NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS
Executive Board Meeting in Washington, D.C., June 13, 1922 at 10:30 a.m.
Present: T. Janney Brown, Mrs. A. C. Watkins, Father McGowan representing Dr. John A. Ryan, [Marion] Parkhurst representing Miss Ludington, Frederick J. Libby, S. Edgar Nicholson, Mrs. Raymond Morgan, Florence Boeckel.
1. Finance: -- Total expenditures to June 1 were reported as $28,493.40. All bills are paid to date and there is a small balance of $139 in the bank.
2. Budget for year beginning September 1, 1922. The Executive Secretary presented for discussion the [enclosed] estimated budget for next year. The budget was adopted.
3. Names proposed for Executive Board: -- Dr. Edward [S.] Cummings, of The World Peace Foundation. Edward A. Filene, Dr. Sidney L. Gulick, Herbert S. Houston, Ethel M. Smith, Secretary of the Women's Trade Union League, and Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Legislative Secretary of the W.C.T.U.
4. Names proposed for Vice Chairmen: -- Jane Addams; Charles S. Barrett, President of the Farmer’s Union; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt; Dr. Francis E. Clark, President of The United Society of Christian Endeavor; President A. Lawrence Lowell; Mrs. Philip North Moore, President of the National Council of Women; and General J. F. O'Ryan.
These names were unanimously approved and the Executive Secretary was authorized to notify those named of their election.
5. Plans for the observance of "No More War" day were presented by the Publicity Director, Mrs. Boeckel, and approved.
6. A letter to be sent to candidates for Congress was read and approved. A copy is [enclosed].
7. Plans for the annual meeting in the fall were discussed. Arrangements, including the date, were left to the Executive Staff with power. The meeting adjourned at 1 p.m.
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