National Affairs: Speeches and Elections

The annual congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held at Washington. At the opening session speeches were made by President Harding, Secretary Hughes and Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Connecticut, retiring President General of the organization. Patriotism and opposition to radical tendencies were the keynotes of all the speeches.

Said the President: " Never has mankind faced difficulties of so varied a character or on so huge a scale as is now propounded to it. ... I think it is no unseemly boast to say that America is one of...

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