PLANS FOR 1940

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 105, 27 January 1940, Page 6

PLANS FOR 1940

Meeting Of Pan-Pacific Association Though the international PanPacific Women’s Association conference, to have been held in Wellington this month, was postponed liecause of the war. members of the New Zealand national committee resolved at a meeting yesterday to plan ahead for the time when circumstances would permit, of the conference being held. They agreed that, in this way they could best (IL themselves for the problems which lay ahead and at the same time valuable work already done would not be allowed to lapse. Miss Elsie Andrews, New Plymouth, presided, the meeting being held in the Pioneer Club rooms. The postponement of the conference had resulted in letters of sympathy and ’ encouragement being received from all parts of the world. Miss Andrews read a number of these, including messages from America, Cochin China, Peru and Siam. A paragraph written by a well-known American woman, Carrie Chapman Catt, was also road by the chairman, and it was decided that this be adopted by the committee as its slogan for 19-10. This was:—

“Whatever the number of actual wars in operation, however savage and barbaric individual nations appear to be, perpetual peace will come. No power can prevent it. The date of its coming, perhaps even the generation which first sees it, is not known, but come it will. The date will be earlier in exact ratio to the intelligence and the persistence of the work done by all those who have faith in its coming.” Miss Andrews said she was glad to know that women of the Pacific were not going to Jet their efforts in this direction lapse because of war. Miss L. Sullivan, Diroedin, reported on the work of study groups. Mrs. T. R. Barrow, Masterton, gave the publicity report. World Problems. Plans for 1940 were made so that study groups should be able to continue their work and learn something further of world difficulties and plans for adjustment. Miss Andrews expressed her desire that these groups be kept alive. She felt that at present one subject which should engage every person with it spark of humanity in them was the refugee problem. No one could visualize just how great this would become by the end of the war, .she said. There was no international problem of such vital interest to New Zealand today. Another important subject for discussion was the structure and covenant of the League of Nations. A synopsis of well-known books on the subject would be forwarded to locality committees for study during the year. A heartfelt, vote of thanks for the work Miss Andrews had been doing in connexion with the conference was pro connexion with the conference was proposed by Mrs. Gordon. Auckland, who referred to the complete detail, time and energies which had gone into all that Miss Andrews had done. Members curried this motion with a round of applause. Thanks were given to Miss Amy Kane for the use of the Pioneer Club and the hospitality extended at all times. Miss Sullivan and Miss Lea were also thanked for their efforts during the past year.