The Winslow mail., 1923-04-27


nounces the result of a referendum
to it's National Council on eight of
the most important questions con-
cerning our International Relations.
The significance of this vote, the
League states, is due to the fact
that the 5000 members of it's Nation
al Council are directly nominated
and elected by preferential ballot
from each State, solely with the
view to their standing or qualifica-
tion as leaders of public opinion.
Among the members of the Council
elected to represent this State are:
H. d. Aitken, George A. Andrews,
S. P. Applewhite, E. w. Beddow, r.
H. H. Blome, George A. Bridge, F. L.
Bryant, P. P. Butler, Thomas E.
Campbell, L. H. Chalmers, Howard
Cornick, Walter Wilson Crosby, M.
j. Cunningham, Bracey Curtis, John
glas, w. l.. DuMoulin, William ELL
sworth, L. M. Fitzhugh, r. N. Fred
ericks, o. D. NJ. Gaddis, Grady Gam
mage, Alfred Hanson, Dwight B.
Heard, Frank H. Hereford, T. A.
Hughes, T. J. Leeson, Frank NJ Life,
A H. Littlefield, A. C. Lockwood,
Frank C. Lockwood, r. N. Looney,
Theodore Marsh, A. J. Matthews, w.
j. Mayer, Charles M. Mexican, l.. B.
McMullen, Robert c.. Metzler, H. A.
Morgan, T. G.. Norris, J. c. Norton,
Arthur Notman, T. H. O'Bried, w. w.
Pace, e. Payne Palmer, L. l.. Shat
tuck, G. w. Silverthorn, A. G. Smith,
A. Y. Smith, Frank o. Smith, Harry
T. Southworth, Albert Steinfeld, C.
Martin Stoddard, Robert E. Tally,
Ezra W. Thayer, John Wix Thomas,
Elsie Toles, Charles E. Walker, v.
O. Wallingford, e. w. Wells, F. A.
Woodward, George U. Young, Ralph
A. Ziesemer
The questions submitted together
with the result of the vote, are as
follows:
l. Should the United States enter
the League of Nations with such re-
servations as may be acceptable to
the Government of the United States?
Yes, 500 (71%) No, 327 (26%o)
Blank or with qualifications, Al
(3%.)
2. Should the United States join
in supporting the Permanent Court
of International Justice? Yes, 1173
(93%o) No, 81 (48o) Blank or with
qualifications, 81 (3%6)
8. Should the United States par
ticipate in the work of the Interna-
tional Labor Organization? Yes, 754
(59%) No, 367. (3O6) Blank or
with qualifications, 1877 Q1%(
4. Should the United States pro-
mote the holding of an international
economic conference to consider re-
parations and Inter-Allied debts?
Yes, 9S7 (74To) No, 237 1870 Blank
or with qualifications, "a (7%6)
5. Should the United States ne
gotiate with the Allied Powers for a
scaling down of the war debts owed
the United States, as a part of a
general program of international
economic adjustment? Yes, 625
1870 No, ATT (3996) Blank or with
qualifications, 156 Q2%6)
6. Should Congress authorize the
World War Foreign Debt Commits
sion to conclude the arrangements
for refunding the British war debt
to the United States on the terms
proprosed by President Harding in
his address of February 7th? Yes,
1867 (S4%) No, 25 (2%6) Blank or
with qualifications, 176 q496)
z. Should the rate of interest on
war debts owed to the United States
be fixed at not more than three per-
cent? Yes, $50 $3.50 No, 303 (2496)
Blank or with qualifications, 295
$3.50.
8. Do the measures recently taken
under the lead of France in the Ruhr
constitute justifiable attempt to
collect reparations from Germany?
Yes, 713 (5796) No, 326 (269o) Blank
or with qualifications, 219 Q7%6).
The members of the Executive
Council of The National Economic
League are Frank A. Vanderlip,
Roger w. Babson, John Hays Ham
mond, A. Lawrence Lowell, Nicholas
Murray Butler, George 3. Cortelyou,
Frank o. Lowden, Lindley NJ. Gar
rison, Edward A. Filene and George
W. Wickersham. It's purpose is ito
create an informed and disinterested
leadership for public opinion-a
leadership that is free from partisan
bias or class interest and that will
be accepted as representing the best
thought of this country.
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