Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 50

2y Miss Ludington and Other Women Voters to Attend Institute of Pacific Relations—Prison Labor Interests Clubs. Women’s Party to Convene. BY CORINNE FRAZIER. y 188 KATHARINE LUDING- TON, first vice president of the National League of Women Voters, will sail from sumi September 21 for the Orien 6 attend the third biennial conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Kyoto, Japan, from October 28 to No- vember 9. It is also expected that Mrs. James W, Morrisson of Chicago, former vice president of the National League: Mrs. Quincy, Wright, associated with the Ilinols League, and Mrs. Alfred McLaughlin of San Francisco, also a league member, will be among the five or six women now scheduled to par- ticipate in this important gathering. Miss Ludington and the other league members are not attenggng the confer- ence as official represehtatives of the! wue of Women Voters, but as pri- citizens. - MWight countries are represented in the couricil. ‘They are Australia, Brit- ain, Canada, China, Japan, New Zea- land, United States and Hawail. Until recently, when his work as Secretary of Interior compelled him to give up outside affiliations, Ray Lyman Wilbur was chairman of the executive committee for the United States group. Jerome D. Greene, banker, is now chairman. The Ameri- can delegation, which will number about 50, will be made up of leaders in financial, educational, labor and wom- en’s circles. John D. Rockefeller, 3d, will be one of the “voluntary” assistant secretaries. The members of the conference are selected by the national councils of the institute groups. Conference member- ship is aimed to represent so far as possible a cross-section of the various national interests and points of ‘view. Members are selected because of their expert knowledge of the problems to be . for their eminence and in- fluence in_ national and international circles, and for their capacity to repre- sent the points of view and interests of significant groups of their country- men. The Institute of Pacific Relations is a Tesearch and conference body, inter- national and interracial in composi- tion, its interests centered in the Pa- cific area. The constitution of the or- ganization states its purpose as_being study the conditions of the Pacific peoples with a_view of the improve- ment of their mutual felations.” In purstance of this purpose the institute enjoys the advantages of unhampered sclentific inquiry, co-operatively under- taken, and of discussions unrestricted 2{ official attitudes or diplomatic con- derations. It is an organization of peoglu —not governments — concerned ‘with the discovery of basic facts of the area, and with the interpreta- tion of those facts through the frank exchange of racial and national points of view. The first conference. convened by the institute in July, 1925, listened with sympathy and appreciation to the aims and aspirations of the representatives.| of. young China. The second confers ence, held in. 1827, reinforced by the presence of a representative British group, devoted more- attention to the problem of China's relations with for- eign powers than.to any other sub- ject. It was generally felt that notable progress was achieved toward an un- derstanding of the issues involved. Since the conference closed great events have happened in.China. After nearly 20_years of struggle the cause of tionalism has been triumphant and Chins today, including the three East- ern.provinces, has the measure of uni- flad administration which the: powers stipulated as a necessary precondition of the revision of unequal treaties, a fact which has been officially recog- nized by the powers. The 1929 conference of the institute will undoubtedly wish to proceed fur- ther to a discussion of the issues still Any Quiet May Owner Will Agree With This a New York city | MISS JULIA K. JAFFRAY Of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, who” addressed the national conference of governors on prison labor legislation this Summer. Miss Katherine Ludington, prominent official of the League of Women Voters, who will go to Japan for the Institute of Pacific Relations. outstanding. The government of for- eign concessions, and also of the con- cessions that have recently been re- turned to Chinese or to mixed Chinese and foreign administration, will be the subject of discussion and inquiry. .In- formation will be sought concerning the rrogreu and difficulties of China’s po- itical and economic reconstruction. This whole group of problems affords a clear illustration of questions which in themselves are primarily domestic in character, but which have important international implications and in which people of other countries have a lively and sympathetic interest. ‘The institute is already launched upon_its program of fundamental re- search, even the initial phases of which will give solidity to this year's 'discus- sions, and preparatory publications will provide an excellent study basis. It is expected that observers’ groups will