Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-03
IW omen Hold Kew
lT o P eace, NJ Gratb
IF els Federation
B y r nth Dean

Women's organizations. all over
the world. through united effort,
can be the greatest factor IN MAIN
tanning lasting peace, Senator j.
Howard McGrath, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island told more than 4Oo
members and guests Of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs yes
terday at the annual breakfast at
the Mayaower Hotel.
You have become the right arm
Of government and the OUTSTANDING
hope of peace and security" he de-
clared. This world viii never ar
rive at q period Of permanent peace
unless the objectives Of your organ
ization are accepted by mankind as
the codes Of society"
He praised the work done by
women in combating juvenile de-
|linquency, in child welfare, ex-
posure of unpatriotic subversive ac-
tiyities and other movements for
the improvement Of the national
welfare. He noted that in all his
experience Of meeting women's COM
mittees, he had always been i'm
pressed with their selfless and zeal
Gus interest in others than them
selves.
Though you are vocalists, your
strength is nonetheless great" Sen
ator McGrath declared. Though we
cast s.-ide the ideologies under which
we now live, men will continue to
fight unless women through moral
persuasion, show them they are fol-
lowing in the path of wrongdoing.
He cited the United Nations Ed
ucational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization as the most effective
tool with which women may NOR
ally organize" the world through
cultural and intellectual reform.
Mrs. Truman headed the list of
distinguished guests who attended
the luncheon, and was given ris-
ing greeting of welcome by the as
sembly when introduced by Mrs.
Gertrude Parks, retiring president
Of the Federation.
Other distinguished guests in
cluded: Mrs. Fred Vinson, wife of
the Chief Justice; Mrs. John L. Nc
MILAN, wife of Representative Nc
MILAN of South Carolina; Mrs.
Overton Brooks, wife of Representa-
tive Brooks of Louisiana: Mrs. Cor
don r. Young, wife of the District
Engineer Commissioner: Mrs. John
G. Shaw, president of the Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
Wilfred J. Chairman, District OAR
State regent, and Mrs. John Tucker
president OF the Pan American
Iiaison Committee.
Another honor guest was Mrs
William Dick Sporberg, chairman of
international relations for the Cen
eral Federation OF Women's Clubs
who Is an accredited observer to the
United Nations.
Mrs. Sporberg extolled the work
of the U. NJ, but said she was Sin
censed" by delays in important de-
cisions by "abuse Of the veto by Rus
sia." She called for an collective
study" Of the tensions between the
United States and Russia as q
necessary job we've got to do"
1.-THE man in the street in every
part OF the world today is interest
ed in only two fundamental needs
she said, sob security and indi-
vidual human respect" The peo-
pie of the world today are looking
to the two ideologies which Russia
and the United States represent, to
see which will give them the an
swer, she added. and 1t is up to
us ito take an affirmative approach
and prove to the rest of the world
that our system is the best"
The breakfast opened with an
invocation by the Rev. c. Leslie
Glenn, rector of st. Johns Church,