Evening star., 1928-01-08
women TO DRAW
PEACE PLANS HERE
Delegates Representing TO-.
600 600 Will Hold Anti-War
Sessions in Capital.

Intent upon framing dernite
,,,,,,,m for world peace, nine ma
,i,,al women's organizations, repre-
..,,irr sn estimated membership OF
~ ouo 600. will cooperate In the third
,,,;,na, conference on the cause anu
...,,,, ,f war when several thousa'"
.,nlcuates will hold sessions mere iton'
,a.,rn,v 15 to 10, at the washington
/ Hotel. .,o Ameri.
c,n Association Of University women
,.,,,nci, of Women for Home MIS-
sons. Federation of Woman hoaIuS
: of Foreign Missions of North America :
General Federation OF women =
Clubs, National Conncll o. w'sm
Women. National League OF WoIns.
yntc,s National Woman's Chflstial.
,r',,,e,ance Union. National Board OF
v.,,,rc Vomen's Christian Assoc'a'
,,nns National Women's Trade Union
League.
Al Phases t" BE Aired.
Accepting the premise thai wo,"
nnace il possible. all sides OIL w.
n,o,,,em will be discussed ny speake.s
who are being chosen for their eApsa'
rnov,edra oi national ana ihtef"a
Sttfl
.',,n ,,n FOR armament and those VINO
,,a aptiatma ment, isolattonlsts ar"
,.,.,eucuprs. and those who favor the
,,ol;cy Of the United States in taxing
, hand In Central American ah"h"
and those who ere against H.
rhp widely divergent views rt 'heSe
,,.,ters many of whum are tntefhs
,inpallv famous. will he eNp'esSt"
a,,,n- the four days Of the conist'
,',,.a =, three sessions each day. re
,weep sessions 100 delegates from
a.cl of the cooperating ORGANIZATIONS
yin offer their own conflicting op'"'
ions i'm n series of forum d,schss'ons.
Two peace plans viii I've feau a.
The conference. the result or coh'ss.
open only To the 4oo readers W."
have been following denhite's "u'
une,, course pf study since last Jan
,,n,.,. !, nreparation for this meeting.
Thn.a women. who have beea Aofh'
ing singlv and in groups. have heeh
,nyi,od In write essays mol @Nceed'
Ing . eoa words In length. to he turned
In ia the conference committee ny Jan
,,rv The two essays Offering tue
n,nst nractical plan on the cause ana
cure of war and for foreign poihS
for the United States will he read 10
the conference.
Mrs. Catt Announces Plan.
In Announcing the meeting Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait. presiding nfncer
for ,bis and the two preceding con-
ferences. said:
II have Just returned from n
meeting in Amsterdam. where the
women of more Than a score of coun.
tries were seeking "a plan for world
reace upon which they could unite
under the guidance of the Interna-
tional Alliance of Women for Suffrage
and EQUAL Citizenship. and ! look con
fidentIy to our Washington meeting
to develop definite conclusions az te
what individual women and orga MIA
tIons ri women In the United States
can do to help toward internationa
unity.
| when we had our first conference
| on the cause and cure Of war IN
| Washington Ave years ago there was
| an enormous amount of interest N
peace. with many men and womer
| going around the country iecturint
/. on the general subject. hut consider
| able confusion among womens or
| ganizations as 10 what was propa
| ganda and what was fact. A group ol
| na fionai organizations with ths
largest membership of women In sh'
| United States decided that the thins
/ 10 do was To have a meeting mt which
their chairmcn OF international reia
| lions and peace departments without
emitting the organiza tions could dis
cuss definite plans for the elimination
I NJ war AN an institution. We have
done this at fwo meetings. Grea'
progress has been made. regart
| our third session az the most funda
! mental of our undertakings"