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Patton. At least. the officers have
made oral promises"
Close Race Forecast.
Mrs. Patton declared, however,
that question will not be an
swered until the last ballot is
counted"
1t was learned yesterday that
Mrs. hammers is being heavily
backed by honorary president
general Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge
of Athens, Ga. The retiring ad-
ministration of 1947, headed by
Mrs. Talmadge, supported Mrs.
O'Byrne in the last hard-fought
election.
Mrs. Patton's ticket includes
Mrs. Loren Edgar Rex of Wichita,
Kans., as candidate for first vice
president general. Before the close
of the last Congress, it was ru-
mored that Mrs. Rex. whose term
of vice president general expires
this week, would be in the presi-
dent generalcy race. Her position
on the slate adds weight to the
Patton forces.
One flaw in the hammers slate
is the ignoring of a candidate
from New York, which boasts the
largest OAR State membership.
1t also lacks women from the
powerful States of Connecticut
and Massachusetts,. The Patton
camp includes representatives
from each.
Mrs. Kerr Is ID. C. Candidate.
The only District candidate for
national Office is Mrs. John Nor
rison Kerr, who is seeking the
treasurer generalcy on Mrs. Pat
tons ticket. Recently, however,
Mrs. Rex Hays Rhoades, of Wash
ington, as current treasurer gen.
eral. a member of the Cabinet,
gave a tea for Mrs. hammers and
several of her associate candi-
dates.
A second drawing card of this
Congress, Mrs. O'Byrne pointed
out, is the recently completed ad-
dition to the OAR Administration
Building at 1920 D street NV.
Dedication of this costly connec-
tive of the million-dollar Consti-
tuition Hall and its predecessor,
Memorial Continental Hall, will
take place in the week-long Con-
gress. It is the source of the 1850
Congress theme-"A Achievement"
The new structure has been
this administrators special baby
with Mrs. O'Byrne seeing that the
building fund is nursed with cur
rency at every opportunity. 1t
was on executive suggestion that
D. A. r. members were adorned
with corSageS (sent from dele
gates home societies) made of
greenbacks rather than flowers.
Money again will be background
for the Daughters lengthy chains
OF work and ancestral bars.
One of Mrs. O'Byrne's last re-
quests in the capacity of '"P. G."
is that large receptions, usually
frequent in an election year, be
eliminated.
Il want D. A. r. members to
open their pocketbooks to the
fund, leaving only enough money
to get home" Mrs. O'Byrne said.
Memorial Rites Today.
Delegates shortly after checking
into their hotel rooms today be-
gan forming temporary coalitions
in the lobbies. Daughters from
west of the Missippi River were
busy pointing out that only one
woman from that region (the late
Mrs. Sarah Guernsey-1916- 1920
Kansas has served as presi-
dent general.
Block support of regions isn't
likely for either slate. Candidates
on both tickets represent four sides
and the middle of America.
This afternoon the delegates will
begin their traditional Day of
Remembrance at 2 o'clock at the
hall when members who died In
the last year will be honored. At
3 o'clock, tribute to the organl-
zation's founders will be held at
the Founders Memorial Monument
in the garden of Continental Hall.
After these services, wreaths will
be placed at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier and at the Tcmbs
at Mount Vernon.
Registration, which began Fri
day, will be completed tomorrow
morning.
Resolutions, an important facet
of the Congress, again are ex-
pected to urge national defense
measures and a hands off" policy
regarding too many American
promises resulting in alignment
with foreign nations.
The Congress program indi-
Gates that principal speakers will
stick TO straight denunciations of
the administration with emphasis
on abolition of the alleged well
fare state
Candidates on Two Tickets.
! Announced as candidates on the
two states are:
hammers ticket Mrs. Van
Court Carwithen, Pennsylvania
, first vice president general; Mrs
daniel Roy Sven, Washington