotel. There was a Veiled threat of
withdrawing from Mrs. Dimock' s
project. officers were reelected for
a second two-year term.
4 The criticism of Mrs. Dimock and
4the memorial building started with
report from Mrs. Robert j. Johnston
of Iowa. treasurer of the national
society and chairman of a committee
in charge of the proposed 1872
memorial room in the Victory Me
mortal Building. After debate. it was
decided the committee should see Mrs.
Dimock and determine the status of
her memorial building and its pros
poets and report back to the next
annual council of the society.
Mrs. Johnston, in reporting to the
society, declared that work of the
memorial building is not proceeding
Sees Little Progress.
Your chairman finds" she said.
that very little progress has been
made since a year ago. You will re
member three years ago when Mrs.
DimoCk was asked the question, when
the memorial would be completed, her
answer was, IN Tune lOT llle
ration in 1925 1t is no nearer compile
ton now than it was a year ago.
They have the foundation started and
your committee is very much at a
loss to know what to recommend to
you.
Your money is accommodating; you
are getting more every year. [ have
been informed. since being here, that
Mrs. Dimock' s ideas and those of other
people who are connected with this
matter are not in accord. and that
they do not wish to proceed under the
plan that she has presented. l think
l may say that is reasonably authori
tative, and that is one of the causes
of delay.
The committee would be very glad
If we might select our room and pro-
ceed so that we might have some
headquarters. But in our opinion we
never will have headquarters if we
wait for that building"
Criticism Is Applauded
This statement was greeted by the
delegates with cries of good" and
applause.
Mrs. Johnston said the committee
would be very glad to receive instruc-
tions from the society and proposed
that the committee Investigate and
ascertain if we might not in some
way obtain some headquarters.
With the money which had already
been accumulated and the dues
coming in, she said, I'VE could easily
pay for very acceptable quarters"
On motion of Mrs. Robert B. Lewis
of Pennsylvania that the committee
be invested with power to look into
the matter of a headquarters, how
ever, Mrs. Noble NeNport Potts,
president of the District of Columbia
Society, sprang to her feet in defense
of Mrs. Dimock.
Defended by Mrs. Potts.
"It does seem as if we should in
yite Mrs. Dimock to say something
on behalf of her proposed building"
said Mrs. Potts. We have told her
we would take a room in her build
ing. l think it is only fair to this
woman of the District of Columbia,
who has done SO splendidly in the
furtherance of the memorial building
idea, that we invite her here and
permit her to state her side Of the
case"
Debate was precipitated which Gnel-
ly resulted in the committee being
instructed to see Mrs. Dimock and re
port back to the next annual council.
A large amount of memorial ma
terial is being lcollected by Mrs.
J. F. F. Cassell of Staunton, Va,
curator national for the society. she
reported after the meeting, and is
being held in her home at Staunton
for use in the memorial room.
Mrs. Washington L. Mann of New
York, chairman of the credentials
committee, reported there were pres
ent 222 delegates.
Officers Are Reelected.
The society re- elected officers for
a second term of two years as fol-
lows: President national, Mrs. Sam
uel Preston Davis, Arkansas; second
vice president, Mrs. Alvin Valentine
Lane, Texas; fourth vice president,
Mrs. Samuel z. Shope, Pennsylvania;
curator, Mrs. julius F. F. Cassell,
Virginia; librarian, Mrs. Herbert E.
Bartlett, California.
a resolution introduced by Mrs.
Reuben Ross Holloway of Maryland
calling for adequate national defense,
~as passed unanimously. 1t placed
the society on record as officially
notifying the President and other
officials of the Government that I'VE
again reaffirm that we stand firmly
with them in asking for adequate
protection by the land. by the sea- in
the air and under the waters"
The council closes with tonight's
session.
Seek "Old IrOnsides" Fund.
The project for reconditioning the
U. S. s. frigate Constitution, known
as "Old Ironsides," occupied atten-
ton at the sessions yesterday after
noon and last night. The Daughters
are heading a campaign for raising
s475.O0O by popular subscription,
particularly among the school chill
dren as an educational and patriotic
movement Congress authorized the
reconditioning, but appropriated no
funds. Among those who spoke on
the subject yesterday afternoon were
Comdr. J. H. Sypher, L. s. n; Folger
McKinsey of Frederick, Md; Mrs.
Edward H. Crosby. president of the
NasSs chuSettS State Society, and Ad
miral T.. w. Eberle.
Admiral Eberle. in an address last
night at the banquet, declared it was
certain that 'in 1872 a weak navy
plunged us into war" He also point
ed out that the great new airplane
carrier Saratoga, recently launched,
was the fifth ship of that name in
the United States Navy.
Lejeune Favors Rifle Practice.
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune United
States Marine Corps, reviewing the
valorouS campaign of 1872, said:
Americans were the best shots in
the world then, and they still are.
You women might we'll encourage
rifle practice everywhere, for so long
as Americans are able to shoot
straight there isn't much danger of
ANYBODY coming over here and tax
ing our country away from us
Rev. DR.. Herbert Burk of Valley
Forge, Pa, expressed gratitude for