The Connecticut labor news., 1921-11-11

! The general committee on limita- ton of armament, organized by President OoTnpers, has begun its ac- tive work. Oscar $. Straus, secretary of commerce and labor in the Roose- welt cabinet, and former envoy to Turkey, has been selected chairman; Samuel Gompers Is honorary chair man; Darwin P Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance com pany, treasurer. and William H. Short, former secretary of the League to Enforce Peace, executive secre- tary. Headquarters have been open ed in the International building, I3Io- 2I F street, N. W.. this city.
 A strong ways and means com committee, headed by Otto T. Nal lery, with members in every section of the country, has been organized to raise fund of $Ioo.ooo.
 One of the major activities of the general committee probably will be a great exhibit in Washington, showing war and the ravages and costs Of war fh graphic form.
 The general effort of the commit tee will be to arouse, enlighten and focus opinion in support of the cause of limitation of armament by inter national agreement to the fullest pos sible degree.
 Figures just revised and brought up to the last minute by the United States bureau of efficiency for use in the international conference on linn itation Of armament, show that in 1921 past wars and current military and naval expenditures amounted to S25 cents out of every dollar, with I7.5 expended for all other activities. These figures show money actually expended. The bureau of efficiency, checking up the appropriations for 1922, finds that out of every dollar appropriated 83.6 cents will be ex- pended for past wars and the present establishment, with I64 cents for all other purposes.
 While these figures show a some what smaller expense for war pur- poses than the o2.6 cents per dollar shown by Prof. Edward B. Rosa, of the United States bureau of standards for previous period, 1t Is notable that the 1922 appropriations for war purposes exceed the figures for 1921.
 These hitherto unpublished figures are the last word. They are official and they furnish the American people with the figures upon which the in tcrnational conference will work.
 The attitude of Labor on the waste and other suffering through war and preparation for war Is expressed by Samuel Gompers in the following statement:
 ''Fhe people of our country and of the world demand that the Interna- tional Conference on Limitation of Armament bring relief from the bur dens of great military establishments and from the horrors and losses of war. The manner in which organiza- tions of all interests and opinions have banded together, at the request and under the leadership of labor, in more than POO cities throughout our country, to hold disarmament demon strations on Armistice Day offers the best possible proof of the unanimous demand of our people for the fullest degree of limitation of armament by international agreement.
 Our government spends roughly o3 cents out of every ST of revenue for past wars and possible future wars. This Is unthinkable and must be remedied. On 7 cents out of each SI we are starving the forces that de- velop and promote enlightenment in | our civilization. The old order must go. The International Conference on Limitation of Armament must sue cced. American labor will contribute (Coptinued on Pace Eipht