The Washington times., 1938-01-20

neld last nIgnt III Ine nan
Hotel.
Close to 1000 delegates and
interested women attended the
banquet. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, veteran peace leader and
honorary chairman of the BAN
duet, and Mrs. Ruth Bryan owen
Rahde, former minister to Den
mark, we're speakers. Miss Jos
ephihe sehain, Of New York
city. chairman Of the confer.
ence, presided.
ASSISTANCE NEEDED
The wife Of the President Of
the United States pointed out
the three objectives oft he con.
ference, as follows:
First, to build effective peace
machinery. Second, to reduce
war machinery. Third. to obtain
guaranteed security against war
for every nation"
Mrs. Roosevelt said: Il think
we in this country would sub
scribe to everyone of these three
objectivej, but unfortunately we
cannot attain them without the
a45istanees Of other countries"
HRS ISOLATION
Mrs. Roosevelt told the women
that throughout the u 1ited
States the most prem nouI1eed sen
tii1aeht everywhere is for peace,
but that tn people were more
willing to become isolated In
stead of looking at othel peoples
problems. She declared.
There is such q thing as look
ing world problems sqdafely IN
the face l.. There is such d
thing as being afraid to make q
decision and that is one thing
I hope this country will never
do I don't want to see us
90 to war. I hope we never
go to war, but / don't want to
see us grow soft about our prin-
ciples we must find a way
where we can attack the prob
LENS before people want to go
to war. We can't do 1t by iSo-
1Ation."
MRS. GAIT SPEAKS
Mrs. Gait gave one Of her
witty but serious speeches, for
which she has been famous for
many years. She called 1t
"A Belated Apology" ana
started her address by declar.
ing; IAN accomplished anthre-
pologist from Harvard, after
studying Aathfupology, or the
nature OF man, for IS years has
decided that the proper ftihss
ton OF the afthfop6l9 u to
Ap0loeiSe for man, With this
6ehGlNsiea, I heartily agree.
whether you advocate gen
lAsis or evolution, It IL equally
| certain that ancient man lived
In tees. t know there are people
whe do not like the Idea Of theif
forefathefs living In trees Wen,
we are here tonight solely be-
cause trees saved the human
race from being eaten alive be-
fore it could creep.
TIN time the great beasts were
destroyed and the dictatorship
Of man Siieeeeaed the dictator
ship Of beasts. But man, aS
difeeteF Of Wvf1d evolution, has
been q sefFy failure"
START or WARFARE
MRS. Gait declared she knew
the episode which took plaee
some two or three million
years Lefofe Christ, which was
the beginning OF war between
humans. ana told her story
THUS:
zone bright spring morning,
some men were climbing out
OF their trees with the intent of
stretching their legs in q little
walk on the ground. There be.
ing no newspapers, they did not
Know that their big enemies
we're gone and they were timid
and suspici0tis. Hearing d noisy
rustic of leaves, they paused
ana were astounded to see other
men coming down out of their
trees. They did not know them.
They had never been introduced,
so the two groups pitched into
each other and had a battle.
They had nothing to fight about.
There were trees enough for all.
The apology for those early
men ID easy-they did not know
any better. They had small
brains At best and did not knew
now to Use what they had. In
fact, of the record, ouf early
ancestors were morons. Perhaps
YOU may say that I cannot
spf0ve that the institution Of
var Began Ii the way I have de-
ascribed, WELL can you dis.
ipr0ve itS
4 PROGRESS m war
Down through the years Mrs,
oAtt to6k hef listeners, desefibs
lne how men went from fists to
stone ana sticks and themes
10 Stof1e axes-ori to spears, lave
Inns and daggers. and later to
words, with shields. chain arf1lef
and h elm e is for protection.
Then, she said, cavalry came
10 terrify the enemy, and at
some remote time the bow and
arrow appeared. According to
Mrs. Gait, then came the great
walls surrounding cities, bat also
he battering ram by the enemy