Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19
REDUCTION Of ALL
ARMAMENT URGED
Conference on Cause and
Cure of War Discusses
Aims for Geneva Farley.

resolution urging that the Ameri-
can delegation attending the Geneva
Disarmament Conference be instructed
to insist upon a bold reduction of every
category of armament indicated by the
report of the Preparatory Commission,
was approved today by delegates attend
ing the seventh annual Conference on
the Cause and Cure of War.
A discussion of the worlds economic
dilemma and its bearing upon interna-
tional peace occupied the greater part
of the morning session after passage Of
the resolutions.
A resolution will be considered this
afternoon in which the conference
places itself on record as opposed to
the Senates failure to take action on
the World Court. 1t is expected the
resolution will be passed and pressure
brought to bear upon the Senate to
support the World Court in order to
lessen complications in the work of the
pending Disarmament Conference.
Compares Interests.
Declaring the increasing building up
of national trade and economic bar
riers in an age when worldwide de-
pendence is greater than ever, Ern-
est NJ Patterson Of the University OF
Pennsylvania said referring to the ma
tionS of the world
Each of us has two sets of economic
interests. One calls for the indepen-
dent action of his country whose gov
eminent must protect its nationals
against the numerous injuries which
might otherwise have a tragic effect
The other interest is in a Worldwide
co-operation, a freedom of intercourse
that will permit all of us in all coun-
tries to prosper more than we can in
isolation"
Supporting Prof Pattersons conten
ton that the economic dilemma is the
basis OF world unrest, George Soulc
of the New Republic, New York, de-
clared:
international traffic is damned be-
cause every driver makes his own traf-
fic regulations and tries to enforce his
own right of way
Deplores Selfishness.
ut will be difficult he concluded
ito learn how to plan our economy Tor
the common good and 1t will be an
arduous task TO defeat the many selfish
and short sighted interests which will
obstruct the endeavor. The thing can
not be done in a day. But the develop
ment of modern industry drives us ir-
reSistibly in that direction"
Speakers at the noon luncheon were
Mrs. Helen Howell Moorhead, whose
subject was why and How We Have
Studied the Causes of War; Mrs. Ben
Hooper. why and How We Have
Studied the Cures of War" and Miss
Marjorie Schuler of New York, What
Have We Achieved?"
Last evening, Paul Kellogg, editor OF
the Survey. and Herbert Feis, economic
advisor of the State Department, spoke
on Want in the Midst of Plenty" and
told how money, banks and financial
undertakings are related to the present
economic dilemma.
Mr. Kellogg Endorsed the plan for
Federal aid and unemployment inSur-
ance, pointing out the $20,000,000 paid
by New York State for unemployment
relief had already brought into the
State four times that amount through
a corresponding recovery in business
and trade.
Mr. Feis declared our monetary and
banking institutions, through acting
faulty, have played large part in the
present economic depression.
The night session concluded with a
pageant of petitions, designed to de-
pict the scenes scheduled to take place
at the Geneva conference, when women
from At nations present disarmament
petitions College students and girl re-
serves took part in the pageant.