Evening star., 1940-04-07
First Of 1900 D. A. R.
Delegates 10 Arrive
Here This Week
49th Annual Convention
Opens April IS at
Constitution HuII

The advance guard Of about 1000
delegates, alternates and members
of the Daughters OF the American
Revolution, planning to come to
Washington for the Forty-ninth
Continental Congress Of the D. A.
R., will arrive this week for q round
Of pre-convention events.
The congress will open formally
at Constitution Hall the evening of
April Is.
AS a prelude, q delegation Of ma
tional and State officers. will 60
Thursday to Valley Forge, Pa, for
the dedication of seven additional
bells In the Washington Memorial
National Carlton. The bells were
presented by d. A. r. members in
Arizona, Minnesota, Washington,
Montana, Iowa. Mississippi and
North Dakota. When completed the
carlton will have 40 bells. At pres
ent, 20 bells, representing as many
States, have been dedicated.
Board Of Management to Meet.
Pre-convention events here in
clude an informal gathering of the
National Board of Management Fri
day as well as meetings Of State re-
gents on the same day.
Friday also will bring to WASH
ington the Good Citizenship Pill
grims, one from each State and the
District. These - senior high school
girls, winners Of this years good
citizenship contest, will be presented
before the congress at It's opening
ceremonies.
The usual pre-congress meeting
of the National Board will be held
Saturday.
Next Sunday delegates and men,
bers will attend memorial services
in Memorial Continental Hall. Pill
grimages to the Founders Memorial,
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier
and the tombs of George and Martha
Washington will be made after the
memorial services.
Mass Meeting 1T Mayfiower.
Leading pre-congress event will be
the annual mass meeting of the Ma
tional Defense Through Patriotic
Education Committee, which will be
held at the Mayf1ower Hotel the
afternoon of April Is. A large crowd
is expected at this meeting, which
usually sounds the keynote of the
congress determination on foreign
policy. Mrs. Imogen B. Emery. ma
tional chairman of the committee,
will preside. Speakers have not yet
been announced.
Although details of the congress
have not been completed, the annual
events include the following:
l. April 15-Opening of the congress.
April 16-President generals re-
| ception at 8 pm. in Constitution
Hall. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., is
completing her second year as pres
ident general. The pages ball at
the Mayfower Hotel. State lunch
cons and national committee meet
ings are scheduled during the day.
April 17-State regents night.
Nomination of vice presidents gen.
eral and honorary vice presidents
general.
April 18-Election of officers.
April 19-1nstallation of officers
and the annual banquet, to be held
at 7:30 pm. in the ballroom Of the
Hotel Mayflower.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Receive.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who resigned from
the D. A. r. last year in protest
against the refusal of the D. A. r..
to allow Marian Anderson to sing
in Constitution Hall, will receive
members of the congress at the
White House April 10 at $3.50 pm.
Other events linked to the con-
gress include meeting of the
Junior Assembly April 16 at 2:45
pm. in Memorial Continental Hall
and tea for all juniors and pages
at the Mayfower Hotel the after
noon Of April IS, with Mrs. George
D. Schermerhorn, national chair
man of the Junior Membership
Committee, as hostess.