Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-12

March l, North and South Carolina, Florida, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and
Georgia.
10 the autograph collector, the invitations to
these congresses have a special interest for tn Y
bear facsimile signatures of twenty-four OF The
most distinguished men and women in the United
States Ex-President Taft and Cardinal Gibbons
head the list, and the other signers are almost IS
prominent They represent, moreover, nm m-
pressive variety Of interests and show the breadth
of the League Of Nations movement in this country.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP.
The invitation Is an unusual document in othee
ways. Here is the message It carries:
Will you help in this greatest crisis of
HISTORY to marshal public opinion behind
Americas real purpose in the wari
Agreements made at the Peace Conference
will, for generations to come, vitality affect for
good or i'll the economic political and moral
wellbeing Of mankind The creation thcre of
League of Free Nations can alone insure the
orderly development of the world and pre-
serve peace To get such league President
Wilson wisely decided, by personal attend
ance, to throw his great influence on tile side
of an unselfsh and righteous peace, with
League OF Nations to safeguard It pcrpetu
ally.
The series Of nine Congresses for League
OF Nations, to one Of which Won are herewith
invited. will give opportunity for those who
won the war both on and behind the fighting
line, to speak their wishes. Agreement nt
Paris and ratification by the Senate NAV de-
pend on the size and temper Of these Con-
crosses and the carving out in the States OF
the plan OF action thev adopt
In addition to Mr. Taft and Cardinal Gibbons,
the signers are.
Samuel Gompers, President American Fedora
tion OF Labor
DR.. John R. Mott, Executive Head of the
!. The Hon, Myron T. Herrck former Governor
rr OF Ohio. former Ambassador to France.
- The Hon. Oliver Wilson, Master National
: Harry A Wheeler. President United States
Chamber Of Commerce.
DR.. A. Lawrence Lowell President Harvard
University.
: The Hon. fiton B. Parker former Democratic
: ri, candidate for President.
- Richard l. Manning, Governor of South Caro-
Norman Hapgood President of the League of
- Free Nations Association.
John h. Fahey, formerly President Of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United States
49, John SHARP Williams. United States senator
!. =. from Mississippi
- newspaper owner
=, DR.. Anna Howard Shaw. Chairman wclnen's
: Committee, Council of National Defense.
Rev. Lyman Abbott. editor and publicist
~ The Hon. Arthur Capper. Governor and sem
- ator-elect from Kansas. !
--- ~ Goodwin Rhett formerly President United
=. States Chamber Of Commerce
Mrs Philip North Moore President National
Council of Women
~ Dr Charles s. Macfarland Secretary Federal
w Council Of Churches of Christ In America
- Dr robert =. Speer. Chairman General War
- - time Commission Of the Churches I
= IA. Smaller Mathews. Dean Of the School of 4
- . Divinity. University of Chicago u
seward Prosser. New York banker. Il
While the organization of these nine congresses
nas been decentralzed as much as possible. neser-
theless the preparation has necesstated an inn
rnense amount of work at the national headouarters
q the League 10 Enforce Peace in New York CITY.
Two whole floors In the Bush Terminal Sales
Building, on West 42nd street, are crowded with
secretaries, stenoqaphers. typists and clerks who
nave been at work for the past month getting out
tne Invitations and delegates credentials and at-
tending to the multitude Of details which have to
pe taken care of by the national organization One
Item Is the printing and mailing Of nearly one MIL
ion pieces OF printed matter Of this convention
lsseraturc the most noteworthy is folder entitled
The Obligations Of victory,S which explains whv|
tne League feels called upon 70 hold these eonsl