Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
D. A. R. DELEGATES
TO GATHER HERE
Representatives From All
Corners of Globe to Con-
vene April ID.


ters of the American Revolution. which
will open here Monday, April IA.
Word has just been received here
that a new chapter of the y. A. r.
has been organized in Rome, Italy.
From the farthest outpost, Shanghai,
China, delegates are reported en- route
to Washington and others are corning
from Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal
Zone, Cuba, France and England.
The organization of the new chapter
IN Rome has attracted widespread in
Cerest. since the movement was sponsor
ed under the patronage of Mrs. John
w. Garrett of Baltimore, wife of tire
American Ambassador to Italy. It's.
regent is Miss Jessie A. Morgan.
From the 48 States of the American
Union, approximately 1000 official dele
gates viii attend the Forthcoming con-
gress, which, more than ever before.
will have reasons to sponsor urgent
measures for the support and main
tenance of the Constitution and Amer
lean institutions. since the sessions of
the congress will be held for the first
time in the new temple of the D. A. r.
dedicated to the Constitution.
Record Attendance Expected.
The thirty-ninth congress, lacking
as it does the interest aroused in a
national D. A. r. presidential election.
nevertheless promises to be the largest
In attendance ever held. There are
now 2,377 local chapters in the Ma
tional Society, with an active member
ship of 1T0,929. and it is anticipated
that at the meeting of the national
board of management to be held pre-
ceding next weeks congress, there will
be a dozen additional chapters adj
mitted.
Aside from the ever-present issues
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and means of combating the forces Of
Communism seeking to undermine it,
politics within the ranks Of the dele
gates will command attention in the
election of honorary and active vice
presidents general, with dozen or more
candidates already in the field. This
Is an 'off year" politically in the D. A.
r. sense, as there is no general cleo
ton of administrative officers. Mrs.
Lowell Fletcher Hobart. president gen.
eral, has two more years. Since last
years election, Miss Anne Margaret
Lang, reporter general to the Smith
sonian Institution, resigned on account
Of Ill health. The national board of
management elected Mrs. Lyman B.
Stookey of Los Angeles Calf, and her
name will be submitted to the con-
gress for ratification.
Nine Offices to Be Filled.
One honorary vice president general
and eight vice presidents general will
be elected. The former is elected for
life and the latter for terms of three
years.
There are IS honorary vice presidents
general who are elected for life as
vacancies occur. There is now one
vacancy and the States of Tennessee
and Washington have brought out
candidates for the Office.
% h.
see aspirant has been unanimously in
dorsed by the Tennessee State confer
ence D. A. r.
Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary of Seattle is
being put forward by her State dele
cation.
District Has Candidate.
The District of Columbia has put
forward as a candidate for vice presi-
dent general, Mrs. David D. Caldwell,
retiring State regent.
~'-.~f interest naturally centers on
p -,ndidacy of President Herbert
Hoover's sister-in-law, Mrs. Theodore
Jesse Hoover of California.
The other candidates who have an
nounced are Mrs. Charles Herbert Car
roll Of New Hampshire Mrs. Newton D.
Chapman of New York, Mrs. Benjamin
Leslie Hart of Missouri, Mrs Grant E.
Lilly Of Kentucky, Mrs. James Charles
Peabody OF Massachusetts,, Mrs. Martin
l.. Sigmon of Arkansas and Mrs Francis
Cushman Wilson of New Mexico
There was disappointment here when
It was announced that Mrs. Matthew
Brewster of New Orleans, La, chaplain
general, had declined to run after hav-
ing been Endorsed by her State delega-
ton.
Preparations for the congress are
going forward rapidly. Mrs. G. Wallace
W. Hanger of Washington is entrusted
with these responsibilities as chairman
OF the program committee.
Hoover to Address Conference.
There are to be several changes from
the usual procedure in this congress
and at least one of them has given rise
to considerable speculation. It has
been the custom for the President of
the United States, when he addresses
the D. A. r., to speak on the opening
program. President Hoover the first
President to address the congress in
two or more years, will speak the eve
ming Of Friday, April 10. This date was
chosen by the President himself, since
1t is understood he has a particular
message which will be broadcast to the
American people which he is DESTROYS
OF sending out through the D. A. r.
The President and Mrs. Hoover will
receive the D. A. r. at the White House
on Wednesday, April Is, at pm. On
Thursday afternoon the director-gen.
eral OF the Pan-American Union, DR..
L. s. Rowe, will hold a reception for
the congress. The annual pilgrimage
TO Mount Vernon will be made Tuesday
afternoon. when Mrs. Hobart will place
wreaths on the tomb of George and
Martha Washington. The Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier at Arlington National
Cemetery will be the scene of cere-
monies Friday afternoon.
In the arrangements for the program.
the annual banquet of the National
Oficers Club has been omitted This
was done out of Difference to the death
Of Mrs. Rhett Goode of Alabama presi-
dent of the club, which occurred De-
cember 19. last.
It is usually customary to hold the
memorial services at IL o'clock on Sun
day morning during the congress. But
since this day will fall on Palm Sun
day. the memorial service will be held
Good Friday. VeSper services will be
held at o'clock Sunday afternoon,
with Rev Dr. Albert Joseph Mccartney
conducting them.
The delegates and alternates will be-
gin registering Friday and the State
regents round table conferences also
W. ~ tlclU OH .IIIdG gay. ne OOIl-
st On Hall, committee will meet at
pm.
Registration will continue Saturday
and at 8 o'clock in the evening the
United States Marine Band will give a
concert in Memorial Continental Hall
This will be followed by lecture on
Pueblo Bonito, the prehistoric "metropo-
lis" of the Southwest, by Neil M. Judd,
its discoverer. and curator of American
archaeology of the National Museum.