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. While this Conference was in process, the W. L La own seventh International Congress convened in Grenoble. according to the now established policy of holding s session every three years. In Septembe an emerg' r, 1934, Congress met in Zurich at which the statement of aims wat revised and enlarg In the meantime, the continuo wu effort of years of curbing the private profits and traffic in munitions had 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 of the committee to conduct the hearmgs, the W. I. L. put all of its power into nation-wide publicity and suppor - of the investigation. 1934 also marks the passage of the bill to give independence to the Philippines. Since 1921 the League had worked for such a step. Efforts of peace workers to sring the United States into the World Court seemed about to reach success in 1935; 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 19:5 its twenty years of activity. At an around-the-world broadcast from Wathington 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 tates, a new experiment in international hookup which proved a complete succt ss. Three weeks later Jane Addar.s died, her generous life fulfilled. The stone above her grave reads thus: JANE ADD AMS HULL HOUSE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE —a fitting memorial of a spirit that expressed 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 Pezce Campaign. It also joined with some forty national organizations in setting tp 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, Czecho- Slovakia, with the cordial cooperation of the Czech government, local officials and business organizations. A large group attended from the United States, meeting there leading women from all parts of Europe. Since then the U. S. Section has assisted with plans to give aid and hospitality to many of these game persons, as well as others, now political refugees from the land 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. The speeches were sufficiently important for printing and public 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 surprised us—it has only filled us wth sorrow. George Lansbury, famous English peace leader, said shortly before his death, “Some day they will know that we are right.” We continue to strive towards peace in many lines of endeavor, leaving no wa i ard the beautiful, the distant, the inevitable, goal. As Jane Addams wrote in “Peace and Bread,” nothing could be worse than the fear that one hed given up too soon, had left one effort unexpended which might have helped the world. - nnn All who are interested in our program are invited to join the Women's Interrational League for Peace and Freedom. Send $1.00 and your name to the National Office, 1734 ‘F’ St. N. W., Washington, D. C.