Evening star., 1928-01-29
PATRIOTIC WOMEN
TO CONVENE HERE
More Than 400 to Attend
Two-Day Session Open
ing Wednesday.

! Dedicated 10 support of the ma
tiona! defense act and opposition TO
: 'paciiistic movements directed at
! weakening the defense arms of the Ma
! ton" the Womn's Patriotic Confer
I ence on National Defense will open a
! two-dsy meeting here with mass
meeting III Memorial Continental Hall
Wednesday night
Aior> than 400 women representing
"a national groups of womcn'S societies,
are expected 70 attend the sessions The
orCaniSaticnS we're consolidated into
an annual conference By the American
Legion Auxiliary and the Daughters Of
the American Revolution several years
ago The Si4o. 100000 naval conStruc-
ton program and the universal draft
bill will be discussed and are expected
10 be supported by the conference.
Peace Conference Recalled.
Significance is attached to the con-
ference which comes two weeks after
the Conferen>s Cn the Cause and Cure
of War The latter conference opposed
the naval construction bill. Several
speakers who addressed tho Conference
On the Cause ana Cure Of War will also
speak before this meeting. among them
Secretary Of War Davis and Assistant
Secretary OF State william r Castle
j, Secretary OF thu Navy Wilbur also
is scheduled TO speak
Senator Reed of Missouri will speak
at the mass meeting Wednesday night
Our Navy" will be discussed by Repre-
sentative Andrew Of Massachusetts,
member OF tha House naval affairs
committee. Representative johnson OF
South Dakota will explain the universal
draft bill. Representative Jeffers of AL
ALBANIA will speak on Preparedness"
and Lieut. Lester G. Maitland will
speak on "TranSoceanic Flying and Its
Relation 10 Practical Aviation OF
Today
Woman speakers will be Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachu-
settS. Mrs. Alfred j. BroSseau. president
general of the D. A. r.. Mrs Robert
Walbridge. national president of the
American Legion Auxiliary. and Miss
Eta Leighton of New York.
Other speakers will be Brig. Gen.
Henry J. O'Reilly. Lieut. Col c. Sey-
mour Bullocf; of Chicago and Rev. Ed
mund J. Walsh. S j
Organizations Participating.
Mrs. Brosseau will preside over the
sessions and Mrs Walbridge will be vice
chairman. The organizations partici-
pating in the conference follow:
American Legion Auxiliary, American
War Mothers. American Women's
Legion. National Auxiliary. United
Spanish War Veterans: Colonial Daugh-
tiers Of the Seventeenth Century, Daugh-
ters OF American ColoniSts. Daughters
OF American Revolution. Daughters OF
the Colonial Wars. Daughters of the
Revolution. Government Club of New
York, Government Club Of Chicago.
Ladies' Auxiliary. Veterans of Foreign
Wars of United States. Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic. National
Society. Danes of then Loyal Legion;
National Society. Daughters of Founders
and Patriots. National Society OF New
England Women. National Society.
United Daughters OF 1872; Order of the
First Families Of Virginia. Order OF the
Gold Star, Women Of the Army and
Navy Legion of Valor. Women's Consti-
tutional League OF Virginia. Women's
Naval Service League, Wonen's Over
seas Service League, Women's Relief
Corps, National Patriotic Council. Aux
iliary. Disabled American Veterans OF
the World War: Auxiliary. Sons OF
Union Veterans of the Civil War:
Daughters Of the Cincinnati Daughters
OF Union Veterans of the Civil War,
Ladies OF the Union Veterans Legion,
National Patriotic Women OF America,
National Society Of Colonial Daughters
Of America. National Patriotic Builders
Of America. Inc, and Society OF Daugh-
terS OF Holland Danes.