Evening star., 1954-04-18

OF recent years, sent message
to be read at the opening ses-
sion Of the OARS annual
meeting here.
This year he will go to Con-
stitution Hall on Thursday to
extend his greetings In person.
President Eisenhower will
make his appearance following
his return from his Easter
vacation In Augusta, Ga.
The first lady, however. is
not expected back in the Capt.
tai until the 26th.
Also scheduled Thursday is
the presentation Of an Award
of COMMUNICATION to j. Edgar
Hoover. director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
The Spirit Of America" has
been chosen as the theme of
the f1ve-day congress, which
formally opens at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in Constitution Hall.
Miss Gertrude Carraway,
the president general. will
make the keynote address at
the opening session. The pro-
gram also will include an ad-
dress by Senator Bridges, Re
publican, of New Hampshire.
who is President Pro-tempore
of the Senate.
Town Meeting Scheduled
Three other members of
Congress will appear on the
program Thursday evening"
. two of them as participants
in the Town Meeting Of the
Air" to be recorded for re-
broadcast on April q.
Senator Ferguson, Republi-
can, of Michigan and Repre-
sentative Boiling, Democrat.
of Missouri are scheduled to
debate the subject. HAS Too
Much Power Been Centered in
the Executive Branch Of the
Governments"
Later in the evening, Sen
ator Martin, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania, will make an
address on the topic, 1.-THE De-
tense of Freedom-Today and
Tomorrow.
All of the branches Of the
armed forces will be repre-
sented on the national defense
program Tuesday night when
Gen. j. Lawton Collins.
U. S. A., will make the prin-
cipal address.
The invocation will be given
by Mai. Gen. Charles I. Car
penter. Chief of Chaplains,
U. S. A. F.; the Pledge of Al
legiance to the Flag will be
led by Vice Admiral Leland
Lovett, q. S. NJ. retired. and
the Americans Creed will be
led by 1t. Gen. Julian C.
Smith. q. S. M. c.. retired.
The program also will in
clude a talk by Fulton Lewis,
jr., commentator. entitled
washington Report.
The accent will be on youth
Friday morning when a group
Of school girls and boys from
Nebraska will stage a playlet,
Junior American Citizens
Club Meeting. j. A. c. clubs
are sponsored by the OAR
and increasing emphasis is
being put on this project as
a means off combating juve-
nile delinquency.
Students from the two DAR-
owned mountain schools
Tamassee In South Carolina
and Kate Duncan Smith In
Alabama-wil1 appear Wednes-
day afternoon with officials of
the two schools.
Pooes' Dance Tuesday
Social events Of the congress
will include the pages dance
on Tuesday at the Mayflower
Hotel and the president gen.
erals reception Friday after
noon In Constitution Hall.
A tea at the White House
for the visiting delegates was
not scheduled this year but
a tour of the Executive Man
sion has been arranged from
2 to 4 pm. Tuesday for men,
bers of the society.
The adoption of resolutions
will, as usual. have an mpor-
tant place on the convention
agenda.
Miss Carraway announced
last week that the procedure
of sending advance copies OF
proposed resolutions to the
various OAR chapters in Janu-
ary was abandoned this year.
The plan was tried for three
years, she said, but didn't work
out.
"A lot happens between jan
uary and April and the resolu-
tions very often were out Of
date" she declared.
The Resolutions Committee
will make it's first report to the
congress Tuesday morning and
voting on resolutions will begin
Wednesday.
AS the society prepares for
its annual convention. it has
the largest membership in
OAR history, with 176,343 on
the rolls as of February /.
This figure represents a net
increase of $500 In the past
year, MisS Carraway said.