Evening star., 1944-01-15
Women Must Conquer:
Fear Of Casualties, !;
Mrs. Blair Warns /:

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One Of the big jobs for women in
1914 is to combat fear, Mrs. Emily
Newell Blair Of the War Depart
ment told the Women's Patriotic, !,
Conference on National Defense
today at the Hotel Statler.
zone problem" said Mrs. Blair,
"is the task of allaying fear and SO
preventing the hysteria that results
from fear. You have been told the
cost Of winning this war will be high
in casualties. We cannot tell women
how to face these casualties, but We
can spare them the last turn of tie
screw which comes from the fer
that the death of son or a hus-
band was not necessary. We can co
that by giving them facts about tie
Army's treatment of the wounGed
and ILL.,"
Way of Life Is Peace Aim.
Another speaker, DR.. L. Wendell
Fifield of the Plymouth Church CT
the Pilgrims stressed the preservs-
ton of the American way Of life as
the most important object in main
tanning permanent peace after the
war.
I'm the urge to be helpful and
useful to Others" he declared, I'VE
fail to realize that the capacity to
help others depends upon the char
acter and facility Of those who are
rendering that aid"
Warning that this way of life may
be lost at the time when the Nation
is paying terrific price in its at
tempt to preserve it, he said: There
is a danger that amid the pressure
and trials on the one hand and the
excessive prosperity which this war
has brought on the other we may
neglect the source of the Nations
strength.
America Will Be Yardstick.
I'm this war most nations are 60
ing to be disillusioned by totali-
tarianism," he declared, "and they
will look to the United States. What
they see here is going to have as
much, and more, to do with the
state of the world than any solu-
ton of boundary lines or any re-
adjustments of economic situations
or any realignment of power poll
tics. 1t is important what they see
in America"
He described America as being in
the most dangerous period of her
national history" pointing out that
the Nation is at its highest point
of wealth and power, and that it
!, has suffered less than any other
!. Nation. Suffering, he said, brings
humility and it's absence may be a
, serious drawback.
| Warren H. Atherton, national
commander of the American Legion,
spoke at the opening banquet of the
: conference last night.
S A universal service act, he said,
] is not only necessary for the prose-
y cution of the war, but should be
5 kept on the statutes after the war
E so the country will always be able
e to mobilize quickly and thoroughly
4 if attacked.
THE most cheering message we
e can send our fighting men," he said
t "is that the Nation has whole
heartedly adopted the rule of work
. or fight. That rule should have
been adopted more than two years
G ago. Let's give the men in battle
new courage and a renewed faith
in this country by signing on the
4, dotted line" 1855
' Many Speakers Listed.
Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Racin.
i, Wis, chairman of the confer-ncc
, presided. ,-- -se
Other speakers today were to I.
+ Capt. William M. Jones of t.2e
Army Air Forces, Representative e
= Judd, Republican, of Minnesota
y Representative Dirksen, Republican
OF Illinois; Mrs. J. Spencer Morgan
! of the Citizens Committee for ths
Army and Navy, and Brig. Gen
Frank E. Lowe of the Office of the
i, Chief of Staff.
j Senator Brewster, Republican, o.
Maine and Roy E. johnson of ,tht
e War Department will speak tonigh
at a meeting open to the public.