Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
ROOT NAMED HEAD
OF Il TRUSTEES
Steel King Says England viii
Help in Movement to
End Wars
IAsaociated PressD

"ASt1lNlI1OINs
by tWenty-seVen trustees of his choos-
ing. comprising former cabinet mem
bers, former ambassadors, college pres
idents lawyers and educators, Andrew
Carnegie today transferred to them
SIC, 900 900 In per cent first mortgage
bonds, valued at $11 900, to be de-
voted primarily to the establishment
OF universal peace by the abolition OF
war between nations and such friction
as may impair the progress ana nap
piness of man." :,
When wars between nations shall
have ceased the fund is to be applied
to such altruistic purposes as VIII
best help man in his glorious ascent
onward and upward" by the banlsh-
ment of the "most degrading evil or
evils" then harassing mankind.
evils then harasing mankind
deed of trust announcing at length lhe
general purpose of his gift there was was
prolonged applause. He then explained
the incidents which inspired the gift
at this time and declared with en-
phasis that if the English speaking
race in the United States and Great
Britain once consolidated in the move
ment for international peace the sue
cess of the measure in the rest OF the
world would be assured.
SAYS ENGLAND WILL AID
That Great Britain stood ready to
cooperate with this country Mr.. Car
negie said he felt certain, and all that
was now needed was the concurrence
of the president and the senate In pro
mitigating the movement on behalf OF
the United States.
A resolution of thanks was presented
by Joseph H. Choate, former United
States ambassador to Great Britain
which VVaa a0Onted.
John A. Cadwallader of New York
proposed that committee OF seven
be appointed to consider the subject
of organizing the trustees, the form
of charter to be obtained and other
details of organization. Thls was
adopted.
Senator Elinu Root of New York was
unanimously elected permanent chair
man and James Brown Scott, solicitor
of the state department, was chosen
permanent secretary of the board until
a more definite organization is erected.
Mr.. Carnegie declined to be Included
in the future organization, but eX-
pressions of gratitude were uttered by
many trustees, who look forward TO
continued advice from the donor
The feeling of delight at the mani
festations of appreciation was plainly
visible in Mr.. Carnegie's speech
throughout the meeting.
SCOPE OF PLAN NOT FIXED
Exactly what purposes will be served
by the gift and it's estimated income
of S5OO,OOO the trustees could not say,
as the whole project has been brought
forward under the most general terms,
leaving wide discretion and compre-
hension in the fulfllment.
Coming only a day before the open
ing session of the American society for
the judicial settlement of international
disputes, an organization which is CO.
operating with Secretary Knox IN the
movement of the final establishment of
court of arbitral justice, there IS
good basis for the assertion that the
newly created commission will lend
such aid to the project as will be Incl
dent to the accomplishment of world
wide peace throughout judicial chan-
nels.
one member of the board said to-
night that while there has been no deIl-
mite plans for using the fund, 1t was
certain the new commission Will con-
slider the question of international mar
mony much more deeply than mere
glorifcation throughout the world or
the benefits of peace.
It is known Mr.. Carnegie will explain
further the purposes of his gltt at the
opening session of the American socl-
ETY. for the judicial settlement of INFER
national disputes, to be held tomorrow
night - ---.,,-,r,-e,
HERE ARE THE TRUSTEES
The trustees of the fund are:
United States Senator Elihu Root,
DR. Nicholas Murray Butler, New
York, president of Columbia univer-
sity: DR.. Henry S. Pritchett, president
of the Carnegie foundation for the ad-
vancement of teaching; Joseph H.
Choate. lawyer, eX-ambassador TO
Great Britain; Albert K. Smiley, Lake
Mohonk, educator and humanitarian ;
DR.. Charles w. Eliot, president emerl-
tus of Harvard university; James
Brown Scott. solicitor of the state de-
partment; John w. Foster, lawyer, ex-
secretary of state; Andrew J. Mon
tague, lawyer ex-governor of Virginia; {;
William NJ. Howard, lawyer, congress-
man, Lexington, Ga; Judge Thomas
Burke, Seattle, Wash; James l.. Stay
den, congressman. San Antonio, Tex. !;
Andrew d. White, eX-ambassador 10
Germany; Robert S. Brookings, law
yer, St. Louis; Samuel Mather, banker
steel manufacturer, Cleveland; j. u.
Schmidlapp, railroad man. Cincinnati;
Arthur w. Foster, regent University
of California, San Francisco; r. A.
Franks. banker, Hoboken, n. j.;
Charlemagne Tower, eX-ambassador TO
Germany and Russia; Oscar Straus,
ambassador to Turkey; Austin G. Fox,
lawyer, New York. John A. Cadwal-
lader, lawyer, New. York; John Sharp
williams, senator-elect from Missis-
sippi; c. L. Taylor of Pittsburg, chair
man of the Carnegie hero fund com
mission; George W. Perkins OF New
York, financier and philanthropist;
Robert S. woodward of Washington
and Cleveland H. Dodge of New YORK,
the president and secretary, respec-
lively, of the Carnegie institute OF
Washington.