Evening star., 1937-10-31
ROOSEVELT URGES
STRESS ON PACTS
Peoples Mandate Deputies
Asked to Emphasize
Treaty SanCtity.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Oct. 30
President Roosevelt urged flying
deputies" of the Peoples Mandate Com
mittee today to emphasize on 17,000-
mile all-America peace flight that
treaties are not scraps of paper, but
are meant to be kept.
The President expressed the belief
that progress in the Americas toward
peace during the last four years has
had very great effect in other parts
of the world. He said the effect had
been perhaps greater than would be
realized from reading of the bellig-
erent attitude of some other countries.
The people all over the world are
beginning to say to themselves, the
President asserted, that in the Western
Hemisphere there is the most inter-
esting thing that has ever happened
a whole continent has abolished war
and has provided the machinery so
any question between nations may be
peaceably settled
The Americas also, he said, have
set an example to the rest of the world
in treaty adherence.
Seek Publicity for Treaties.
Mr.. Roosevelt received the Peoples
Mandate group a few hours before
four representatives of the organiza-
ton set out to urge republics in Latin
America to ratify the anti-war and
commercial treaties that came from
the 1896 Buenos Aires conference.
They also hope to give such publicity
to the treaties as to promote popular
sentiment for ratification and ad-
herence.
The Buenos Aires conference was
called and attended b, Mr.. Roosevelt.
Since its adjournment nearly a year
ago, the United States, Ecuador, Santo
Domingo and Nicaragua have ratified
the various treaties proposed. Vene-
zuela has ratified some of them. Six
teen American nations have not yet
acted
The deputies, who left here to start
their southwark flight from Newark
tonight, are Mrs. Burton w. Musser
OF Salt Lake City, only woman men,
Der OF the United States delegation to
the Buenos Aires conference; Mrs.
Ana del Pulgar de Burke of Wash
ington, D. c., native Chilean; Mrs.
Enoch Wesley Frost of Texarkana,
Ark, and Mrs. Rebecca Hourwich
Reyher of New York City.
Presented by DIR. WooIIey.
They were introduced to the Presi-
dent by DR.. Mary E. Woolley, presi-
dent emeritus of Mount Holyoke Col
lege and chairman of the Mandate
Committee.
A large delegation of members of
the committee, including several men,
met the flying deputies here and were
present for the interview with the
President.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he was working
with the Maritime Commission to in
augurate steamship line down the
east coast of South Africa, so travel
between this and the Latin American
countries would be speedier and more
comfortable than present facilities
He said he thought that next year
there would be such a new steam
ship service.
Deals With American Situation.
DR.. Woolley, who talked to newsmen
after the delepation,s visit with tbe
President, said the Peoples Mandate
organization was devoting itself to the
American situation now but hoped
to extend its work to the rest of the
| world
The flying deputies will reach Miam
tomorrow, accompanied by Miss Jac-
queline Cochran, the flyer. From
Miami the deputies will fly to Ha.
vana.
After meeting the peace deputa.
ton the President was visited by