Evening star., 1933-04-19

race she will be first vice president to
appear at conferences in a foreign
country.
Another candidate for vice president
general who will no doubt have the
support of the administration Is Mrs.
James F. Trottman OF Wisconsin.
Mrs. Trottman was defeated in the
vice presidential race two years ago by
Mrs. William Sherman Walker, former
chairman of the National Defense Com
mittee. It was said that in this race
two years ago Mrs. Trottman was de-
feated by whispering campaign" and
many of the Daughters who are opposed
to such tactics are this year rallying to
the support of the Wisconsin candidate.
Others who will be formally nom
mated for the Office of vice president
general at tonight's session are Mrs
John w. Kirkpatrick of Kansas, Mrs.
Victor L. Warren of Maine, Mrs. John
Carroll Coulter of South Carolina, Mrs.
Howard Bailey of Missouri and Mrs.
Lar. Spencer of Nebraska.
Mrs. John Laidlaw Buel Of Connecti-
cut and Mrs. James T. Norris of Mime
sofa have been elected honorary vice
presidents by the national board, their
elections being subject to ratification by
the conference.
A repercussion Of yesterdays some
what stormy National Defense Com
mittee rally, at which a resolution was
adopted protesting to President Roose-
velt against considered reductions in
the strength of the Regular Army will
be heard at remaining sessions of the
Congress.
Before the resolution was demanded
from the floor, the delegates had jeered
an Army officer, one of the speakers,
for making the assertion that the ques-
tion of pacifism in the colleges is a
serious one. As the jeers ended, the
officer quickly withdrew the statement.
The incident was raised by delegate
College Park, Md, who asked the
speaker about conscientious objectors"
in referring to two students at the Uni
versity of Maryland. who recently made
court test of compulsory military
training in that State institution.
Evidently my remark is based on
ignorance" the speaker, Col. Ralph M
Parker, said, land I take it back. I'll
conflne my statement to my own ex-
perience." He added that if the two
boys at the University of Maryland had
been let alone they would soon have
been absorbed by the real Americans"
at the university.
Others who spoke at the meeting
H. Healy, assistant dean of the George
town University School of Foreign
Service. who discussed "Internationalism
and Nationalism";; DR.. Leonid Strak-
hovsky, professor of diplomatic and
European history at the School of
Foreign Service, and Mrs. E. p.
Pendleton.
Authorized to Act Quickly.
Mrs. Becker was authorized by
the committee to communicate with
appeared that the cuts in the Army
were likely to be made at once. Other
wise the resolution read before the
Defense Committee emphatically pro-
testing against the Army and Navy
economy reductions will be placed be-
fore the Resolutions Committee of the
general body for action today. Col.
Fred Ryons, retired Army officer who
attended the meeting, warned that
within "a hours the President would
take action on proposed budget cuts
eliminating from 1000 to 5000 officers
and $4,000 enlisted men, and abolishing
the r. o. T. c. and c. NJ. T. c. trair-
ing activities.
MIS-. Becker previously naQ outlined
the need of the d. A. r. appealing in
dividually to their representatives in
Congress on behalf of adequate ma
tional defense, but the meeting literally
stampeded her into immediate action tr
view of the crisis now facing the Army
The assembled Daughters demanded
immediate action as an emergency
measure.
Despite the fact the present admin
istration of the d. A. r. has taken a
determined stand in opposition to "en-
tangling alliances" a very large group
of delegates last night attended the
mass meeting opposing recognition of
Soviet Russia, held in the Washington
Auditorium. Many of the delegates
went to the meeting after attending the
annual reception of the president gen.
eral and national officers.
Earlier in the afternoon the national
officers, headed by Mrs. Magma, had
made their annual pilgrimage to Ar
lngton National Cemetery and to
Mount Vernon, where tributes were paid
at the tombs of the Unknown Soldier
and George Washington.