Evening star., 1937-06-09
v. c. 7. j. OFFICERS
MEET TO ACT ON
FINAL BUSINESS
Most of Delegates Depart
as Convention Ends
With Pageant.
NAMING OF ADVISERS
AND ORGANIZERS UP
l3 Resolutions Adopted on Final
Day, Urging Abstinence and
Liquor Education.

With majority of the 2,700 dele
gates and visitors homeward bound
following the close of the world con-
vention Of the W. C. T. U. last night,
officers and certain other officials re-
mained in Washington today to decide
where the 1910 convention will be held
and to make nominations for the Ad-
vlsory Committee, organizers, repre-
sentatives, branches and departments.
Tomorrow and Saturday the Execu-
tive Committee of the national w. c.
T. U. will hold meetings at the WASH
ington Hotel
approximately 500 men, women and
children took part last night in the
pageant, Souls Courageous" main
feature of the final program of the
sixteenth triennial convention of the
world union. which had been in session
at Constitution Hall since THURSDAY.
The pageant was under direction Of
Marie Moore Forrest of Washington.
The colorful performance, depicting
the growth of the w. c. T. U. since
its founding in 1884 by Frances Will
lard, contained scenes in which dele
gates and visitors from 81 countries
represented appeared in their native
costumes.
Thirteen Resolutions Passed.
The convention adopted l3 resolu-
tions yesterday directed at intemper-
ance and allied social ills. The list
follows, in part:
Governments and transportation
authorities of all countries were asked
to prohibit consumption of alcoholic
liquors by the drivers of road vehicles,
by the pilots of aircraft, by the operat-
ing personnel of railroads and water
craft, when on duty and for "a hours
before going on duty 1t was also
asked that the sale or supply of alco-
holic beverages be prohibited at air.
ports, aboard aircraft, in filling sta
tions and on trains.
The League of Nations was called
upon ito make further COMPREHENSIVE
Investigations on the close relation of
the use OF beverage alcohol" and the
lnlquitous traffic of women and chill
dren"
An appeal was made to govern
ments concerned to protect the ma
tive races from the temptation of al
coholic liquor"
Another resolution stated: I'VE re-
Jolce IN the extension Of citizenship 10
women and in the increasing recoe-
milton OF their nationality rights. We
urge each nation to enact the neces-
sary legislation to secure these reason
able rights to all women of the world.
We urge definite study for education
IN government andtor the participa-
tlon OF women in the use of the ballot
to the end that society may be pro-
tected from drink, impurity gambling
and other evils"
The League of Nations was com.
mended for placing on its agenda for
the September, 1887, assembly tine
proposal to incorporate in the League
| covenant an amendment for an equal
lty OF rights for men and women"
Alcohol Study Urged.
The League also was to be re-
| quested to instruct its Committee on
Nutrition to investigate the effect of
alcohol on the nutritive value of foods
and so on to the health of the
| people"
1t was also asked that the scope of
the League of Nations be expanded to
| include expert studies of conditions
contrlbutory to war, with a view to
eliminating the causes of war" The
convention resolved in favor of the
Brland-kellogg pact, the settling of
disputes by arbitration, based on inter-
national law, collective responsibility
OF nations to prevent breaches of peace
and disregard of treaty obligations.
Another resolution stated: The re-
peal OF prohibition in the United
States and Finland has not solved the
liquor problem in those countries, nor
has so-called government control.
Other methods substituted instead of
prohibition have proven ineffective in
lessening the consumption of beverage
alcohol. I'VE declare our conviction
that eradication, not restriction, is the
only solution of the world wide LIQUOR
problem"