The Washington times., 1926-04-01
CONGRESS OF
DAUGHTERS
INOFFING
House Committee Head
Has Tremendous House
Keeping Job
By JEAN ELIOT

NIA1h Iuo annual ~0.'"".-
w Congress Of the D. A. 4. on
the horizon, Mrs. Adam Wyant mas
been about the busiest woman IN
Washington. For, as chairman OF
the house committee OF the
Daughters of the American Revolu'
ton. she has had supervision over
preparations for the great CONFER
ence which meets each year during
the week in which falls April -,
the anniversary OF the Battle or
Lexington. And that's about as
Herculean a housekeeping job as
can be imagined.
Wide Jurisdiction
Mrs. wyant's province ranges
from Presidents to pins, arrange
ments for the greeting of dis
tinguished visitors coming under
her jurisdiction as wen as the dis.
tribution Of badges. She has kept
An eye on the spring cleaning at
Memorial Continental Hall. She
supervises pages, parking. poiics
and fire protection for the coming
congress and a myriad other de-
tails. For two years she has been
In charge Of the physical arrange
ments for the congress. and her
friends in the d. A. r., who are
legion, feel that the smoothness
with which the last two annual
meetings have gone off has been
largely due to her powers Of or
ganization.
Twenty-Five committee chairmen
and over 600 women look to Mrs.
Wyant as their chief, so that she
has had able assistance. She has
been working for weeks on ar
rangements and now has every
thing so completely organized that
she doesn't need to show up until
the congress convenes. So she Is
taking her small daughter. Anne,
TO New York for q holiday. They
are leaving today and viii remain
until after Easter.
Election Year
This is election year among the |
Daughters, which always adds in
terest-and excitement to the an.
nual meeting. Until recently it APP
peared that the plans of certain in
f1uential members oe the d. A. r.
20 have Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook
succeed herself as president gen.
eraI might have a chance OF sue
cess. But the announcement OF
the candidacy of Mrs. Charles
White Nash, Of New York, spiked
their guns.
For. you see. the constitution OF
the society provides that prest-
dent general may only succeed her
SELF Il there IL no other candidates
presented TO the congress- Ana
even under such conditions the In
cumbent can remain IN Office only
until machinery may be put to-
work for the election OF . new
president and officers.
Successful Executive
During the last year. said by
members of the society to have
been the most peaceful in the many |
turbulent years Of the past, all In |
dications pointed to a concerted |
effort to keep candidates out OF the
field 50 the way would be open for
Mrs. Cook to remain long enough
to finish work undertaken under |
her administration. She has been
called one Of the most popular |
president generals ever to. hold OF
fice.
AS an alternative TO this plan. It |
was suggested that an amendment |
be presented to the constitution at |
the gathering next month permit |
ting the reelection Of q president
general. This would have necesst- !
fated presentation Of the proposed
amendment so days before the
congress meets, and the time was
allowed to go by when Mrs. Cook |
frowned upon the idea on the
ground that a precedent would be
set which might prove an embar'
faSSment later.
In addition to Mrs. Nash, Mrs.
O.. Wallace Hanger, of Washington,
is being groomed, 1t Is said, for the
race. for president general. She
opposed Mrs, Cook unsuccessfully
at the last election three years ago.
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JOHN COOLIDGE HERE