at- tend from Russia, the League of Na- tions and the international labor offik and possibly France, the Netherlan Indies and Mexico. oo * ¥ % ¥ tion, in which the General Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs holds ‘a sus- tained interest, is assured continued en- thusiastic support by the State federa- tions, as indicated in the recent pledges made by State groups to their govern- ors—Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illi- n(uue mGIVthHu:g in :‘l’w of personal co-opera made by the presidents of the State federations -of }nd‘nlnna: Wisconsin, Maine and Mary- and. - A reorganization of the prison indus- tries necessary for the functioning of the Hawes-Cooper bill is earnestly ad- vocated by the clubwomen. It was through one of the State federation groups that Gov. Willlam Tudor Gardi- uer's attention was brought to the Hawes-Cooper law, with the est that he bring it before the New England governors' conference. The Maine ex- ecutive, upon studying the problem of the future enforcement of this law, de- cided that it was a matter of sufficient dmportance to be brought before the national conference of governors. The Maine Federation, of which Mrs. J. T. Skolfield is president, was respon- sible for starting the wheels grinding on this particular problem. Gov. Gardiner, emphasizing the responsibility of the several States in putting into effect laws enacted by the Federal Government, brought before the State executives the problem confronting the States in put- ting into effect, five years hence, the provisions of the Hawes-Cooper convict labor law, supported by other club groups, as well as by the General Fed- eration. At the time, Miss Julia K. Jaffray, chairman of the division of correction of the General Federation, addressed the conference briefly, prefacing: Gov. Gardiner's remarks by calling at- tention to the fact that “the proponents realize that additional legislation will be necessary in every State and hope that with the constructive developments that are being planned, a newer and better system have been brought about, so that five years hence the question of the taking effect of the ‘Hawes-Cooper bill will be but an aca- demic question. “We ask each of the governors to interest himself in support of the new measures which the penal authorities of his State will bring forward,” sald Mrs. Jaffray, “and to co-operate with the | State Federations of Women's Clubs to the end that legislation may be secured and also that popular support for the administration which may be secured can rightly develop the new and effec- tive penal system.” Gov. Gardiner called attention to the necessity of beginning at once on plans that will make possible putting into effect this new prison labor law a the end of five years, which, he re Gardiner said, in part: “On Januafy 19, 1934, the several States will face a very common prob- lem. That is the date upon which the Hawes-Cooper bill, signed by President Coolidge last Winter, will become ef- fective. The bill is short, its terms are |simple, but its effect may be far- reaching. Prison-made goods are di- | vested of their interstate character upon arrival in the State of their desti- | nation, and therefore the sale of such | goods, whatever their origin, is a mat- State. “At the present time some sixteen States have various provisions regarding the marking and licensing of prison- made goods. In five States there are requirements that establish a market for such grgils by making the use of them com:3¥'sory upon governmental agencies, as far as possible. “It is only reasonable to suppose that in the next five y many States will PROGRESSIVE prison labor legisla- the nois, Kansas, Fiorida, Mo braska, Nevada; North Carolina, Ten- | the minded listeners, will pass quickly. Gov. | ter of absolute regulation with each | ve in their lat Ay T ] n be mrnnlns Of the six New Eng- o (e ot ‘et of Do - 3 cont 4 , In this system will have to labor is now prison and wholly or in certain form prohibited -in 23 ol“thl States. keep | attractive city. h peral prisons. “It has been natural that a State should seek first of all to protect its own people and regulate “industry to interfere locally as little as prisons partially sels essential that there be stimulated. It will be economically ad- vantageous if the production of differ- ent kinds of goods is allocated to the vnle‘u.l prisons with some system. “As governors you are primarily in- terested in State penal institutions, but you are aware that the problem of em- ployment is perhaps more acute in county jails. Small numbers of prison- ers :nd small budgets make employ- men industry is to be studied in any State in anticipation of the effective date of the Hawes-Cooper bill, it would seem most humane to include in the field of study the conditions in penal insti- tutions of the political subdivisions of the State. \ “I think that all of the States have language in their laws ind! the employment of prisoners on road build- ing or other public works. Perhaps the comparative simplicity