Evening star., 1947-05-23

The words ran like this:
Cd. A. r.
ID. A. r.
Here we are.
Here we are.
We've all come down to Washington
To attend the national convention
Wen stay right here til th'
counting's done.
D. A. r."
| At 3:15 am. Mrs. Talmadge arose
and announced: Here it is" Ant
| in a few moments the tellers filet
into the hall to take their places
in front of the stage.
Mrs. Frank Leon Mason, chair.
man of the tellers, wasted little
time in making her report, and Wher
it was completed, the new officers
were declared elected.
Here are the votes which were an
nounced for the other candidates
First vice president general-Mrs
James B. Patton of Columbus
Ohio, 1888: Mrs. 8Haig, 1,031.
Second vice president general
Mrs. Frank Edgar Lee, Santa Mon
lea, Calf, 1883; Mrs. Preston 3
Wilkes, jr., Charlotte, N. c., 1922.
Third vice president general
Miss Katharine Matthies, Seymour
Conn, 1912; Mrs. Charles A
Haynes, Hope, Ark, 1,072.
Chaplain general - Mrs. Robert
Keene Arnold, Versailles. KY, 1,195;
Mrs. Howard P. Arrest, Portland
Greg, 1,086.
Recording secretary general-Mrs
Edwin S. hammers, Dallas, Tex.
1911; Mrs. Vincent w. Koch, James
vile, Wis, 1904.
Corresponding secretary general
Mrs. John T. Gardner, East Green
wich, r. T.. 1888; Mrs. Joe Cutting,
Williston. N. Oak, 1,056.
Organizing secretary general -
Miss Laura Clark Cook, Hillsdale,
Mich, 1,220; Mrs. James F. Donahue,
Cleveland, Ohio. 1,068.
Treasurer genera1--Mrs. Rhoades,
1901; Mrs. j. De F. Richards of
Chicago, !, ,088.
Registrar general-Mrs. William
v. Tynes, Norfolk, Va, 1,158; Mrs.
e. F. Randolph, Pennington, N. j.,
1,128.
Historian general-Mrs. Van Court
Carwithen, Malvern, Pa, 1904; Mrs.
B. r. williams. Butler. Pa, 1888.
Librarian general-Miss Helen NJ
McMackin, Salem, ILL.,, 1851; Mrs.
E. H. Whitaker, Santa Barbara,
Calf, 1893.
Curator general-Mrs. Roy j.
Frierson, Tampa, Fla, 1888; Mrs.
Allen Harris, johnson City, Tenn,
1923.
Reporter general to the Smith
sonian Institution-Mrs. Willard T.
Sisler, Morgantown, w. Va, LIZA;
Mrs. Thomas F. Moody, Baton
Rouge, La, 1.043.
Mrs. Loren Edgar Rex of Wichita,
Kans., polled the highest votes
among the six positions Of vice presi-
dent general, with 1,730 ballots.
The others elected and with votes,
were Mrs. Bruce D. Reynolds.
Charlottesville, Va, 1852; Mrs. Her
bert Eugene McQuesten, North And
over, Mass, 1,473; Mrs. Leo G.
Graybiu, Great Falls, Mont, 1887;
Mrs. George w. Sartell, jamestown,
N. D., 1877, and Mrs. Walter Scott
WEIGH, Laurel, Miss, 1904.
Those who failed of election to
the vice presidential posts, polled
as follows: Mrs. Edward Webb
Cooch, Coochs Bridge, Del, 1,176;
Mrs. Bowker, 1,155, and Miss Mabel
Cooper Gupton, Nampa, Idaho, L.
140.
Unopposed for honorary vice
president general, Mrs. Katherine
w. Kittredge of Springfield, VT, re-
ceived 2,045 votes.
Illegal immigration AssaiIed.
At the night session Col. Griffith
made vigorous attack against
black market immigrants" charg-
ing that for every legal immigrant
there are at least 10 who gain illegal
entry into the United States each
year. 1.-The skullduggery that goes
On under our existing immigration
laws is simply beyond belief" he
asserted.
Gin Philadelphia, Commissioner
Ugo Carusi of the immigration
Department declared fatty that
Col. Griffith's figures and our
figures are at tremendous vari-
ance, but we would be glad to
receive any information he has
on the subject"
obviously. if anything like
that is going on we not only wish
to know about it but want to do
something about it, as required
by our laws" Mr.. Carusi added
immigration, Col Griffin said, has
become a "lawless torrent that is
undermining the very foundations
of our American way of life" rob-
bing the veteran of opportunities