Evening star., 1934-01-21
WOMEN TO ATTEND
PATRIOTIC SESSION
36 Organizations to Be Rep
resented at Ninth Confer
ence Wednesday.

Delegates from So women's organi-
cations from every part of the country
Will take part in the Ninth Women's
Patriotic Conference on National De-
fense, sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary. to be held at the
Mayflower Hotel Wednesday through
Friday
The conference. it is claimed by its
sponsors, will bring clearer under
standing of the countryS defensive
needs to the women of the Nation and
give them guidance in work for ade-
phase of national defense will be dis
cuSsed. Officers of the Army Navy and
Marine Corps will present discussion
of the functions and needs of their
branches of the service. Assistant Sec
retaries of War and Navy and members
of Congress will discuss national de-
fenSe from administrative and legiSla-
tive viewpoints while officials of the
American Legion and its auxiliary will
speak for the war veterans and their
families.
Approximately 100000 women are
represented in the SO organizations
sponsoring the conference. according to
Mrs. William H. Biester, jr., of Phila-
delphia. conference chairman and ma
tional president of the American
Legion Auxiliary. Advance registration
indicates that more than 600 delegates
will attend.
Treaty Strength Navy Favored
Resolutions adopted at the confer
ence Will be helpful in formulating the
national defense programs for these or
ganizations during the year. The con-
ference is expected to indorse an
American Navy up to the limits of the
London treaty. Material increases in
the Army and its component parts and
curbs on radical activities in the United
States Will take the form of other reso-
lutions.
Mrs. Biester will have as her CO.
Chairman at the conference Mrs. Will
ham E. Ochlltree of Connersville. Ind,
national president of the American War
Mothers. Among some of the partici-
patlng organizations are the United
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary,
Women's Relief Corps, Womens Over
seas Service League, National Patriotic
council, Daughters of the Revolution.
National Society Of New England Wom-
en-. Auxiliary to the Union Veterans of
the Civil War, Danes of the Loyal
Legion and Daughters of Founders and
Patriots.
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Senator David A. Reed of PENNSYLVANIA
at the opening mass meeting Wednes-
Gay night. An accounting of the
preparations OF the Navy to serve as a
hrst line OF defense will be given by
Admiral w H. Standley. chief of naval
operations. Edward A. Hayes, national
commander of the American Legion.
Will speak on the countrys future ma
tlonal defense, and Col. Ulysses S.
Grant, Sd. will address the meeting on
patriotism.
Industry Is Factor.
Plans for mobilization of industry in
event of war Will be outlined by Harry
Il. Woodring, Assistant Secretary of
War. at the second session Thursday
morning. Senator Park Trammel of
Florida will speak on an adequate NAVY
for defense. Rear Admiral E. j. King,
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, will
describe the Nays flying forces. Why
keep on fooling ourselves when the rest
o. the world doesn't fool itself?" will
Gen. Harry ]. Reilly, o. R. c., before
this session
An open forum at the third session,
Thursday afternoon. will be started
with discussion on why the United
States should have an adequate ma
tioral defense, by Maj. Gen. Amos A.
Fries retired chairman of the Ameri-
can Legion's National Defense Com
rnittee.
The structure of the military estab-
lshment will be described by Maj. Gen.
George S. Simonds, commandant of the
Army War College. Rear Admiral c.
H Woodward will talk on anti-pre-
paredness propaganda. The part played
by the Marine Corps in the general
scheme of national defense will be out
lined by Brig. Gen. C. H. Lyman, and
Princess CantacuZene. nee Julia Grant,
chairman of the American Legion Aux
iliary's National Defense Committee.
will discuss Women's share in national
defense.
Representative Beck to Speak.
Representative James M Beck of
Pennsylvania will give general outline
OF the national defense situation at the
conference dinner Thursday night
The mission of the Navy will be de-
scribed by Henry l.. Roosevelt, Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, at the final
session Friday morning. Maj. Gen.
Hugh Drum. deputy chief of staff, will
speak on the Army as a civil agency
and its modernization. Representative
J. j. McSWan of South Carolina, chair
man or the House Commlttee on Mill
tary Affairs, will address the final ses-
sion on a safe and sane system of
national defense.
After all speakers have been heard,
the conference Resolutions Committee,
with Mrs. G. L. H. BrOsseau Of Green
vich, Conn, former president general
of the D. A. R. as chairman, will bring
in a series of resolutions setting forth
the stand of the conference on national
defense questions. Ceremonies at the
Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier will fol-
low adjournment.