Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
D. A. R. is IN FAVOR
OF ADEQUATE NAVY
World Court and London
Conference Not SpeCifi-
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stitutiou. Mrs. Stookey is known to be
waging a vigorous campaign,
Mrs Hooyer's supporters are attack
ing the contention that two officers
from a single State would establish a
dangerous precedent Pennsylvania and
New JERSEY In previous conferences each
have had two national officers, they
point out.
Mrs. Stookey is holding the post of
reporter general by appointment, but
this appointment must be ratified by
the Congress.
Believe Election Safe.
Election of Mrs. David D. Caldwell,
the District of Columbias candidate
for vice president general was believed
TO be comparatively safe. Her support
ers in the District were waging a Wig
ofoIls last-minute campaign in her be-
half with assurances of strong support.
In her national defense report, Mrs.
William Sherman Walker SAID: 1t is
well known that the national defense
committee took a firm stand in support
of an adequate Navy, while the cruiser
agitation was going on in Congress.
Our society still stands for Navy COM
mensurate with Americans past, present
and future"
Her report repudiated the charge fire.
quently heard that the Army ana Navy
want war.
Our committee answers that such an
assertion insults and indicts their in
telligence and training" she declared.
1T is unfair to say that those who know
most about war axe the first to want it
again.
After the World War, the first to
organize to prevent another war. were
those who had been in the trenches.
They also are the ones, who best know
the disaster Of being unprepared, If and
when an emergency occurs.
WAR is an act of the people and of
the Government, and not of the Army"
Propaganda Exposed.
Mrs. Walker devoted most of her re-
VAT to an exposure Of propaganda de-
signed, she claimed, to deceive the
American people that preparations and
expenditures for t. Army and Navy
and national defense constitute at least
80 per cent of the annual actual ex-
penditures by the Federal Government
only i've and a fraction cents out
of every taxed dollar go for national
defense" she declared. She added that
a fraction of the amount spent in the
United States on luXurieS would support
the Army and Navy in fine shape.
Thu report pointed out that pacifistS
and other alleged propagandists also
misrepresent the personnel strength OF
the Army.
Among the four resolutions adopted
by the Congress today was one pledg-
ing the cooperation Of the national
society with the Virginia D. A. r. in
celebrating the commemoration of the
battle of Yorktown, the one hundredth
and f1ftieth anniversary of which will
be observed in October, 1881. PreSi-
dent Hoover has accepted the invita-
ton of the Sesqui-C Centennial Commits
sion to deliver the address Of the day
on October 10, 1881.
Fix Greed Day.
The third resolution put the congress
on record as designating April as
Americans Greed day, and recommends
that congresses throughout the coun-
try hold exercises on this day.
The resolution points out that the
Americans Creed written by william
Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Repre-
sentativeS, was accepted as a. memory
of Americas civic faith by the commits
sioner of education on behalf of the
Government. 1t has further been &C
cepted by the American people, the reso-
luton stated, as expressing their be-
lief in and adherence to the funda-
mental principals therein stated"
In the other resolution adopted today,
it empowered the national board of
management to eliminate such obsolete
rules OF the society as is necessary to
facilitate the work of revision and codi-
Acation Of the standing rules.
Activities Reported.
The congress sat as a committee Of
the whole on the state of the Nation
last night, when regents from every
State and Territory reported on activ-
tiles of the society during the year. A
quick resume would be that from Maine
to Washington and from Minnesota to
Mexico, and out into the Pacific to
Hawaii and the Philippines, local chap
tiers everywhere are interested in edu-
cational work, in conservation of ma
tional resources, in preserving histori-
cal spots wherever located, and in
AmericaniSm.
From Maryland, Mrs. Robert A. Welsh
Of Millersville, State regent, reported
that her Americanism committee had
classes in a public school, where 20 ma
tionalities were enrolled. The Mary
land D. A. r. has planted mile of
trees at We Coole Springs, and the D.
A. r. forest project at Fort Frederick
The Maryland conservation exhibit Of
the State D. A. r. has been sent by the
State of Maryland TO the Forestry Con-
servation Congress at Memphis, Tenn.
The boundary Of Old Baltimore Town
has been marked with bronze tablets,
and the Old Friends Meeting House in
Cecil County, which was used as hos
pital during the Revolution is being
restored.
Mrs. Natheniel Beaman of Norfolk,
State regent of Virginia, reported the
restoration of the old custom house at
Norfolk as D. A. r. museum as the
outstanding feat of the year. This is
the Oldest custom house in America.
The shot tower at Wytheville, used by
the colonial army, has been acquired
by the D. A. r., and road is being
built to the graves of James and Dolly
Madison at Montpelier. The delegates
were reminded that the sesquicenten-
NAL at Yorktown will be celebrated in
1881.