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While this Conference was in process, the W. I. L's own weventh. International Congress convened in Grenoble. according to the now establiahed policy of holding session every three years. In September, 1934, an gmergency Congress met in Zurich at which the statement of aims was revised and enlarged. In the meantime, the continuo u effort of nineteen years to find way of curbing the private profts and trafic in munitions hsd come to a climax. In January, 1934, Senator Gerald P. Nye agreed to introduce a resolution into Congress to investigate the manufacture of armaments. After the appointment the passage of the bill to give independence to the Philippines. Since 192i the League had worked for such a step. Efforts of pcace workers to sring the United States into the World. Court seemed about to reach success in i935; but after a hard-fought battle the plan was defeated. This failure, disappointing though it was, left a renewed determination to carry on the work fo: the court. The League celebrated in I9s its twenty years of activity. At an around-the-world broadcast from Washington on May 3rd, ambassadors and statesmen paid tribute to the League aad to one of its founders, Jane Addams. The addresses which honored her,anc her reply linked in a few minutes the capitals of five nations as the speaker! took up the program in Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the United States, a new experiment in international hookup which proved a complete succiss. Three weeks later Jane Addarus died, her generous life fulflled. The. stone above her grave reads thus: JANE ADDAMS HULL HOUSE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE .- a ftting memorial of a spirit that ezpressed itself in action and courageous service. Aware of rising international tensions, the W. I. L. in 1936'37 cooper. ated in the two year Emergency Peace Campaign. It also joined with some forty national organizations in setting p the National Peace Conference. This body adopts a wide common program into which the specialized aims of the different groups fit but commits no organization without its specific approval. The ninth International Congress met in 1937 at Luhacovice, Crecho. Slovakia, with the cordial cooperation 3f the Czech government, local officials A large sroup attended from the United States, same persons, as well as others, now political refugees from the Jand of their birth. Appeals from members in Pue to Rico led to a two-day conference in Washington on March 8-9, 1940, on the whole question of United States policy in this island. distribution and were a continuation of our work through the years for better relations with Nicaragua, Haiti, Mex co, Cuba, and other Latin American countries. The furious outburst of European war in September, 1939, has not. George Lansbury, famous .monos ym sn pny Anuo sey ysn psudans English peace leader, said shortly before his death, "Some day they Will know We continue to strive towards peace in many lines of that we are right.". endeavor, leaving no way untried that may help toward the beautiful, the distant, could be worse than the fear that one hid given up too soon, had left one effort unexpended which might have helped t.e world. All who are interested in our program are invited to join the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Send $1.0t and your name to the National Office, 1734 'F' St. N. W., Washington, D. C. A8c-10m-40