The Washington times., 1915-11-27
L0CHNER PROLIFIC
IN PEACE PROJECTS
Henry Ford's Associate Ex.
plains How He Grasped In.
ternational Viewpoint.

Who suggested the peac. snip plan
to Henry Ford? Who conceived the
idea OF sending kilograms 20 College
presidents. inviting them TO designate
students to go abroad on the ship?
Who has been getting the many other
good ideas that have kept Mr.. Fords
peace plans on the first pages Of news
papers?"
When Mr.. Ford arrived in Washing
ton yesterday afternoon to speak at the
women's peace mass meeting at the
Belasco Theater, and when he told
newspaperm. who gan SIX ng him
questions, to talk ith L elmer about
that these gust cns were partly an
The ne~spapermen turned to md a
very young man. with very large spec
tacies and dtfndent manner. who
sight so far as any OF Mr.. Ford's plans
and projects relating to peace were
concerned.
The young man ls Louis P. -Lochner.
who came out OF the West. from the
University of Wisconsin. 90. to be ex-
act. and who. since Mr. Ford has been
affiliated with the peace movement has
been putting across" many Of the
stunts that kept interest alive In his
plans.
Not that Mr. I.ochner claims credit
for all the ideas. Neither does Mr.
Ford. indeed: indeed. Mr.. Ford modest
ly states: Il never get new idea,
Just hang on To old ones"
How 1t Happened.
THAT Is not quite true" explained
Mr.. Lochner. But Mr.. Ford claims no
credit for originating the peace ship
idea. 1t was the suggestion. I believe.
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kilograms to university presidents. well,
maybe, conceived that. And other
peace workers have suggested other
to grasp. II he thought they were good"
Mr.. Lochner receives no salary from
Mr.. Ford. He Is associated with him
only IN connection with the peace move.
secretary to the Chicago Peace Society.
How naturally It came about for him
to be associated with a movement for
an international peace conference is in
dicated by his career since he left Wis.,
consin.
II got my inspiration there from Paul
8. Reinach. now minister to China. who
taught international relations" he said.
tho Association Of Cosmopolitan Clubs.
q central orsa nisation OF clubs at uni
yersities In which were enrolled stu
dents Of various nationalities. At Wis.
our cruz ndu
natives Of twenty-five countries. That,
In Itself. was a tremendous Inspiration
for the study Of the feelings and SYM
pathies. and the cultivation OF mutual
interests among thinking young men
from all over the civiiiIed globe"
After he left college Mr.. Lochner be-
came secretary Of the International
Federation Of Students. group that
held conference at The Hague
In 1900. at Rome in 1911. and
Of these Mr.. Lochnsr attended.
Through them. he said. he came to be-
liove that the royal road to 1nterna-
tional amity was a better understanding
Of the viewpoint Of other nations.
Nations are much like people," he
said. They never truly get along to-
Hether until they know and understand
the deeper things about each other, the
Psychology Of each other.
At the Ithaca gathering there were
20 students representing thirty coun-
tries
From his work In this capacity Il was
q natural step. he said to taking a part
in the work to bring about internat onal
peace, Thus he became secretary Of
the Chicago Peace Society. and when
Mr.. Ford took up the work for peace.
in looking about for an aide. he fell
upon Mr.. Lochner.
Mr.. Lochner was the only man who
accompanied the party. headed by Miss
Jane Addams. who went abroad last
summer to sound out tho heads Of the
warning nations about arbitratlng their
differences with the aid of neutral ma
tions.