and as- sured financial return of the contract or plece-price manufacturing system is responsible for comparatively little such work. It would seem to be a fleld not particularly competitive with free labor and perhaps in five years will be more commonly resorted to. “Pive years pass quickly. Business nowadays must plan for the future, and it is the duty of those in charge of pub- lic business’ to plan beyond their ex- pected term of service. It takes study to formulate wise legislation and time to effect its passage. Five vears is none too long. And we are dealing not only with a business problem, but with a problem that involves the reintroduc- men.” * x x ¥ THE national council of the National Woman's Party will meet at the headquarters of the organization on Capitol Hill September 23. Plans for moving into the new headquarters of the Woman’s Party will be dizcussed. ‘The national convention of the Woman's Party, which is to be held within the next few months, also will be one of the chief matters before the council. Mrs. L. S. Houston of Cuba,-chair- man of the Cuban branch of the Na- tional Woman's Party, visited the head- quarters of the Woman's Party on Cap- itol Hill last week. Mrs. Houston sees a definite advance n the passage of a new nationality 1 providing that no Cuban woman shall lose nationality again because of | marriage with a foreigner, unless she voluntarily has herself uralized in her husband’s country. While in Washington, Mrs. Houston was entertaine at_a oinner at the National Woman's Party headquarters given by Miss Laura Berrien. member of the national council of the party. Other officlals of the organization pres- ent at the dinner were Mrs. Nina Al- thews of Washington and Mrs. John Rogers of New York. & el vl TRBER Byrd to Hear Lightning. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., September 7 (#).—Comdr. Byrd, in the Antarctic, will hear some man-made lightning tonight. The sound of a bolt of 5,000,- 000 volts, recorded on film in the Gen- eral Electric laboratory, will be radio- cast by WGY at 10 p. standard tim The Quiet May Automatic Oil Burner provides the utmost com- fort, convenience and dependa- bility in heating homes automati- cally with absolute quietness and cleanliness. Ask any of the Quiet May owners ds | foreign coterle in been difficult. If the question of prison |, tion into good citizenship of our fellow | lender and Mrs. Burnita Shelton Mat-'| THT - SUNDAY - STAR, WASHINGTOR, Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life (Continued from Twelfth Page.) %mm cedure of ‘The tings home and many of especially those with young ch! ., have sought to establish homes in this quarter of the old Bohemian * kX x Mr. and Mrs, Charles Bruggmann, the former a secretary of the Swiss legation and the latter familiar to Washingtonians as Miss Mary Wallace, daughter of the late SBecretary of Agri-: culture, are prominent members of the S \ssing the Summer at Mr. B e ummer at Mr. Brugg- mann’s home at Lichensteg, St. Gal- len, Switzerland, with their son, charier Rigass.. M. Brggmann has part ugust. Mrs. ann t little and manifests' the many friends she had there. The romance which led to her marriage | to the young diplomat who was at-' tached to Dr. Marc Peter's staff, began during her first season as a cabinet ! belle. It will bé remembered that a beautiful rose, the Mary Wallace, was placed on the market by some eminent rosarians of Washington and Phila- delphia and some fine specimens of this varjety may be admired in the Brugg- ‘mann garden: and naturally Mrs. Bruggmann was delighted to hear that her namesake stood well among the hardy roses introduced since her mar- riage, Mr. and_Mrs. ‘have not been in the United S since the birth of their son, who is less than a year old, but Mrs. Wallace and other | Brookla members of the family have visited Prague and the home of Mr. Brugg- mann in that important canton of the Swiss republic, St. Gallen. ERE Mr. Arthur Chester Frost, consul gen- d Fros! other hall of the pleasant apartment occupied by the charge d'affaires and Mrs. Gittings. For innumerable reasons, apartments are a wiser venture than a house and the heat very satisfac- torily accomplished in newer houses is the major reason. - However, Mr. Git- tings and Mr. Prost have both had their skirmishes on the subject of opening windows for fresh air after the furnace has been lighted, this being frowned on in almost every part of have agreed to & their home, perfectly heated and yet with sufficient fresh air, is the envy of those who are living in the porcelain stoye regions. Mr. Prost is & career of- ficer of the consular service and he has been in Prague for almost four years. Mrs. Frost is a native of Washington and lived there for several years after her marriage. Mr. Prost claims Boston as his home, but he sees it at rare in- tervals. He graduated from Harvard in 1808 and afterward took a post-grad- uate course in George Washington Uni- versity. Since he entered the consular service in 1914, he has been assigned to several important