Evening star., 1939-10-09
Secretary Hull Greets
Goodwill Delegation
From Latin America
Tells Women Of
Accord Shown at
Recent Conference

Secretary of State. Hull, extend
Ing formal greetings to q delega-
ton Of Latin American women, to-
day commented on the remarkable
unity and solidarity" shown in the
recent Pan-American Conference ut
Panama City.
Everyone there" he told five OF
the six women beginning b good
will tour of the United States, was
thinking of methods whereby they
might cooperate to promote con-
ditions of peace and unity In this
hemisphere"
Five OF the six Latin American
visitors. constituting the first good
will visit of women from Latin
America, attended Mr.. Hull's re-
ception in the State Department
and later visited various State De-
partment ofices.
Greetings Extended.
Each of the women, as she was
introduced to Secretary Hull, made
little speech containing the greet
ings Of her country. One Of them
praised Mr.. Hull as "the outstand-
ing leader in the promotion of peace
throughout the world" while an
other told him that the good
trip. which will take the women to
10 cities. was designed to show the
effect of women on the peace work
In each country and what women
could accomplish for peace in the
home
After greeting the women sep
arately, Mr.. Hull told them we are
all very much complimented by this
visit of good will"
He traced the growth of inter-
American COOPERATION from Monte
video to the recent conference at
Panama and declared, This step
In Panama City We hope will not
be the last in bringing closer to-
gether each Of the 2l nations"
Il hope sometime" the Secretary
smiled, we may send back a good
Will visit to each of the American re-
pubics you represent with five per-
SONS 1Or each one OF YOU"
After calling at the State Depart
ment the Latin American visitors
went to the Social Security Board.
where George E. Bigge, acting chair
man Of the board, took over the
mammoth job of explaining the
Government and State aid programs
In half an hour.
He discussed the w. P. A., the
P. w. A., the c. c. c. and the N. L.
A., and the five functions of the
Social Security Board. The women
were also shown a movie illustra ting
the work of the Social Security
Board.
After this the Latin Americans
made a flying trip to the Capitol,
where they heard Senator johnson
OF Colorado discussing neutrality
and met Senator Borah Of Idaho as
he left the Senate floor.
The young women spent only a
lew minutes in the Senate which
they occupied by staring as much at
the galleries as at the Senators. AS
they started down the corridor. one
OF their hostesses pointed out Sen
ator Borah. They had all heard Of
him and insisted on meeting him
right then and there.
The Senator bowed politely and
shook hands all around.
Travelling behind a police escort,
they went to the Carlton Hotel to
be the luncheon guests Of the WASH
ington Committee Of Sponsors. Fol-
lowing the luncheon, they were to 20
on a two-hour drive through Wash
ington and wind up at the clubhouse
OF the American Association of Uni
versity Women for tea.
Their four days here will be
crowded with Official visits and
parties. They were the guests of
honor at a luncheon given TODAY
at the Carlton Hotel by the Wash
lngton Committee of Sponsors. Then,
there was to be tea for them at the
American Association of University
Women's clubhouse, at which they
were to meet heads of local women's
organizations.
Robbins Dinner Tonisht,
Dinners will be given for them to-
night by Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins and by the Ambassador and
Mrs. Alfara of Ecuador.
During their visit, the young
women will be received by the
Secretaries Of Agriculture and Labor
and by the chiefs of the Women's
Bureau and the Children's Bureau.
The program includes inspection of
Government projects, visits to
Mount Vernon, the Capitol, the Pan
American Union and other points
OF interest and tea with Mrs. Roose-
velt at the White House Thursday.
Embassy, State Department and
Pan-American Union ofdcials as
well as a District committee headed
by Engineer Commissioner David
McCoach, jr.. met the delegates at
Union Station.
Members of the Sponsoring Com
mittee, of which Mrs. Hull is hon.
orary chairman, were also on hand
to greet the visitors.
Received BY Mrs. Hull.
Leaving the station behind a
motorcycle escort, the young women
were received by Mrs. Hull and then
went on to a dinner given by Miss
Mary Winslow, United States rep
resentative of the Inter-American
Commission of Women.
The six women for whom diplo-
matte and official Washington will
extend itself this week are Senorita
Susana Perez Irigoyen of Buenos
Aires. Argentina, prominent young
journalist on the stan Of La Nacion;
Sonora Lucia de Paula FonSeca of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, daughter of
Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Mar
tins: Sonora Angela de Chacon, San
Jose, Costa Rica. lawyer, writer and
chairman of the Peoples Mandate
In her country; Senorita Mercedes
Guerra of Havana, Cuba, daughter
Of DR.. Ramiro Guerra, distinguished
historian; Sonora Rosa Marcos de
Ycaza of Guayaquil, Ecuador, daugh-
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