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Show "i CAPTURES 1816 MEETING 1: IF EXECUTIVES Governors Select Salt Lake !is Next Place for Conference Confer-ence and Elect Spry Chairman 1 AGREE THAT COUNTRY s should be prepared t Discussion of National De fense Is One of Chief s Features of Last Session . f BOSTON K.vg 2" A majontT of nvernors and former state executives, d Kegtes to the goruors conference : leia, at the final session of the confer isce todav agreed that the United jtes 3 inadequately prepared to re list invasion by a hostile European jijrte. Discussion of naval and m htarv 3psrednes election of Salt Lake City - tbe scene of next Tear s conference ui the election of William fepry go fnr of Utah, to be chairman of the Wiferenre executive committee were 6e out-tanding features of the closing : fcssion. lj o resolutions on the subject of pro J toredness were proposed but se eral of ' t eiecut ves said they felt certain -J Jlat all the governors would return to r taor states with the intention of de 1 sand ng from their congressmen sup-" sup-" fort in anv programme for strengthen og the forces of defene e&ions Remov ed The conference sessions were removed today from the state senate chamber - lo the more spacious hall of the house ef representatives, where a large aud ace followed the addresses with fre " mnt applause. The discussion by the governors was ptfaced by remarks by William C Eedfield, xeeretary of commerce, speak he sa d, not in behalf of the ad anmstration, but as a member of it. Eeeretary Eedfield urged restraint of ' lp frees and soberness of thought in what he termed thee trying times He added With that spirit of restraint, should we not be ready for any emergency of any kind that may ameJ Should we not at least have the tools ready not for offense but c for the defense of our nation T Increase Is Urged tnder the head of What should be the state s duty in the matter of na1 bonal defense! Governor James F J Felder of iew Jersey urged an m crease in the standing army by at least . i,000 men, w th an adequate line of tra lied reservists. He said he felt that the states should be ready at all times t furnish 2o0 000 men to this reser e hody Governor E. F Dunne of Illinois sa d ' Me't nation s mam reliance for a ' jfs rre might well be found in a re prement that every colleg? and nni tesitv receiving funds federal or state j$ould give four yfears of m 1 tary tra n - to ts students He 8a d , If war were declared on the t i Tinted States by any of the pnnci pal European nations tomorrow t must be admitted our s tuat on would be a preear ous one i Eefernng to tbe need of a great sup Uly of mnn t ons as developed bv the ) European war Go ernor Dunne sa d I thai any fleet from Great Bnta n or Permany could take possess on or de Y"J all means of mannfactur ng an aon tion in the Un ted States such plants be ng almost ent rely with n loO ajles of few York C ty ; Recommends Board GmernoT W S Hammond of M n , Wota recommended the creat on of a boa d the funet on of which should be to nforra congress of the needs for na jlonal defense He ea d he was not so Pe s m she as some on the subject of Nipreparedness hold ng a suspic on that if need arose we would f nd these battleships of ours gi ng a vei" good aWnt of themselves It was h s Pinion that the nat on must depend . a gely upon the patr ot sm of ts peo P'e for defense was expressed by Governor P " Goldsborough of Mary ana that an 'ttent on of measures of defense was essary Governor Park Tram nell of Florida a d he fH that lependence was to be el in the t zen sold e and was 'Pplanded when he addrd If the En "'Fan war lasts two vears mo e as ercs 1 kel there w not he a st (Co tuel on Page Two ) GOVERNORS TO HOLD iEXT MEETING HERE (Contl lued from Pige One ) lam a n n nn In the vorl 1 ex opt r w n r Da i 1 I WaNI of Masin se i egrstel tl tate or fed p h ro lalnn he n a lo f I r nging n the s hnol e co rngon ent and op r n t f t"0 n0 " f tl e land to n alt rei ol llnrs rncournge (hildrcn nen ot was str k n I rs is E Mcdo e for mr governor f Ula on aou who exclaln od Vo la o been not tall I lor for el b this international pro pnganda fo one I as n alvancel I V ner a Or ieotl haw hoon nverpers aded ly thla o e ne t wl lei nn d hbol the off cp a of o r state 1 Itla tin o Hps and las rno p1 the In contl e from officer nnd an 1 bpllo n ll ore Is ns little longer tn this natl n to lay aa at my tine I a eaojtp of years Nevortheleaa we ran nevar n awure until put the co ntrv In a. stat of ral pre parTiliiMB aurh aa ita vast interests demand The ronfrrence di ring the forenoon considered rooseration of mankind and natural resources aa dieenseed b John Di former governor of Kew ork, anl h Qoeraor Ernest C I leter of t aahingtftn Dovernor Ilenr Stuart of vir glnia and lo frnor rthr Cat per nf Kansas were p ected nen bers ot trio executi e con ttec Forn er t o er nr Tohn Franklin Fort of New Jersey m azn chosen troas rcr and M lc C R le of Madiso Wis was re elo ted secretary HARDY NOTIFIED OF SELECTION OF SALT LAKE CITY Governors confere p meets in Salt Lake 101H All we I "3PR Tl s telegram recel ed 1 v Tohn K riard-v, secretan to Oo n uor lllia n 8p fron B ston late veaterd after oon, spells anotl e mportn t truiuth for Wall 1 aku ns tl e ce ter tn which ll n not-ables f tl e at on gatl cr I nr fo t ea s tl n go or nr has been no ng hea cn and arth t trlng the atlnnal conferen e f go ernors tn t t h sail Mr Ifnrd It is one of the n ost loll ontnstnl honors in the co ntrv The llageet cities ll the na on ent r the 1 sts for it e er rear lletwee f rt anl flft g vernore a 1 fnrner go i nors take part In the n nl conferences and an otlernen nf pron ence also ntte 1 s lu the case nf the A erl a Har ssoclatlo le eves of tl o n 111 cci ter n Malt Lake whilo tho gn er n s are here Governor fpry ado a atrong Mil for the conference at Madison lift year, said Mr Hardy He was nosed oot by the Boston supporters, but ap parentlj be -had his fences prettj well fixed tl s t ne |