Evening star., 1934-04-18
DEFENSE TRAINING
|SVOTED BY OAR.
Continental Congress Also
Plans Patriotic Pilgrim
age for States Girls.
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president general and the historian
general of the society to take up with
members of the College Entrance
Board the question of more teaching
of American history and civil gov
ernment.
This inquiry would be directed prin-
cipally to privately owned college pre-
paratory schools where the problem
was admittedly difficult. 1T is obvi-
ous," said the resolution. that If
American history and civil govern
ment are required in the college en-
trance board examinations, college
preparatory schools will make these
courses obligatory in order to meet
the requirements"
In States where both American his
tory and civil government are not re-
quired courses and also are not re-
ouired credits for graduation in pub
lie schools, committees were author
lied from the D. A. r. to confer with
State superintendents or commission
ers Of education. urging that both
these subjects be made required
courses and be required as credits for
graduation.
The congress urged legislation also
to provide "a modern American mer-
chant marine. purely American, and
manned principally by Americans"
In support of this resolution, it was
contended that an adequate merchant
| marine is an essential part of the
national defense, to serve both as
naval and military auxiliary in time
of war and national emergency. For
eign subsidies and lower construction
and operation costs abroad compel
the United States to provide money
and other aids to its merchant ma
rine. 1t was indicated that a gen.
eral reorganization of the merchant
marine seems imminent.
Necessity Of Training.
In support of the resolution for in
creasing the strength of the Regular
Army and its military branches, the
| resolution pointed out that the ''obli-
CATION of common defense can best
be discharged by an informed. train
| ed citizenry."
The Citizens Military Training
Camps, the Reserve Officers Training
| Corps. the Organized Reserves and
the National Guard. all under the
| direction of the Regular Army, "are
the agencies provided by our Govern
! ment for the organization, instruction
and training of our people to prepare
them to successfully provide for the
common defense"
To support the r. o. T. c., the
| D. A. r. urged construction of build
ings at universities and colleges, anc
equipping and developing of thes,
units. 1t recommended the annua
l4-day period of training for all either
| officers in the organized Reserves. anc
| the 48 drill periods and 30-day Sum-
mer camp for the National Guard.
Most of the program this morning
was given over to reports of important
committees. This afternoon there wer,
| to be further reports of committee.
and addresses by Dr. Thomas H. Healy
of the School of Foreign Service
! Georgetown University. and Edward
F. Corsi. former commissioner o
naturalization and immigration Of tn,
New York district
The principal report this afternoon
was to be made by Mrs. William A
Becker. chairman of the Committe,
on National Defense
Orations will be heard at tonight's
session, when the IL candidates fol
the seven Offices of vice president gen.
eral will be placed in nomination. Ir
the race are: Mrs. Frank j. Bowman
Illinois: Mrs. Sydney Perry Cooper
North Carolina; Miss Minnie M Dill,
| ley, Minnesota: Mrs. Frederick F
Gundrum. California: Mrs. Bessi,
Carroll Higgins, Iowa; Mrs. Zebulor
Judd. Alabama; Mrs. Julian Benson
McCurry, Georgia; Mrs. William P. H
McFaddin. Texas; Mrs. Roscoe c
O'Byrne. Indiana: Mrs John Y. Rich.
ardson, Oregon, and Mrs. Henry Zol.
Ter. jr., Maryland.
The polls in Memorial Continenta
Hall will open tomorrow at am
and delegations will be excused IL
groups during the session to cast thei
votes.
The delegates will hear of the worl
of the various chapters tonight, whel
the State regents will give their an
nual reports. The United States Nav
Band, Lieut.. Charles Benter. leader
conducting, will furnish the music TO
tonight's session.
Defense Meeting Held.
While there was no session of tht
Continental Congress yesterday after
noon in Constitution Hall a meeting
of surprising enthusiasm was held il
the National officers Club room II
the Administration Building, under
auspices of the National Defense
Committee, of which Mrs. William A
Becker is chairman.
Members of the D. A. R. crowded
the room beyond its capacity to heal
group of distinguished speakers, in.
cluding Senator Warren Barbour o1
New Jersey, Senator David I. Walsh
of Massachusetts. DR.. Thomas H
Healy of the School of Foreign Serv-
ice of Georgetown University and two
students from that school, Walter G
Donnelly and william H. Sardo.
Demands for stronger national de-
fense resounded through the closely
packed rooms, as the Senators prom
ised support to legislation on Capito
Hill, and other speakers touched or
other phases of the problem, includ'
ing immigration and. the dangers o.
pacifism among college students.
Senator Barbour stirred the mem
bers by declaring that the Government
of the United States. which woulc
spend 81 1,250,000 on new embassy fol
Moscow, Soviet Russia, and $400 .00t
annually for maintenance, including
salaries, ought to be able to spenc
"a lot more on officers training camps
and military training camps" Severa
daughters rose after the Senator hac