Evening star., 1927-04-18

Referring TO the "Siren calls OF dis
tress,' Mrs. Brosseau declared the
position of the United States cannot
he maintained Gin the big parade Of
life unless it is prepared as we'll as
any other nation TO defend itself. Ths
ID. A. r. stands for defense of "the
land of their BIRTH" and she added:
THAT may be militarisnl. but my per
sonal definition of such an attitude is
good American common sense and
foresight"
Mrs. Cook Raps Reds.
In her address to the congress, Mrs,
Cook also appealed to the delegates
on the score of national preparedness,
saying that at the present surely
even the most misguided of the paci-
fist elan must be realizing the need
OF adequate preparedness on land, sea
and air."
"Ffne-sounding phrases emanating
from the silver-tongued orators Of the
pink variety, who. consciously or lin-
consciously, have borrowed their doc
trines from bolshevism and anarchy"
she declared. 'are not meeting the
present world situation in our national
relations with those powers whose
governments are boiling with disrup-
tion and civil strife. Instead. it isyour
red-blooded American citizens Of the
Marines and the Navy in whom we
must put our trust and upon whom
America must depend if she is to keep
her ratio of the worlds peace"
Mrs. Brosseau. /; official spokesman
for nearly ,0u3 women, urged
loyalty to the President of the United
States and those administering the
affairs of Government. She said she
know the United States had never
been prepared for wars into which u
reluctantly had been forced, and that
she believed that outside the home
there was no better medium of de-
velopment for youth than military
training such, fer example as that re-
ceived at citizens military camps.
items of thousands OF students will
thus become potential soldiers" she
declared.
Blames Soviet for Suicides.
Women are perfectly capable Of
making thoughtful political surveys OF
conditions which must be met at the
primaries and upon election days. she
pointed out. and can see that those
elected have a minimum of interest
in purely political measures and a
maximum of interest in the future OF
the country.
Characterizing the startling number
of suicides among college and high
school students as Testimony that
some sinister force is eating into the
vitals of young life.' Mrs. Brosseau
attributed the cause to the wide pub
lication of Soviet edicts. flushed
silence fell on the auditorium while
approximately 1000 delegates. alter
mates and guests listened as Mrs.
Sv,tO
the dicipleS of Lenin so earnestly adj
vocating disarmament for the United
States while Russia has q standing
army of $4,000 men with militia and
reserves mounting into the millions.
A program extending over six days
has been planned for the congress.
1t will include a reception given by
the President and Mrs. Coolidge, ad
dresses by Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur, Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers of Massachusetts; Mrs. En-
nest Thompson Seton, president OF
the National League of American
Pen Women; Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
honorary president of the Girl Scouts
of America. and Mrs. John Laidlaw
Buel, president of the National So
ciety of Daughters Of Founders and
Patriots of America.
G. 4. X. Meet Tomorrow.
Ranking officials of patriotic organ
izations will take part in the opening
exercises tomorrow morning at the
Red Cross auditorium of the thirty
second annual convention of the
Children of the American Revolution.
Most of the u. A. II. officers and
State officers will attend this con-
vention,. at which Mrs. Josiah II. Van
Orsdel, national president of the G.
A. r.. will preside and make the
opening address.
The sessions of the d. A. r. started
promptly at $50 o'clock. when C NJ.
Ashton, organist, started to play his
first selection, "Andante" from Fifth
Sympohny" CTschaikowskyJ. on the
great organ of the Auditorium, and
long before he began "Hallelujah'
from THE Messiah" Handel), the
fourth and last number of the re-
cital, virtually every one Of the
1900 or more ID. A. r. delegates and
alternates was seated according to
the State delegation arrangement.
Mr.. Ashton also rendered the other
selections on the program, '9Traum-
erai" (Schumann) and Prelude G
Sharp Minor Rachmanioff).
With the sounding of Assembly
by a bugler of the United States
Marine Band, Mrs. Brosseau and the
national officers escorted by nearly
200 pages, dressed in white. marched
down the aisles of the auditorium,
while the assemblage stood at atten-
tidn, to the platform, where the presi-
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