Evening star., 1932-01-21

Senatorial delay in action on the
World Court was the subject OF criti-
cism at the morning session of the
Seventh Annual Conference on the
Cause and Cure of War.
A declaration read during the busl-
ness hour, at which Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait presided, stated that, "as the
question of the World Court has been
pending in the Senate for nine years
the conference believes that further
postponement of action thereon cannot
be justified"
A resolution was unanimously passed
to urge the sympathetic" support by
the Senate of the World Court, declar-
ing that continued inaction Is certain
TO be interpreted as national opposition
which will complicate the work of the
Disarmament Conference to meet In
Geneva"
New Vessels Opposed.
The conference also voiced its dis
approval Of the authorization OF the
construction of new naval vessels dur
ing the coming year, passing a resolu-
tion that 1t go on record as believing
the authorization of construction Of
such vessels at the time when the Gen
eral Disarmament Conference is meet
ing at Geneva would be inconsistent
with the spirit of the ornaments truce.
A unanimous vote was passed on the
resolution to send to the Secretary of
State the appreciation of the confer
ence on the recent note sent by the
Secretary to the governments Of Japan
and China, thereby increasing the
effectiveness of the pact of Paris as
IAN instrument for insuring reliance
upon pacific means rather than upon
measures of war for the settlement OF
international disputes"
Warns of Downfall.
A warning that either FaScism or
Communism would replace parliament
ary governments in the United States
and Europe If the present economic
problems of the nations are not solved,
was sounded in the address of Calvin
B. Hoover, professor of economics at
Duke University.
Using as the subject of his talk,
Soviet Russia and the Prospect for
World Peace" Prof. Hoover declared
that despite the fact of the costly mis-
takes and the fearful waste, as well as
the extreme priVation on the part of the
people which has been suffered in
Soviet Russia to further the tive-year
plan, the Soviet nation Is the only one
today without an unemployment problem.
THE disappearance OF unemployment,
with the likelihood that it will not re-
turn" he said, lis probably the most
outstanding result of the development
of Soviet economy"
Miss Dorothy Hadley, student at
Mount Holyoke College, will read a
message from DR.. Mary Woolley Mount
Holyoke College president and only
woman delegate to the Geneva Dis
armament Conference.
Miss Sallie Darlington Of Charles
ton, S. c., specially appointed a dele
gate to the Conference on the Cause
and Cure of War by Gov. BlackWood
will read message from the South
Carolina Governor.
Many Other Speakers.
Other speakers will be Miss Ruth
Hastings of Washington, member of
the staff Of the National League of
Women Voters Miss Elizabeth Arm
strong, chairman of International Re-
lations, New York City League of Wom-
en- Voters; Miss Olga Maurer of West
Orange, N. j., an honor student at
Barnard College; Miss Louise LaidloW,
a graduate of Barnard; Miss Adeline
Taylor. Washington, D. c. of the In
ternational Labor Organization; Miss
Caroline H. Thompson, Washington, D.