The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-30

! 1cl every Gay our democracy at HON
is more and more imperled.
For the first time in history, it i
proposed to send millions of our youn,
men to fight and die on foreign soil
Every day our constitutional libcrtie
are being assailed.
Out of the disaster in Europe hav,
risen the people of Russia, to blaze tn,
way toward real democracy and sount
the trumpet call to peace. This is th,
message of the Council of Workmen'.
and Soldiers delegates to the citizens OF
the allied nations:
You must not allow the voice of the
Russian provisional government to re-
main isolated from the union of the al
lied powers. You must force your gov
ernments to proclaim resolutely the plat
form of peace without annexations or
indemnities and the right of the people
to settle their destinies.'
What shall be our response in Amer
icar What shall we do-thc hundreds
of thousands of us who cherish our
democratic liberties - who long for
peace?
Let us join together in a Peoples
Council of America for democracy and
peace. The Council is called in obedi-
encc to resolutions unanimously adopted
by the First American Conference on
Democracy and Terms of Peace in May,
and endorsed by fifteen thousand people
assembled in Madison Square Garden.
you are asked to send delegates to
the first meeting which will be held on
August 18th, at a place yet to be an
nounced.
"The purpose of the Peoples Council,
so far as they can be determined in ad-
vance of its own deliberations are:
81. To secure an early, democratic
and general peace in harmony with the
principles outlined by New Russia,
namely:
a. No forcible anncxations.
b. No punitive indemnties.
c. Free development for all nation
alites.
"2. To urge international organiza
ton for the maintenance of world peace.
"3. To induce our government to
state concretely the terms upon which
it is willing TO make peace.
a. To work for the repeal of the
law.
"5. To safeguard labor standards.
&c. To preserve and extend liberty
and democracy in the United States"
The following are members of the or
ganizing committee: James ]. Bagley,
Emily G.. Balch, Wellesley College
Prof H. W. L. Dana, Columbia Univer-
sity; Mary Ware bennett, New York
Crystal Eastman, American Union
Against Militarism Max Eastman, edi
tor of The Masses; p. Geliebter, record
ing secretary Workmen's Circle, New
York; Amy Mali Hicks, New York;
Morris Hillquit, New York; Prof. Lind
ley M. Keasbey, University of Texas;
Fola Lal'ollete, New York, Algernon
Lee, Rand School, New York; Dr. Ju
dab l.. Magnes, New York; Rev. How
ard Melsh, Brooklyn, n. Y; Jacob
Pankcn, New York; Mrs. Herbert Par
sons New York; A. w. Kicker, Pear
sons Weekly Magazine, New York;
Gilbert Roe, lawyer, New York Winter
Russell, lawyer, New York; Benjamin
Schlesingcr, labor unionist, New York !;
Joseph Schlossberg, Amalgamatcd Cloth
ing Workers, New York; Joseph ID.
Cannon, socialist and unonist, New
York; Edward T. Hartman, secretary
Civic League, Boston, Mass. Rev. Rich
ard w. Hoguc, Baltimore, Md; DIR.
David Starr Jordan, former Chancellor
OF Stanford University, Cal; Daniel
Kiefer, single taxer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Charles Kruse, president International
Welfare brotherhood, st. Louis, Mo.
James H. Maurer, president Pennsyl-
vana State Federation of Labor, Har-
risburg, Pa; Scott Nearing, Toledo
Ohio; James O'Ncal socialist, Boston,
Mass; Western Starr. Westover, Md
Frank Stephens, single taxer, Arden,
Del; Max Pine, secretary, United He
brew Trades, New York; Eugene V
Debs, Terre Haute, Ind; William O.
Hart, lawyer, New Orleans, La. Paul
Iones, Episcopal Bishop of Utah Jen-
kin LLOYD Jones, editor of Unity, Chi
cago, ILL.,; Arthur lie Seucr, counsel
Farmers Non-Partisan League, St. Paul,
Mimi; Rev Sidney Strong, Seattle,
Wash. Irwin St. John Tucker, editor
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