Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-03

The fifth annual .'Womens Patriotic
Conference on National Defense" staged
last week at d. A. r. national head
| quarters, went on record once again
in favor of the completion of the IS
cruiser building program authorized by
Congress and suspended by Mr.. Hoover,
and against the entry by the United
States into "any entangling alliances
which could operate to limit our full
liberty of decision in international af-
fairs" The speakers made it clear
that in their view any manner of
court league, pact, theory or doctrine
may be an entangling alliance within
the meaning of their resolution. Pre-
ViouS conferences on national defense
of these patriotic women's organiza-
tons have achieved countrywide pub
Lefty, but this year, with the London
naval parley in full swing, the meet
ings of these militant womenfolk and
the words of the distinguished speakers
who addressed them occasioned hardly
ripple on the sea Of news. A cable
gram urging proportional parity, ship
for ship and ton for ton, before COM
hitting the United States to any pro-
portional reduction in the strength of
the Navy" was dispatched to the Amer
lean delegation at London.
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The drive to make "The Star Span
gled Banner" the official national an
them by statutory enactment is once
again before Congress. Petitions bear
ing 100000 signatures were presented
to the House judiciary committee, which
the Navy Band played the air and a
soprano sang the verses for the delec-
tation of the committee. No one APP
peared to oppose the bill In times past
some protest has been offered, based, in
part, upon the fact that the musical
refrain originated in the tune of q IA
nous English bar room ballad.
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Among the 60-odd advisers and as
sistantS who accompanied Secretary
Stinson to London probably the Oldest
hand at international conferences is
Michael James McDermott, press haison
officer, off1cially "chtef of the current
information section" In the State De-
partment. McDermott has three pre-
vious international conferences to his
| credit, besides a trip to Paris with for
mer Secretary Kellogg, a trip to The
Hague with former Secretary Elihu
! Root and a trip to Alaska with the late
President Harding. A side trip to Ire
land featured Secretary Kellogg's visit
to Paris In 1928, and Washington news
! radio reading: welcome to Ireland!
Am planning big barbecue in your
honor" signed President Cosgrave, u
which, in error, was delivered to MIR.
Kellogg and assumed by him to be
bona f1de. Mr.. Kellogg was all fused
up about 1t, but no more so than PreSi-
dent Cosgrave when the latter discov-
cred that his distinguished guest was
all in readiness for the non-existent
barbecue.
Mrs. Malaprop has many unconscious
imitators In and around the halls of
Congress. Senator Smith of South
Carolina complains Of the ''vulgacity''
| Of Broadcaster Henderson over KWKH.
Senator Robson of Kentucky says of
the proposed sugar bounty: Here we
are dealing with people living in two
or three different hemisphereS, repre-
senting some three or four different
civilizations" Where, one inquiries, is
the third hemisphere? Clarence Mackay,
the communications magnate, testifies
! that his international lines are project
ed to extend ito Spain, Chile or some
other South American country" And
Senator Tydings Of Maryland crates,
LET him that Is without gin among
you throw the first stone"
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Sixteen men on a dead mans chest,
cheerio and an orangeadeI" That this
may be the Volsteadized slogan Of the
Navy is suggested by the news that
when the newly commissioned cruiser
Memphis steamed out of Baltimore re-
Gently she carried q newly installed
soda fountain and ice cream manufac-
turing plant, which cost $1,000, and
was purchased by the crew Of the
cruiser on their own credit, to be paid
| for out of prospective profits on sales
OF soda and ice cream Old sea dogs
must turn over in their graves to see
milk shakes and nut sundaes rationed
in lieu Of bracing round Of rum.
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Joan Davis small da,,okkav ~ s5arra.