Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

Columbia, the American Legion, for the
third consecutive year has been bon-
ored by the Washington Bar Association
in the election of one of its past oe-
partment commanders to the Office OF
president of that organization.
j. Miller Kenyon, who served as
department commander iE 1927, was
elected president of the local bar assoc
citation Tuesday night, succeeding julius
I. Peyser. The previous year John Lewis
Smith, also past department. CON-
mander, served as president with honors
to the legal fraternity.
The newly elected president Is q
colonel IN the Army Reserve Corps and
has distinguished World War record.
He is prominent in both Government
and local legal circles and the night OF
his election was one Of the largest
gatherings in the history of the WASH
ington Bar Association. One OF the
most important matters which will re-
ceive his attention this year is the
adoption of bill now peuding in Con-
gress for the appointment of two local
judgeships and he will be strongly sup
ported by the local legal fraternity as
we'll as the board of directors of the
bar association, which has gone on
record as opposed to the present method
of appointing local judges from the
Nation at large, but to limit these
appointments to District lawyers.
The presence in the National Capital
last week of National Comdr. o. L.
Bodenhamer gave impetus to the
the present year. The national COM
mander made two outstanding adj
dresses, one before the Army War Coll
lege and the other before the members
of the National Sojourners' Club. AT
the Army War College he spoke on the
Universal Draft and before the
Sojourners banqueters at the Mayhower
Hotel on National Defense" In both
instances his address was warmly re-
ceived by his audiences.
In connection with his National
Defense" speech he stressed the fact
that three members Of the American
delegation to the London Naval Confer
ence are members Of the American
Legion. They are Col. Henry l..
Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great
Britain. and Maj David A. Reed, SEN
ator from Pennsylvania.
Comdr Bcdenhamer set forth the
Legicn's attitude toward the Naval Con-
ference and especially its stand on
world peace, in the following words:
To-day the people Of the world are
concerned more with universal peace
and proper protection of their countries
national defense. its cost and its re-
duction, than with any other subject
since the World War. Every nation is
watching closely the steps preliminary
to the Naval Conference to be held in
London this month. Nowhere Is there
an organization more actively interested
in the outcome of that conference than
is the American Legion, for 1t was the
legion which stood 50 vigorously against
powerful groups in urging Congress last
Winter to authorize the construction OF
Is cruisers.
1.-The legion's stand today is flInda-
mentally the same as 1t has been since
the inception of our organization. The
ultimate results sought by the United
States and Great Britain in this i'm
pending conference-that Of equal
strength, with safe reductions and with
the guarantee of permanent peace-are
in keeping with the strongest desire Of
the American Legion. 1t is our fond
est hope that parity will be brought
about by reduction rather than by con-
struction.
1.-THE delegation Is composed Of out
standing American citizens, three men,
bers of which are members of the
American Legion-Col. Henry L. Slim
son, Gen. Charles G. Dawes and Maj.
David A. Reed, all of whom have been
and still are. outstanding legionnaires
of whom the legion is justly proud. In
addition to these three service men. we
have as members Of the American dele
cation Secretary of the Navy Charles
Francis Adams, Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, a CONSTANT friend of the
legion, and Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassa-
dor to Belgium
This is a we'll balanced delegation.
They are qualified to represent the
United States Of America. They know
war and its futility Likewise, they
know the demands of national security.
They deserve, therefore, that confidence
and encouragement as requested by the
President of the United States in his
statement to the American people made
on the eve of the departure Of our
delegation. Just what agreement can be
reached by this conference yet remains
to be seen. 1t is to be hoped that the
conclusions of this conference will be
such as to meet with the hearty ap-
proval of the American people.
Pending the announcement of such
conclusions, however, certainly our OBJ
peace and to the progress of interna-
tional good will justifies us in giving
to them and to this conference a SYM
pathetic and friendly attitude. And 1t
is my hope that the service men Of this
country will lend every possible encour-
agement toward the successful con-
clusion of this conference"
In view of the fact that more than
100000 veterans failed to file applica-
lions for adjusted compensation and
more than 10000 applications we're re-
ceived too late to be acted upon, John
Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the
national legislative committee. an
nounces that his committee has re-
quested Chairman Hawley of the ways
and means committee Of the House to
introduce bill to extend the period of
application for adjusted compensation,
which terminated January 2, for an
additional period of two years.
10000 Navy and 1000 Marine Corps
veterans failed to apply, a total Of
1872 05.
Women Of the American Legion
Auxiliary from all parts of the country
Patriotic Conference on National De-
Tense to be held here January 20, 80
and 81. according to announcement OF
Mrs. Donald Macrae. national presi-
dent.
Reservations being received for the
conference from auxiliary members in
dictate a larger attendance this year
than ever before. The conference will
be held under the co-sponsorship OF the
auxiliary and the Daughters sof the
American Revolution.
The conference will open with mass
meeting the night of January 20 In
Constitution Hall. o. l.. Bodenhamer.
national commander of the American
Legion; Mrs. Lowell r. Hobart, presi-
dent general of the d. A. r.: Mrs.
Virgil Mcclure. president of the Amer
lean War Mothers, and Mrs. Macrae
will speak. The meeting viii be fol-
lowed by a reception and the. formal
opening of the new hall. The confer
ence sessions will continue January 80
and 81 with many nationally known