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LEGION AUXILIARY
FETES COMMITTEE
Rehabilitation Group Will Be
Guests at Luncheon
Here Today.

Members of the National Rehabilita-
ton Committee of the American Legion
will be honored at luncheon today at
the Washington Hotel, arranged by the
past presidents of the American Legion
Auxiliary. The committee is now meet
ing in Washington in annual confer
enCe.
The National Executive Committee OF
the Auxiliary closed its annual meeting
at Indianapolis yesterday, and the go
or more members will reach this city IN
time for the luncheon. Miss Hazel B.
Nelson Of North Dakota, the parleys
national chairman, is in charge OF ar
rangements and will preside.
Hale to Ask Big Navy.
Senator Frederick Hale, Republican,
of Maine, chairman of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee, has served notice
that he will address the Senate next
week on the Nays requirements, and
in the light of the situation in China
he intends to press for action by his
committee on a bill to authorize naval
construction to bring the American
feet up to the limits permitted under
the terms of the London treaty.
Senator Hale is willing to adopt the
1U-StdI DulldIlIS pIOSI all lDI 1AO olIiPo
at total cost of $6l6,000, 900 provided
for in the VinSon bill, on which the
House Committee has deferred action,
but, like Representative Fred A. Britten
OF Illinois, ranking Republican member
of the House Committee, Senator Hale
wants Congress to declare the London
ratio as a policy.
Mr.. Britten recalled that committee
also had under consideration the So
called one-year building program for
the immediate laying down of an air
craft carrier, a fying-deck cruiser and
four submarines, but also indicated his
willingness to await developments.
Among the guests expected to be
present are Mrs. Frederick C. williams
national president of the auxiliary; Rep
reSentative John E. Rankin, chairman
Of the House World War Veterans Com
mittee, and Mrs. Rankin; Capt. Wat
son B. Miller. national rehabilitation
chairman, with his mother, Mrs. Daniel
B. Miller; Mrs. A. H. Hoffman of Iowa
national rehabilitation chairman for
the auxiliary; Gen. Frank T. Hines,
administrator of veterans affairs, and
Mrs. Hines; Representative and Mrs
Royal G. johnson, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative Sol
Bloom, associate director of the BIZ
centennial Commission, and Mrs
Bloom; Mrs. John D. Sherman, director
of women's activities for the Bicenten-
nial; Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart
president general of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution; Mrs. Gwen
dolyn MacDoWell, national auxiliary
secretary; Miss Faustine Dennis. rep
resenting Women'S Overseas Service
League; Miss Esther Hall, representine
national yoemen; Col John Thomas
Taylor, national vice chairman of Iegis-
lation for the Legion, and Mrs. TAYLOR
Col. and Mrs. Rice w Means, auxiliary
national vice chairman of legislation;
Department Comdr. F. G. Fraser, lie.
gion national Bicentennial chairman;
Mrs. Joseph H. Minis District of Co
lumbia department president, auxiliary;
Maj. William Wolff Smith, alternate
national Legion committeeman, arc
Mrs. Smith; Maj. julius I. Peyser. de.
partment chairman of distinguished
guests, and Mrs. Peyser; Mrs. Clemency
Schall, Connecticut, vice chairman ma.
tional defense Mrs. Agnes Bouriek o!
Maine, national vice president, East
ern division, and Mrs. j. j. Doyle o.
AOhio, national chaplain, auxiliary.