Evening star., 1933-04-16
D. A. R: TO PUT BAN
ON CONTROVERSIES
Board Sets Policy fol
Forty-Second Annual Ses-
sion Opening Tomorrow.
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O'CLOCK session. she Is expected 10
admonish the 5000 delegates to keep
'cool heads" and cooperate with the
efforts of the Roosevelt administration
to keep the Ship OF State on an even
keel during the crisis, through which
the Government Is now passing.
Features of the weeks program will
include addresses by Miss Frances Per-
kins, Secretary of Labor. and the first
woman member of the cabinet, and Mrs
Ruth Bryan Owen confirmed as the
first woman Minister abroad. Secretary
Perkins is scheduled to speak on immi-
grafton matters Thursday evening, while
Mrs. Owen, who served as chairman Of
the Program Committee, is to be one
of the speakers at tomorrow night S
session.
President and MIS- Roosevelt have
been invited, OF course. to attend the
SESSION tomorrow night and if possible,
to address the delegates. 1t is hardly
expected. however that the President,
in the midst of emergency matters, will
be able to find the time. Mrs. Roose-
velt who is not member of the D. A.
R., although eligible through the long
line OF Roosevelts extending back to
Colonial days may possibly attend the
session tomorrow evening or the OPEN
ing session in the morning. At any
rate, she will be hostess at White
House reception to the D. A. r. dele
gates on Friday afternoon, the final day
OF the congress.
Delegates from 1000 chapters already
are arriving in the Capital in such num-
bers as possibly to equal last years at
tendance Of 5000 at the. triennial elec-
tion. Despite the banking crisis, local
hotels report no cancellation Of reser-
vations made weeks and months ago.
Many Events Scheduled.
Beginning with the opening session.
with its colorful massing Of banners
and procession of pages and national
officers, the five days of the congress
will be crowded with events. The pro-
gram ends with the annual banquet
Friday evening at the Willard Hotel
Seven vice presidents general and two
honorary vice presidents, Will be placed
In nomination Wednesday night and the
balloting will take place the next day.
prominent among the speakers at
oally sessions are Secretary of Agricul-
ture Henry A. Wallace. who Is Sched-
uled to make an informal talk tomorrow
evening. At this session also, Senator
Tom Connally of Texas, a member OF
the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, Will speak. Mrs. Owens topic is
Education for Citizenship"
Despite the tendency apparent In ad-
minStration circles to enter into nego-
tiations with Soviet Russia, Mrs. Magma
SAID that the traditional policy of the
D. A. r. Is opposed to recognition and
will be continued in opposition so long
as the Soviet authorities sanction prop
aganda against the American form of
government. DR.. Edmund A. Walsh.
8. j., vice president Of Georgetown
University, whose well known views on
this issue are in accord with D. A. r.
policy, Is to address the congress on
Soviet Russia and the United States"
at Thursday afternoons session.
Other prominent speakers at various
sessions include Maj. Gen. Stephen O.
Fuqua. chief of Infantry, and Rear Ad-
miral Wat Tyler Cluverius, command
ing the Ninth Naval District, Chicago.
They will outline the needs for adequate
military and naval preparedness. The
former will speak Thursday afternoon
and the latter in the evening ON the
same program with Secretary Perkins
and Assistant Attorney. General Seth
w. Richardson. Miss Amelia Earhart.
Americas foremost woman aviator, will
speak Friday morning on 1.-THE Devel-
opment OF Aviation" An address on
the American Merchant Marine and
what 1t means to women will be de-
hvered Thursday morning by Miss Clara
W. McQuown, under auspices of the
United States Shipping Board
Tuesday will be an off-day on the
program with only routine business in
the morning. At the close of the ses-
sion, the president general accompanied
by the daughters, will place a wreath
upon the N. S. D. A. r. Memorial.
Pilgrimages Planned.
Pilgrimages to Mount Vernon and
Arlington National Cemetery, where
wreaths will be placed before the tombs
OF George Washington and the Un-
known Soldier. will take place in the
afternoon. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers
is chairman of the pilgrimage to Airing
ton and Mrs. Eleanor Washington How
ard Is honorary chairman of the pilgri-
mage to Mount Vernon. The active
chairman Is Mrs. Willoughby S. Chesley.
Tuesday evening. the United States
Navy Band Orchestra will give a con-
cert in the hall, following which the
president general, vice presidents gen.
eral and national officers will hold their
annual reception for the delegates. State
regents will assist in receiving. Mrs.
Adam M. Wyant is chairman of the
Reception Committee.
III lAiC III oC IAiIIC lllC -. n. N. HAS
applied an age limitation upon the 200
or more pages who handle attendance
at every session. For no announced
reason. the national board requested the
various chapters to send as pages this
year young women who do not exceed
80 years of age. No attempt will be
made to enforce this rule, it was said,
but the word has been passed around
Washington. with result that mascu-
line attendance at the annual ball for
the pages is expected to show a marked
increase This informal and usually
popular event of the congress will be
held Tuesday evening at the Willard
Hotel following the reception in Con-
stitution Hall
Apropos of youthful pages, Mrs
Magma said indications pointed this
year to an awakened interest in the
younger element of the D. A. R. in the
forthcoming session. This she attrib-
uteS in part to the depression, which is
forcing many of the elder delegates to
remain at home. and their places are
being taken by .Cunger women
With view to encouraging the ac-
tivity of young women in the National
Society. the president general said the
policy this year is to seek closer Coop
Grafton with the Children of the Amer
lean Revolution by encouraging par
ticipation in that group of junior mem-
bers. Since 18 years is the admission
age to the D. A. R.. the younger gen.
Grafton, it was pointed out. serves as
recruiting field for new members.
Interest in Finances.
Interest will be centered''this year on:
the financial reports rendered to the
d. A. r. Congress Like almost every
large organization, the National Society
has suffered through the depression.
Despite slack times, however, reports
are expected to show the National So
ciety to be in an exceedingly healthy
condition. both as to finances as well
as membership. Since last Fall, Mrs.
Magma has made trips through % States