The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-09-05
NATIONAL ECONOMIC LEAGUE FAv0RS
 PEACE TREATY
VOTE TAKEN IN EACH STATE SHOWS FOUR TO
 ONE MAJORITY IN FAVOR
 OF EARLY RATIFICATION
ARIZONA MEMBERS VOTE YES

Ballot Taken As An Indication of The
 Informed and Unbiased Opinion Of The Country At Large
 The National Economic League, an organ1aation for the eCucat.o and ex- pressiun of public opinion in the Uni lted States, numbering hundreds of thousands in membership has just taken a vote of the National Council of the League on the following reso- lution:
 Resolved; that the United States should ratify the treaty with Ger. many including the League of Nations Covenant, without complicatin9 de- laying or invalidating reservations" | The National Economic League is onducting no campaign of propaganda on the subject Its aim is soley to discover and expres the most drought rul and unbiased opinion on important public questions. Its National Council is elected by ballot in each State from nominations aiming toward the selec- tion of a representative body of in- formed and public spirited voters. The vote on the above subject is conse- quently, in our opinion, an approxi- mately accurate statement of the best judgment of the country as to the consideations which should govern the Senate in it's actions on the Treaty and Covenant. Out of total of 6S5 votes, 519 mem- bers are recorded as favoring and 166 as opposing this resolution. In addition to this the National Ec- onomlc League has taken pains to compile the votes from each state and also to print the name and record the vote of each member. It is shown hat from New York State, for example lS0 votes were received, 61 of which were for and 19 against the resoiu- tion; California voted Is in favor as>- against opposed; Illinois shows g favoring and opposing; Massachu- setts 37 for and II against; Alabama. Arkansas, Mississippi. South Carolina and Virginia are unanimous for the resolve while Indiana and Wyoming, each with tie vote. represent the strongest opposition as DO State suc- eeeded in scoring a majority against the resolution. The members of the Leagues Coun. cl in this State who voted in the af- | lfirmative are as follows, R. N. Fred
 
 O A Risdon, F. A. Woodward. The no votes were from Bracey Curtis. George | U Young Number of votes: [. Yes: 5. No: 2. As an indication of ''the informed and unbiased opinion of the country which The National League claims is what is has aimed to present, this vote is interesting and significant. -g Al, mic League is to create an informed and disinterested leadership for pub lie opinion-a leadership that is free from any possible partisan bias or class interest and that will be ac- cepted as representing simply the best thought of this country-and to pro- vide the educational means of devel- oping a public opinion that will re- spond to such leadership. The National Council of the League contains in it's membership Cat pres ent about twenty-five hundred), presi-' dents and professors of universities, l judges, lawyers, bankers and mer- chants, manufacturers Farmers and labor leaders, etc The ann, howev- CT has not been so much to make it | inclusive of classes and interests as~
 
 unbiased opinion of the country The officers and Executive Council of The National Economic League are as follows:
 President-W' liam H. Taft, For mer president of the United States. Vice Presidents: Charles E. Hughes, Former Associate Justice of the Su- premH Court of U. S.
 Frank A. Vanderlip, former presf- dent of the National City Bank of N Y.
 Lindley M Garrison, former secre- tary of War.
 David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Elm Ieritus Leland Stanford, Jr, University Jacob Gould Schurman President of Cornell University. | Roscoe Pound, Dean of Harvard Law School.
 Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior.
 1 Edward A. Filene, Merchant. John Mitchell. Former President United Mine Works of America.
 John Hays Hammond, Mining En- gineer.
 1 Treasurer
 Harvey S. Chase, Certified Public Accountant.
 i Secretary
 J. w. Beatson, Beacon Street, Boston.