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. ia the return of the delegation, Hi ss Jans Adiems reported that they were received by tne Presider.t vith all the cozrteey that ie extended to di te- gates and that the President stated Le was very glad to see then and that he was pleased to see that women had 60 energetically taken hold of the Question of disarma- ment, and that by doing so they would render a very great service in the end. It was also stated that while the delegation was being received by the President, the Presi- dent's Secretary opened the door three tincs to show; them that there were other d2le- - gations waiting and that they should mmrry, drt that the President and Miss Adiams were conversing, therefore they did not move Imrriedly on. It was also said that when they went to thefHite House to be received by the President, the comments through: the hall were,"There goes Jane Acdans and her Poaco Dolegation". - Monday afternoon. Plans for the International Congress in Dublin were discussed very thoroughly and discussion cf future plans and policies, including Arbit-ation, Compulsory Military Training, Imperialism, Disarmazent, Outlawry of Var, etc. In order that Mis Addazs' advice might be odtained as to hov these plans should be mst effectively carried out, sir.ce she was leaving that night for New York "to obtain some money for the WILPF", the program was changed and the plans and policies for future work were taven up. One of the most important angles of the drive for disarmament was to win over the teachers, in order to mold the opinions of the youth of the comtry, ard that angle is to be pushed in this year's program of work of the FILPF. Katherine D. Blake, head of the kindergarten of Chicago, 4g 2 member of the WILPF Nationa: Board, and was spoken of as delegate, ari possibly electeé alternate, to the Dublin Sonfer- ence, as she will be abroad during the summer. Lectures and discussions in schools and colleges were also empl.a- sized, and Miss Dorothy Detzer, the Executive Secretary of the U. S. Section, gave a wonderful report of her tours in West Virginia, speaking to student conferences and | ewakening interest and discussiors relative to @isermament, abolition of training camps and militarism in schools and colleges, etc. ; A telegram was read from Kiss Sophia Dulles, of Philadelphia, re- questing that Miss Detzer appear before the hearings on the Welsh Billmd speak to the Committee in favor of same, which, in substance, states that no Federal morey shall de paid to any college which requires military training as a prerequisite for graduation. For your information I will state that John Neven Sayre, represent- ing the Joint Peace Conference called on April 24-25 by invitation extended by the WILPF, has asked for a full day at the hearing in order to present the combined strength of this joint Peace Conference, composed of ten organizations, to use their influence in the passage of this Bill. yee Another bill approved and being worked for by the WILPF id Senate Resolution No. 22. ‘The Capper-Johnson Bill No. 1620 is rot held in favor by fhe WILPF, as it is supposed to be a new venture in oiling the machinery of war. It was stated that this bill would be worxed for by many who ‘horestly believe that it would be a “~— deterrent to war, but that tke PILPF telieves that the abolition of conscription it- — self in every form, whether soldiers or labor, would be the surest death imell to the whole war system, so the League is attacking first the principle of conscription. It vas stated that while this bill clearly provides for the conscription of labor, that rot one penny of the wealth of this country would te conscripted, in spite of all the fine slogans sug by its sponsors. An er:zltent e> lysis of this bill (from the Paci- fist standpoint) can be procured by writing to the National Council for the Prevention of War. diih dene In discussing the Disarmament Conference at Geneva ard as to its relation to their program for pease, Miss Addams stated that the mother of Hugh Gibson. was a menbder of the WILPY and .?..% she also happened to know Aller Winslow,who is un- officially a member of the U. S,. Commission and is now at Geneva. It is also supporsd, su4 not checked, that Sophia Dulles, at one time Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Branch of the WILPF, who sent the telegram that Miss Detzer represent the WILPF at the hear- ings on the Welsh Bill, is a cousin of Alien Dulles of the State Department who is also on the Comission. \ - a ‘ - . ih