Evening star., 1942-01-24
Women Vote for
Formation Of
Auxi|idryArIny
Convention Fuvors
Volunteer Group
As Outlined in Bill

The proposed formation Of ,
woman's army to serve as an aux
iliary to the Regular Army toda!
received the support Of the Gen
eral Federation of Women's Club
meeting in the Mayfower Hotel.
The delegates agreed to supper
legislation for a women's army aux.
Hilary corps through voluntary en-.
liStments, in a resolution stressins
that "the burdens and sacrifices o.
war should be borne by all citizen.
of the Nation"
Earlier in the day, the womer
heard reports from subcommittee
chairmen of the Federation's Ma.
tional Defense Department.
Mrs. F.. H. Clausen of Horizon
Wis, chairman of the Industry Sub
committee, predicted that between
100000 and 100000 women
eventually would be employed in
war industries.
The delegates were asked by Mrs
F. Earle Magee of Oil City, Pa, OF
the Conservation of Defense Prod
ucts Committee, to become familiar
with some phase of the war effort
and make it their life work for the
duration"
Urges Victory Gardens
Mrs. Gustav Ketterer, Phila-
delphia, department chairman,
urged the growing of more victory
gardens" and said householders
should preserve more vegetables and
meat"
Informed earlier by Brig. Gen
Frank E. Lowe of the Office of the
Army Chief of Staff, that American
forces will probably fight in all four
corners of the earth before we're
through" the clubwomen will to-
night turn particular attention to
military preparedness in Latin
America.
Nelson A. Rockefeller. co-ordina-
tor of Inter American Affairs; Lau-
renee Duggan, the State Depart
ment's expert on the Southern ma
tions; Ambassador Diogenes Esca-
lante Of Venezuela and DR.. William
Sanders of the Pan-American Union
will act as instructors in a special
session to be held at $50 pm. in the
Pan-American Building. Ambassa-
dors and ranking diplomats from IL
other Latin American countries will
be on the platform.
This hemisphere discussion will
follow an afternoon forum in which
Cnoroforxy ~ A c1-ir UyiNkord
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son and Secretary of Labor Perkins
are scheduled to outline their ideas
on Defense of Our Economic Sys-
tenn"
To Hear Labor Aides.
Like most other sessions in the
four-day gathering of the General
Federation, ending Monday, this
was to be held in the May
flower Hotel. Others discussing
the same topic we're to in
clude William P. Witherow, presi-
dent, National Association of Manu-
facturers; Robert j. Watt Of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Van A. Bittner of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations.
Gen. loves prediction of far
flung American military action came
while he was reporting yesterday on
the rate of mechanization of our
Army-declaring with one-fourth its
strength in air squadrons and one
sixth in tank divisions, it is rapidly
becoming more highly mechanical
than the German army.
For the men manning these ma
chimes, the United States is provid-
ing food, housing and general
care unrivaled by any except the
British Army, he declared.
Secretary of Navy Knox was also
scheduled to speak, but was detained
so long at a White House conference
that his audience finally adjourned.
Seconds later he appeared at the
door, breathless but too late.
Last night Mrs. Roosevelt staged
an 'impromptu quiz program on
problems of the Office of Civilian
Defense, of which she is assistant
director. Assisting her in answering
audience questions were four other
o. C. D. officials, Miss Jane Seaver,
director of the youth division; James
p. Kirby, chief of press relations;
Brig. Gen. L. D. Gasser, in charge of
civilian protection, and Miss Wilmer
Shields of the community volunteer
service.
Mrs. Roosevelt advocated fair play
and careful legal procedure in deal
ing with aliens, but said that many
"borderline" cases of possibly dan
gerous foreigners can only be dealt
with by internment.
o. C. d. Powers Advisory.
Reporting that in some States
women have been denied the privi-
1ege of serving as air raid wardens,
she pointed out that the o. c. D. has
only advisory powers and cannot
dictate the voiding of such rules.
Declaring that Capitol Hill is be-
ing flooded with appeals to abolish
the National Youth Administration
completely, Mrs. Roosevelt also
asked the clubwomen to create con-
trary sentiment.
Three-year college courses are
eliminating vacations during which
poor students earned tuition money,
she said. II N. Y. A. funds are also
eliminated, she declared, "a very
serious and undemocratic situation"
will arise.
We're going to cut out students
with brains that would be useful to
us" commented Mrs. Roosevelt.
"Only those whose parents have
money could go to college"
At the same time she recalled
the contention of Brig. Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey that no more vol
unteer enlistments should be per-
mitted in Army or Navy. She indi-
Gated she believes college boys
should be kept in school until Sc
lective Service boards determine
where they belong.
Bright prospects on the civilian
front-after the war-were held out
by Assistant Secretary Of Commerce
Robert E. Hinckley, who pictured
the American family OF the future
buying airplanes as they did the
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