Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10
MACN|DER APPEALS
FOR PREPAREDNESS
Tells Women's Patriotic Con-
ference of Need for In
| dustriaI Help.

address to members Of the Women
Patriotic Conference on National De
Tense at Memorial Continental Hail
Money and lives were thrown In
hundreds of useless directions at the
outbreak of the war because the
United States was unprepared. he said
A studv of the country's commodities
and the preparation Of its resources
during peace time is OF vital lmpof-
lance to it's defense in case OF future
war.
In answer to paciflstic queries as
TO why the Army has cost the Natiofl
more since the World War, MIR. mac.
Nider said that because the Cniteu
States since the Versailles Treaty mas
comparatively the smallest Army. we
must erect a great industrial frame
work upon which the national effort
can be Immediately realized.
Small Individual Cost.
Eat $2.2S apiece we are not paying
much for insurance for our famllles
and our citizenship" Mr.. MacNider as
serted in pointing out the small per
capita expense of the Army, while
the needs of the civilian population
cannot be sacrificed in time of war
for those of the men at the front.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. who
addressed the conference this morn
ing, spoke of the splendid training
for citizenship which the youth of
the Nation who served in the Navy
derived. He pictured the battleship
as a university, where the young men
of America, through their thorough
education in a variety of useful
4rodac haoo,,,a hafter enIlipnpd moral
~, physically and mentally.
1.-The Navy should be an asset not
only for the national defense, but for
the education of youth as patriotic
citizens Of hte United States" Mr..
Wilbur urged. He pointed out that
from between 5000 to $4,000 young
men complete their enlistments in the
Navy yearly, and stressed the impor-
lance of having them we'll clothed. fed
and paid for their services they rem
der to the country. Mr.. Wilbur COM
mented on the splendid conduct of the
feet during its visit to Australia, de-
spite the temptations there because
Of non-prohibition.
Mrs. Brosseau Presides.
"The defense OF the country does
not depend upon the Army and Navy
alone, but upon our attitude toward
our own institutions" Representative
Florence P. Kahn of California said
when she addressed the conference.
She pointed out that Congress Is
exactly as the people of the United
States make it. Mrs. Kahn decried
the habit of polxing fun at Congress
as creating disrespect by the youth
Of the Nation and immigrants to this
country for it's institutions in gen.
eral. She urged that this insidious
rnicrobe of disrespect among the
youth of the country be combated
tional propaganda.
Representative ]. J. McSwain of
South Carolina spoke briefly on War.
the Whole Nations Business" and
Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley. ma
tional president, American Legion
Auxiliary, outlined the purposes of the
conference, to take up the gauntlet
which the women pacifists have
thrown down. and to let the Nation
know that the women of America,
whose families have fought in her
defense, do not believe in a national
policy of unpreparedness for national
defense, but on the contrary. stand
firmly for a national defense policy
which will not only guarantee the
future safety Of America, but will in
sure this safety without the needless,
unnecessary waste of American life
and treasure, which has characterized
all our wars in the past"
Mrs. Alfred j. Brosseau, president
general, Daughters Of the American
Revolution, presided at the meeting
this morning. The following were ap-
pointed to constitute a rules commit.
tee for the conference: Mrs. H. II
Mcclure, president American War
Mothers, chairman; Mrs. w. H. Cud-
worth, American Legion Auxiliary;
Mrs. S. E. Guernsey, Daughters of
American Colonists; Mrs. Mammie P.
Dorsey, Auxiliary to Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, and Mrs.
Mary Logan Tucker. president. Danes
OF the Loyal Legion.
Longworth Outlines Status.
Addressing the conference last night.
Nicholas Longworth. Speaker of the
House, declared that the United
States Navy is not being maintained
at a standard Of efficiency adequate to
the thorough protection of national
interests
Making special reference to the
handicap imposed upon the United
States by the provisions of the lin1i-
tation Of armament conference here
In 1921, Mr.. Longworth said: 1--WE
went into that conference. potentially
at least, the greatest sea power of
them all, and we have emerged hay
Ing made by far the greatest sac.
rinces''
To-day we are in a position of dis.
tinct inferiorty to Great Britain, and
not so far away from Japan While
we owe an obligation to the nations
participating in the conference not
to exceed the s-5.3 ratio, we owe an
equally great obligation to the Ameri-
can peaple not to go below it," the
the Speaker pointed out.
The failure of the House to pass
the appropriation bill for the com.
mencement of the three cruisers
already authorized by law because
opposition leaders argued the posi-
bility of another limitation of arma-
ment conference in the near future,
threatens 'lamentable, if not humili.
ating, lapse from our former high
estate" according to Mr.. Longworth,
who said that any such argument was
refuted by the fact that ''it was our
commanding strength and generous
willingness to make great sacrifices
that brought about the successful
result of the Washington conference. A."
Mr.. Longworth strengthened his plea
with the assertion that the Army and
Navy cost less than one-fifth of the
total National expenditure to main,
tain.
Women Among Speakers.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
Of Massachusetts, Representative
Mary T. Norton of New Jersey. Brig
Gen. John Ross Delafield of New York
and Mrs. Alfred j. Brosseau, presi
dent general, Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, were the other
speakers of the evening. The invo
cation was pronounced by Rev. vii
liam L. De Vries, chancellor Of the
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