Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
POLICE D|SPERSE
| WOMAN P|CKETERS
Capitol Hill Stormed by Army
Seeking Ratification of
Kellogg Treaty.

An army of women without banners
or commanding general, but imbued
with single desire for prompt ratifi-
cation of the Kellogg anti-war treaty,
descended in group formations upon
the Capitol today to submit to Senators
10 national women organizations in
dorsement of the peace pact.
The only incident that marred an
otherwise perfect Gay was an attempt
by handful of woman picketers to
undo the work of the army of peace
delegations. They were quickly scat
tered by vigilant Capitol police. who
snatched banner from one OF the
picketers and lead her into the Senate
Office Building. She was not arrested
however.
Only Eight Women Picket.
With banners proclaiming against
"pacifism" and imperialism the
group of eight women, all from New
York, swarmed before the steps of the
Office building while women delegates
of the conference were posing serenely
for their picture. Ignoring the rigid
Capitol rules against picketing or un-
authorized demonstrations, the women
began parading around with their
placards until they attracted the at
tention of the police. They were
quickly dispersed, but later reassembled
quietly with their cards.
Some of the cards bore the words,
Soviet Russia's Peace Program Is
Disarm," others, "Pacifism Is the Fig
Leaf for Imperialism"
Another placard proclaimed that
"Pacifism Put Over the Last World
War" while another cast derogatOry
reflections upon Wilson's fourteen points
as cure for war.
The women, some of whom repre-
sented the United Council of Working
Women, were said to be affiliated with
the Anti -Imperialistic League members
who tried to break up last nights
banquet meeting by heckling DR.. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, New York divine.
Armed with more than $4,000 resolu-
tionS adopted during the past two
months in all parts of the country, As
State delegations representing the con-
ference on the cause and cure OF war
made their assault upon the Capitol
record for peace and good will.
Mrs. Gait Absent.
Their commanding general, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait. national chair
man of the conference, for some reason
or other was unable to attend the mar
Shalling of the peace forces, and the
much-heralded march to Capitol Hill
was made in groups by taxi, street car
and afoot. There seemed to be no or
der for the coming and going. Each
State delegation resolved itself into a
single combat unit and searched through
winding corridors for its individual
Sena tors.
Some were fortunate, and others were
not. for while many Senators were
called upon, only few were seen be-
fore the IL o'clock call of the Senate
broke up committee meetings. Then
those delegations which had failed ear
lier in their missions took their stand
outside the doors of the Senate
Although she was unable to call upon
Senator Copeland and Senator Wagner
of New York, Mrs. Gait issued from her
headquarters, in the Washington Hotel,
a manifesto calling for ratification of
the peace pact.
Predicts Ratification.
There are certain men who do not
like to have things happen quickly"
said Mrs. Gait, but am sure the pact
will be ratified, and the day will come
when the question of war and peace
will be as outworn as woman suffrage
or slavery"
While the Senators who had signed
the round-r0bin petition for an inter-
pretative report of the Kellogg treaty
were the immediate objective of dele
cations, other Senators, some of them
out-and-out opponents of the treaty or
reservationists. were ignored. At the
Office Of Senator Reed. Democrat. of
Missouri. who is one of the leaders in
the fight against the treaty. the state
ment was made that the Office had been
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