Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
WOMEN TO FIGHT
+. FOR us. DEFENSES
II National Organizations to
Be Represented at ConcIave
in Memorial Hall.

A movement to maintain competent
national defenses ms "the best insur-
ance for peace" sponsored by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the American Legion Auxiliary,
will be launched here early next
month when the representatives of %
national women's organizations. hav-
ing an aggregate OF probably several
million members. assemble in Memorial
Continental Hall.
The avowed purpose of the meeting.
which will open on February 3. and
continue through three days, is to
reiterate the demand of the woman
hood of America that defenses com.
petent to successfully protect this Ma
ton and its principles against attack
be diligently maintained A somt-
what similar meeting was held here
two years ago under the auspices of
the American Legion Auxiliary
Call for Meeting.
The call for the Forthcoming meet
ing was issued jointly by Mrs. Alfred
J. Brosseau. president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, and Mrs. Adalin w. Macauley.
national president of the American
Legion Auxiliary. Invitations to par
ticipate were limited to patriotic so
cieties. whose members or kin had de-
Tended the republic in times of danger,
from the time of the Revolution to the
World War.
Mrs. Brosseau, commenting upon
this stand. said the sponsors felt that
women whose relatives had fought
for the Nation were we'll qualified to
urge that women in general uphold
the Constitution, which provides for
the comon defense, and prevent
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is to show anew to the home women
the need for such a stand that the
conference was called she said.
Propaganda IN Schools.
Propaganda seeking to reduce or
abolish the various arms of defense
has found fertile field in some homes,
and even in schools and churches, =
Mrs. Brosseau added so 1t seems
that 1T is only by placing before the
home women the utter necessity for
adequate defense measures that we
can be prepared to combat this dan
gerous propaganda.
Women from every State in the
Union will he present. Included Will
be the entire national board of TIE
Daughters of the American Revola
ton and the national officers and
committee chairmen of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Accepted Invitations.
The full list of organizations which
have thus far accepted invitations to
attend. together with the delegates
of those already accredited. follows:
American War Mothers-Mrs. II.
H. McCluer, Kansas City, No.
National War Mothers--Mrs. How
ard c. Boone, Kansas City: Mrs. G. A.
Howell, Altoona, Pa; Mrs. Charles
Haas, New York City; Mrs. Elizabeth
Martin, Milwaukee. Wis: Mrs. VIII
liam FL. Marshall. Philadelphia. Pa;
Mrs. Nj. c. O'Neill. Washington, d. c.;
Mrs. f. c. Wagner. Riverdale, Md;
Mrs. a. Shanahan. Jersey City; Mrs.
John /. Huntington. Bloomington,
Ind.
American Women's Legion--Mrs.
r. r. Thiele. Mrs. e, g. MacCartes,
Mrs E. H. Shaughnessy, Mrs. r. r.
Wade Mrs. Peter Hazes. Mrs Arthur
c. Adair, Mrs. Charles Demonet, Mrs.
Howard L. Hodgkins, Mrs. Samuel
Firth, Mrs. George y. Thompson and
Miss Mary f. Donnelly, president, all
of Washington. u. G..
National Society Daughters of
Founders and Patriots of America
Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel, Litchfield,
Conn, and 10 delegates.
Daughters of Union Veterans of
, Civil War-,Miss Agnes l, Mccoy ma
tional president. Fall River, Mass:
Mrs Mary North, Herndon, Va; Miss
Anne HaRe, Miss Jennie l.. Hamilton,
Miss Cora B. Davis. Mrs. Kathryn c..
Rain. Mrs. Moree Bucklee McElroy.
Miss Nettie Tanner, all Of Washing
ton, d. c.: Miss Anne Leasure and
Mrs. Grace Matthews, Baltimore.
Group From ID. A. II.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, Mrs Alfred j. Brosseau presi-
dent general; so national board mem
hers: Mrs. H Hoover Hanger. Wash.
ington, D. c.. Miss Ada Johnson,
Washington. d. c.. Mrs. Charles r.
Banks. North Plainheld. \. J.; Mrs.
Russell: William Magma. Holyoke.
Mass; Mrs. Daniel NJ. Garrison An
nspolis. Nd. Mrs. John Pearce Cam,
Newark Del; Mrs. Herbert F. Lind
say. Milwa dkAe, Wis.
The American Legion Auxiliary,
Mrs. Adalin W. Macauley, Indian
apolis. Ind. and ~ national Officers.
Orsa MIA tions which have accepted
but have not forwarded names of
delegates follow:
order of First Families of Virginia
Mrs. Henry Lowell Cook. Milwaukee,
Wis; Daughters of American Colon
lists, Mrs. Sarah +. Guernsey. indie
pendence, Kans. National Society
DANES of the Loyal Legion. Mrs.
Mary Logan Tucker, Washington, d.
CT The order of the Gold Star. Mrs
Catherine Mulvey. Geneva. y. Y.
Wumen's Relief Corps. G. A. r., Mrs
Edith Mason Christy, Oberlin. Ohio
National Society. Daughters of Foun
ders and Patriots of America, Mrs
John I.aidlaw Buel, Litchfield. Conn.
Women's Overseas Service League
Miss Helen Douglas, president, At
]anta, Ga; Miss Lena Hitchcock