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The name of the organization became The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the headquarters was cbanged to Geneva to be near the League of Nations. Emily Greene Balch was elected International Secretary and Jane Addams, who had been International Chairman, was made International President. She continued in this office antil her resignation in 1929, when she was appointed Honora:y President. A few months later the Woman's Peace Party held its annuai meeting. and voted to become the United State: section of the reorganized body. From The story is one of unremitting labor for many principles, and of translating In April of 1920 the United States Women's International League met again, and found itself at variance on the League of Nations question that is, on whether to support the existing Ler.gue. This continued for some years, thie W.I. L. declaring its hope for "s League of Nations which renounces economic and military coercion." Finally,at thc annual meeting in 1927, recognizing the woted that it *desires to see the United States enter the League of Nations, Points set forth in 1915 and still maintained by the W. I. L. include:. education of youth for peace: measures to remove the economic causes of war; total and universal disarmament; pacifi: settlement of international disputes and establishment of legal machinery for such settlement. In 1920 we first enunciated The aftermath of the war brought many calls for help: the terrible famine in Europe; and in the United States the fever of deportations, the conscientious objectors and other political prisoners still in jail, the curtailment of constitutional liberties. Pan-American relations demanded attention, for American imperialism in Haiti and San Domingo still continued, and Mexico was in the turmoil of a new government. The third International Congress in 192i, held in Vienna, discussed education and the problems of minorities and passed a resolution that, since class struggles as well as national conficts were evil, the members should strive This "to transform the economic system ir. the direction of social justice." declaration received much sensational comment and many wild accusstions. The Washington Conference on Limitation of Armaments, in 1922, enlisted the energies of the W. I. L., as of American pacifists' generally. Later in this Apparently their influence was felt by the American delegates... year W. I. L. Emergency. Conference met at The Hague, calling for revision Of the Treaties and for an internationa! economic conference. It is interesting In 1923 much work was done in the United States to spread jnformation. pnblished by the W. I. L. and widely noticed. The following year Washington was chosen as the seat of the fourth International Congress, to which delegates came from twenty-two European countries. At the close the European women were sent on i tour as far as They visited twenty-three cities St. Louis in a train called the Pax Special. place in Dublin in 1926, adopting an eycellent statement of objectives. During 1925 and 1926 especial attention was given in the United States. 1925 in having drafted and introduced into both houses of Congress a resolution aimed against economic imperialism (Sen.Con.Res. No. 22, 1925, and Cen. Con.Res.No.15,1927. This bill was especially devised to prevent the United States from becoming involved on behalf of citizens' investments in foreign : countries. The W. I. L's standing protest on the Haitian situation found concrete. expression when, in 1926, we sent to Haiti a committee of six--including two colored women--to study conditions there. Their recommendations were pre-