Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-05-04
THE WOODROW WILSON FOUNDA-
TION

Created by public subscription in
recognition of the national and inter-
national services of Woodrow Wilson
twice President of the United States
who furthered the cause of human
freedom and was instrumental in
pointing out effective methods for the
cooperation of the liberal force sof
mankind throughout the world.
The Award
The Award or Awards from the in
come of the Foundation will be made
from time to time by nationally con-
stituted committee to the individual
or group that has rendered, within
specified period, meritorious service
to democracy, public welfare, liberal
thought or peace through justice.
A National Committee of $50 repre-
sentative men and women has under
taken to establish The Woodrow VIII
son Foundation. The purpose of the
Foundation is to honor a great Ameri-
can and to create a method whereby
public service will be encouraged and
consciously recognized in this and
future generations.
From the income of the Foundation
the Woodrow Wilson Award or Awards
will be granted in recognition of dis
tinguished public service.
To establish this Foundation on a
fitting basis, the National Committee
through an organization in each State
will make an appeal for popular sub
scription. The amount of the fund
sought is $1,OOO,000 or more.
After the fund has been raised a
Board Of Trustees, composed of emf
nent Americans, will be entrusted with
its permanent administration.
Woodrow Wilson. BY Hamilton Holt
1t was Woodrow Wilson who focus
ed the heterogeneous and often diverse
ideals of the war on the one ideal of
pure Americanism, whic is democracy.
The peoples with one accord followed
the banner he unfurled.
1t was Woodrow Wilson who first
announced that the United States
wanted no. territories or indemnities
Europe maryelled.
1t was Woodrow Wilso nwho first
drove the wedge in between the Hohen-
zollerns and the German people. Au-
tocracy began to totter.
1t was Woodrow Wilson who first
enunciated the basis of peace. His
fourteen points won the war. Had not
he, or some other responsible head of
a great power done this the Allies
might have lost the war. The people
hsd then been fighting for over three
years. No government had publicly
proclaimed the aims for which it was
asking its people to die. 1t looked as
though the whole three years of agony
would end in stalemate. The people
were getting restive. They began to
fear an imperialistic peace. They de-
manded to be told what the govern
ments wanted so that having achiev-
ed it the government would not make
them fight on merely to crafty the
secret ambitions of selfish politicians.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers was invited to
go to England and France to confer
with labor leaders in those countries.
He said to me afterwards: Il don't
think, know, that had not Woodrow
Wilson or some other responsible
head of state proclaimed the aims of
the war when he did, there would have
been revolutions in England and
France in the early part of 1918"
The drive for the Woodrow Wil2on
Foundation is On now. All patric .ic
Americans should consider it piiti-
lege 10 contribute. Send or hand al
contributions to Mrs. H. P. Lynch or
the Editor of the Chronicle.