posts, such as Genoa, Havana and Tampico, Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Frost place a generous in- terpretation on their obligations and few of their country people visit Prague without being proffered hospitality in their home as well as aided in the some- what difficult task of sigh . This past Summer was phenomenally busy for diplomstic and consular officers in the more active capitals like Prague and Warsaw. *x % % M. and Mme, Jaroslav Lipa, so well remembered in Washington, the former as counselor of the Czechosloakian lega- tion and for extended periods its charge d'affaires, passed the Summer in Carls- bad and_ returned -to Prague late in. ipa was recuperating from a serious iliness, and he will take a! lengthy vacation before resuming active duty in the foreign office. ‘They have a home in the suburbs of Prague and an- | ticipate spending - the Winter ther>. Mme. Lipa, whose health was fragile when she left Washington, entirely re- covered during the months on Prench Riviera, where she and her hus- ter he had been transferred Residence of Walter G. Moyle 3700 McKinley St. . | | t MRS. JOSEPH JOHN FARRELL, Formerly Miss Myrl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hazel of Pittsburgh, her marriage tak- ing place in the Francisean Monistary, nd, D. C., July 17. —Clinedinst Photo. to Prague last December. A most en- thusiastic admirer of her distinguished uncle, the President of the republic, Dr. Masaryk, she takes a deep interest in | the numerous philanthropic movements inaugudrted under his auspices. | One of these is a mammoth estate on | the hills south of the capital, where ! the city’s dependents are sheltered and given better care than may sometimes be found in institutions where a goodly sum is demanded. Nothing farther re- moved from the poor farm or the usual municipal home could be pictured. All the buildings are of generous proportion, built o fstone and concrete, with excel- lent sleeping and dining apartments, cool shady arcades and many tiers of glassed-in verandas for stormy weather. All the buildings form a vast open squa; in the center of which is a garder with every variety of bloom ar- ranged along the edges of a trim lawn From infants to tottering age the in- mates are furnished not only the com. forts of life, but many of its luxuries ‘There are hospitals a little apart a general division made of those who suffer merely from the infirmities of ag> Prague, spent Berlin, Mr. en! American colony, which was established since 1920, and which, besides the. diplomatic and consular officers, includes business d professional men and financial agents looking after varied interests. ‘Under the deft hand of the consul gen- eral, Mr. Frost, and the commercial at- tache, Mr. Rankin, an inc! t Amer- ican club and Chamber of Commerce are becoming a reality and social life has quickened. The diplomatic corps consists of more than 20 envoys, with the papal nuncio, who ranks with an ambassador as the dean. Considering that the Czechoslovakian Republic is little more than 10 years old, this repre- sentation from other lands is strong proof of the virility of the government which Dr. Masaryk directs and a portent of it# future influence. SOLVES SOCII.\L PROBLEM. INDON ‘When Mrs. Sidney wP). | Webb refused to be known as Lady Passfleld, social difficulties were antici- pated in her position as wife of the Secretary of the Dominions in Ramsay MacDonald’s new Labor government. But the difficulties have been over- come, Mrs. Webb has had her way. An l?:'tl:atlon to a government reception sl B “The secretary of state for Dominion affairs and Mrs. Sidney Webb will re- celve the guésts.” Mrs. Webk has vouchsafed no formal explanation 4s to why she acquiesced when her I%sband assumed a title of a social distinction for herself, but she sald to a friend: “I am 70 now and I desire no other name than Mrs. Sidney Webb.” ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'’S PUZZLE. [HlO]ONPIAIRT1]S] [E[SIS[EISHML [0/ TRNO[Y[EID TEACH CHINESE RIGHTS. Platform Submitted to Gwemi Includes Political Tutelage. Chinese are to be trained in cising their rights, according m“o" in a itform adopted by th tm.lnwrwr and submiti lage. This ends 1934, and is the second g‘e three l‘h(?l adopted by the leaders of China’s revo.| lutionary movement. ‘The * distric| autonomy platform includes many planks, some of which provide for thi| training of competent men for carrying| on local administrations, for the promo.§ tion of municipal enterprise snd for the| improvement of district government or.| ganization. The rights of the indi. vidual have never definitely been out. lined by the government, though there have been many curbs to the exercis| of those inalienable rights as known in America. Crane to Wed C;mnt‘l Danghter. Rome, September 7 (#).—The en- gagement was announced today of Sig- norina Teresa Martini Marescotti, daughter of Count Alessandro and Countess Lsura Born of Ruspoli, to John O. Crane of New York, son of Charles R. 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