The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-09

But" he continued, If the confer it cannot be said to have succeeded. That would be but a beginning of success.
 Reduction of naval power will not end wars Pruning off proportionate shares of the worlds great navies will not get at things that really cause wars. Relative naval strength will be approximately as 1t now is, the differ ence being that each will have less.
 "I have no intention of anything except to pay the highest tribute for the American naval proposal. It was a courageous, constructive proposal and its adoption and execution will be a great historic event.
 But 1t would be idle to think that would solve the problem. Few au- thorities believe that ships of the line -dreadnaughts ,super-dreadnaughts and battle cruisers-would be the chief reliance of any nation in an other war The weapons would be submarines, airplanes, gases and per haps impending inventions of which we now know nothing.
 Every person who sincerely looks for an end of wars must hope with the deepest fervor that the confer ence will go beyond naval limitation and strike hard and true at the causes of war.
 ITO destroy sixty-six ships and to fail on the Far Eastern and Pacific problem would be transient victory in the shadow of disaster
 'The conference must go on to the deeper questions upon which the is- sue of continued peace really hangs It is the duty of the American peo- pie to register their conviction and to repeat it over and over again
 "The people of America-particu- larly the working people-have made known to their representatives in Washington their views, their desires, their demands; they will continue to do so. This is great, dramatic hour in the history of the world If the will of the people prevails the hour will end in a great, immeasurable tri- ump for humanity. If their will does not prevail we shall face tragedy such, I fear, as the world has never known"
 With its departments organized and functioning at high speed, the general committee on the limitation of arma- ments is on the job for world peace in Washington.
 The General Committee on the Limitation of Armaments was organ ized in response to a call issued by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor MT. Gompers declined the chairmanship, but accepted the position of honorary chairman. William H. Short is ex- ecutive secretary in active charge of work. Darwin P Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance com pany, is treasurer.
 A governing board of approximate ly 25 is in final authority. Aside from MT. Gompers, labor is represented on the board by Frank Morrison, secre- tary of the American Federation of Labor; John P. Frey, editor of the Holders Journal, and Matthew Woll president of the International Photo Engravers' Union. Chester M Wright, director of the A. F. of L. in formation and publicity service, is g member of the editorial board and secretary of the committee on infor- nation and publications.
 The General Committee has begun the publication of an official bulletin The bulletin expresses the viewpoint of the committee and conveys i'm. portant information to the people,
 speakers bureau has been organ lzed under expert supervision, with . list of more than 1000 speakers or duty Tn every section of the country
 The membership of the Genera Committee is representative of al walks of American life, thus express. ing the whole American viewpoint ir favor of reduction of armament tc the last possible degree and the fna elimination of the causes of war
 It is announced that the Genera Committee desires to be of all pos. sible assistance to local groups every where and desires to have and to give the fullest possible cooperation. The committee occupies suite of office: in the International building, 131o-2l F street, Washington, in the heart O. the downtown and hotel section, 1T the midst of he international con ference circle of activity. The work of the committee is supported by voluntary contributions which should be sent to the treasurer at the Wash ington headquarters.
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