Evening star., 1940-11-12
Inter-American Group
OF Women 10 Reveal
Part Of Unity Plans
Announcement Expected
After Second Day
Of Discussion Here

A part of the unity program Tor
North and South American women
being worked out by the Inter-Amer-
ican Commission of Women at the
Pan-American Union is expected to
be announced tonight.
Members of the commission,
headed by Sonora de Martinez Guer-
rero of Argentina. will receive at a
Pan-American Union concert to-
night and were to be entertained
at luncheon by the Ecuadorean En-
bassy. Announcement of the find
ings of the commission at the END
of the second day of discussion were
expected to be made following the
afternoon session.
Five hundred guests of the Wom-
ems Joint Congressional Committee
last night heard Sonora de Guerrero
plead for American support OF the
commission program.
In return, she promised. the pro-
gram will be directed toward max
ing better understanding between
American republics"
kuColS az lIlC AIb' AlNAh
/, at the Washington Hotel by 20
national womens organizations of
the Womens Joint Congressional
Committee, were the IA delegates
to the commission, which began its
meetings yesterday.
BerIe Cites Role of Women.
Assistant Secretary of State A. A.
Berle, jr., emphasized the part that
womens groups, with their peculiar
ability to plan for the future. can
play in the defense of the home
front from doctrines abroad.
I'VE hail the growing knowledge
and contribution of women's groups
in the American family of nations, -
he said
The organization of women has
been a distinctive achievement of
the Western Hemisphere. Mr.. Berle
declared. He said the value of
women's groups was not to divide
their work from that of the men, but
of tapping a reservoir of thought
and ability to cooperate with mems
efforts.
The General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, the League of Women
Voters and other societies can do
"a vast amount of hard-headed
technical work." he added.
Pointing out the appeal of totali-
tartan states to youth, DR.. Helen
Dwight Reid of Bryn Mawr College
suggested that democracy be made
more dynamic to American youth as
a crusade to protect 1000 years of
evolution.
Miss Frances Perkins. Secretary
of Labor, in welcoming the delegates
on behalf of the United States, Of
fered to them the facilities of the
United States Government. I'VE
hope to gain new insight from what
you say" she declared to the men,
bers of the. commission on the plat
form.
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general
of the Pan-American Union. where
the commission is meeting, COM
mended its specially called session
as a step forward in the unity of
the Americas"
"We are living in a period so
dangerous and so menacing to our
institutions that unity of effort and
unity of purpose have become es-
sential to the perseverance OF those
liberties which we all so deeply
cherish" he said.
Mrs. Roosevelt Sends Message.
Mrs. James Austin Stone, preSid-
ing officer, read greetings from Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The promoting of friendship be-
tween the Americas" Mrs. Roose-
welt wrote, "is something that lies
very close to my heart, and the ex-
change of information and of visits
between the different countries in
this hemisphere always seems a
most valuable contribution to the
cause of peace at home and, indi-
rectly, abroad"
Miss Mary Winslow, United States
delegate to the commission, intro
duced its members, including
Senorita Minerva Bernardino and
Sonora Elna Mederos de Gonzalez,
who spoke briefly.
Others among the guests intro
duced by Miss Winslow were Mrs.
Cordell Hull. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
M. Grady, Mrs. Adolph Berle, Mel
son Rockefeller, Mrs. Lawrence
Duggan and DR.. and Mrs. de Alba.