Evening star., 1933-01-15
WOMEN WILL OPEN
ANT|-WAR SESSION
Eleven National 0rganiza-
tions With 5000, 900 Men,
bers to Be Represented.

Under auspices of IL national wom-
ems organizations claiming total mem
bership of 100000 the Conference on
Cause and Cure of War will be held at
the Washington Hotel from Tuesday to
Friday of this week. with more than 600
representatives of the sponsoring organ
izations expected to attend.
Forty experts on international prob
lens are promised as speakers for the
four-day convention. The general OBJ
jectives of the National Committee on
the Cause and Cure of War, Of which
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is president,
follows: ITO build effective peace ma
cilinery, to reduce war machinery, and
to obtain guaranteed security against
war for every nation"
The conference will open Tuesday
morning with an address by DIR. James
G. Mcdonald, chairman of the Foreign
Policy Association, who will talk on
1.-The World Today" and at the same
session DR.. Mary E. Woolley. president
Of Mount Holyoke College, will discuss
THE Status Of Disarmament"
DR.. Mcdonald will conduct round
table at the afternoon session on Dis
armament" following which Prof James
T. Shotwell, director Of the division Of
economics and history, Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace, will
speak on Moral Disarmament"
Play VIII BE Presented.
At the evening session play, en-
titled MARS Takes a Sabbatical," will
be presented by 80 players selected from
the delegates.
On Wednesday morning seminar on
the general subject Peace on the West
ern Hemisphere" will be conducted by
DR.. Stephen P. Duggan, director of the
Institute of International Education.
Participating in this seminar will be
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president Of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs; Mrs. Percy v. Pennybacker, for
mer president of the General Fedora
ton; Mrs Edgerton Parsons, treasurer
Of the National Committee, and Mrs.
A. H. Woods of Iowa.
The closing feature of the morning
will be delegates conferences, con-
Quoted by DIR. Walter w. Van Kirk,
secretary of the Commission on Inter-
national Justice and Good viii of the
Federal Council of Churches, the gen.
eral theme being What Can We Do
W 1lclp OilC oitQdblOn dL SellCNdE
DR.. Stanley High editor Of the Chris
tian Herald. will serve as chairman of
a round table on Wednesday afternoon,
the general theme being Clearing Up
Causes of Disagreement and Misunder-
standing" Other speakers at the
round table will be Frederick Libby,
executive secretary of the National
Council for the Prevention Of War, and
Bruce Bliven, editor of the New Re
public. Emphasis will be placed on the
situation in China and Japan. The aft
ernoon session will close with an ad-
dress by DR.. d. F. Fleming. assistant
professor of political sciene at Wander
bilt University. whose subject will be
Should the United States Apply for
Membership in the League Of Nations?"
A marathon round table will be con-
Quoted during the evening, the partici-
pants of which have been selected by
the various States.
Organizations Take Part.
The member organizations responsible
for the conference are as follows: Ameri-
can Association of University Women,
Council of Women for Home Missions,
Federation of Woman's Boards Of For
eign Missions of North America, General
Federation of Women's Clubs. National
Board of the Young Women's Christian
Associations; National Council Of Jew
ish Women, National Federation Of
Business and Professional Women's S
| Clubs, National League Of Women Vot-
ers National Woman's Christian Tenn
peraI1ce Union, National Women's Con-
| ference of American Ethical Union, Ma
ticnal Women's Trade Union League.
The Washington Local Committee on
Arrangements consists of the following
General chairman, Mrs. William L.
| Darby; vice chairmen, Mrs. T. j. How
erton, Mrs. H. Wellen Fisher, Mrs.
Delos Kinsman, Mrs. William r.
Rhoades, Mrs. Gardiner jackson, Mrs.
| Allen Stockdale; secretary, Mrs. j.
Claude KEEPER: banquet, Mrs. Frank
| z. Edginton, Mrs. Benjamin Meeks; in
formation, Mrs. Leonard SchloSs, Mrs
Harry Hahn; hotel arrangements, Mrs
Carol Goodpasture, Mrs. Hugh Smith;
ushers and pages, Mrs. kirkpatrick
Noble. Mrs. j. r. Hardesty; utility
Mrs. E. c. Dinwiddie Mrs. E. r. Peas
ley; music, Mrs. McFall Kerbey; host
esses, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs. A. M
Ferry; registration, Mrs. Karl Fen
ming, Mrs. Basil Manly; church groups
Mrs. John Reynolds, Mrs. H. C. Briscoe
Ruth Morgan is the administra-
tive chairman of the conference anc
will preside throughout the conference
Inyocations will be offered at va
rious sessions of the conference by DR.
Joseph r. Sizoo of Washington Mrs
Ella A. Boole, president of the Nationa
Women's Christian Temperate Union
Mrs Frederick M Paist, president o.
the National Board Of the Young
Women's Christian Associations; Mrs
Charles K. Roys, dean of Wells Col.
lege; and Mrs E H Silverthorn, chair.
man of the International Relation!
Committee of the Federation of Wom.
ems Boards of Foreign Missions oi
North America.
| Iowa Society to Hold Dance.