Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
FOSD|CK TO SOUND
WAR CURE KEYNOTE
Conference to Open Tonight
With Banquet at Wash
ington Hotel.

The keynote to stirring peace DEM
onstration planned for tomorrow when
an army of 1000 woman leaders will
march upon the Capitol to plead for
ratification of the Briand-Kellogg peace
pact will be sounded at banquet at the
Washington Hotel tonight, formally
opening the fourth annual Conference
on Cause and Cure of War.
Assembled here under auspices OF III
national women'S organizations, repre-
Senting leaders in every walk OF LIE,
the committee this morning made ar
rangements for the 10 days sessions OF
the peace assembly behind closed doors
Speakers presenting conflicting opln-
ions of thought will present issues OF
! the present status of peace versus war
at tonights banquet, over which Mrs
Carrie Chapman Gait, national chair
man of the conference, will preside. DR..
Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor OF the
Park Avenue Baptist Church of New
York, will sound the principal keynote
of the conference in giving an mterpre-
tation Of the treaty for the renuncla-
ton of war by the peoples of the sigma
tory nations. He will be followed by =:
C. Lindeman of the New York School OF
Social Work, who will speak on Con
ditions Surrounding World Peace"
Many officials to Attend.
Practically all of the 1000 women
who will participate in the demonstra-
ton at the Capitol tomorrow will attend
the dinner, besides prominent pfnclalS
of the Government and members OF
Congress. Secretary OF State Kellogg,
who had originally been slated as one
of the speakers, will be unable to at
tend, it was announced.
There will be no regular line OF march
tomorrow morning. Various State dele
gations, headed by their captains" Will
proceed to the Capitol at different hours
to interview the senior Senators OF their
states. Mrs Gait will be the general
issimo, and will hold separate confer
ence with Senator Copeland, Democrat,
and Senator Wagner, the two Demo-
cratic Senators from New York.
The main object of the Capitol con-
ferences is to inform members OF the
Senate who have the fate, OF the peace
treaty in their hands, the sentiment
expressed throughout the country in
favor of the Kellogg pact, as revealed in
resolutions adopted at some 10000
meetings which have been held under
the auspices of the national woman'S
ORGANIZATIONS affiliated with the ma
tional committee on the cause and cure
of war.
Nicaraguan Situation to be Studied.
With ratification of the Kellogg treaty
regarded as assured by Senate leaders,
the remainder of the conference sessions
here will deal particularly with Ameri-
can foreign policy in Latin America,
particularly with reference to the
Nicaraguan situation.
In view of the recent South Ameri-
can tour of President-elect Hoover and
the indications which point to more
friendly policy toward Latin America
under the incoming administration,
as a result, the conference is hopeful
that its deliberations on this phase Of
foreign relations may be fruitful Of
better understanding.
Throughout the sessions, it was point
I'D out, conflicting opinions as to policy
will be sought, but not with any inten-
tion of antagonizing the adYniniStra-
ton. What is chiefly sought Is to
bring out the point of view of women
generally.
Conference Of Readers Held.
This afternoons session of the con-
ference was devoted to the Confer
ence of Readers" led by Rhoda e. Nc
Culloch and e. G. Lindeman. This
conference has been conducted for the
last three years and is participated in
by about 300 women who have been
following studies of government.
The various organizations taking part
in the national conference are the
General Federation of Women's Clubs,
the Woman's Association Of University
Women, the National League of Woman
Voters. the National Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs, the National Council of Jewish
Women, the National Women's Trade
Union League, the Council of Women
for Home Missions, the Young Women's
Christian Association, the Federation
of Women's Boards Of Foreign Missions
and the National Women's Christian
Temperance Union.