Evening star., 1926-11-22
TAKES UP DEFENSE
OF MRS. MILTON
Founder of Beauregard
Chapter of U. D. C. Criticizes
Conventions Action.
~ the Associated Press.


RICHMOND. Va, November 22.-
Criticism of Mrs. Samuel Burle'gh
Milton of Washington. u. c.. by the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
for having published in the Richmond
Times-Dispatch photograph of her
self taken in regulation Red Cross
bathing suit continued to be discuss
cd by the various delegates remain
ing in the city yesterday The Daugh-
ters adjourned their thirty-third an
nual convention Saturday night.
The publication of the picture
caused a storm Of protest at the morn
Ing session of the convention Satur.
day. A committee, appointed to ex-
anime the bylaws of the organiza-
ton with the object in view of de-
termining what the convention could
do in the way of discipline. brought
In report which was. in effect a
severe censure of Mrs. Milton. Mrs.
Milton announced in Washington
Saturday night that she expected to
bring court action against the United
daughters of the Confederacy for
adoption of the committee report.
Mrs. Mary w. Johnson, founder of
ne Reauregard Chapter, No. I112,
Washington, ID. c., of which Mrs.
Milton is member. issued a sta te-
lnent yesterday crticiZing the action
IF the convention in censuring Mrs.
Milton.
Denies Right of Control.
Mrs. Johnson's statement said In
part:
No organization can control the
press except in matters that take
place within the assembled conven-
non. nor can thcv control the in.
9lipnah1n ~ oh
Under the Constitution of the United
>tateS. as written by the forefathers
on our confederate people who had a
large part in the wording of the
CONSTITUTION.
1T is to he hoped that this fine
noiE of women. who were worn and
tired. and who thought onlv of tho
moment as in contrast to the stand.
ards OF dress in past generations. wiz
not upon serious deliberation attempt
20 carry out the resolution proposed
o 90 this Will lnjure the Confederate
neople among all nations.
The convention did not ston to
realize that they were attacking the
regulation or official swimming suit
OF the national American Red Cross
1t Is far different from the hoopskirts
OF 1861, but is official in an organiZa-
ZION with which most American wom-
en- are identified.
"NO Aim to Exploit"
'The wearer. Mrs. Samuel Burleieh
Milton, is herself so worthy and so
prominent that she had neither need
nor intent to exploit any organization
Of which she may be supposed to be
member. Any person. any woman
especially, who has received the con-
Eressional medal, q medal not bestowed
by the Congress of the United States
unless well merted. is deserving of
and is a valuable subject of interest
10 the press and their readers
"A woman of action, she did not
sit in her sheltered luxurious home,
I'm quiet pursuits. during the World
War, but she so well did her part
amid the battlefelds of France that
the French government honored her
for conspicuous service. She is as
worthy a recipient for the service
cross conferred by the United Daugh-
terS of the Corfederacy on lineal de-
- endantS of Confederate veterans for
distinguished service in the World
War as is any man who has received
that cross. She is woman: the
CnitefA Daughters of the Confederacy
are women. Let us in the next con-
vention. for the good of the order.
and in Justice to an unjuStly attacked
woman, confer on her the same e'oSS
that is given to male descendants.