The Washington times., 1924-01-19
SENATOR MOSES
HAS BIG JOB
AHEAD
Propaganda Quiz Promises to-
Be Long Drawn Out,
Hard Declares.
BY WILLIAM HARD

it will investigate numerous other
League of Nations and general
peace agitations. ,Whereupon 1t
will be asked by the so.called peace
giIarors and propagandists to-
turn around and investigate the
militant organizations which are
propa gandizlIg for more airpianes
and more poison gases.
/ The pacifist societies are aroused
by Senator Moses advance upon.
them, and are determined that IL
he investigates them he shall also
investigate their immediate ad-
versaries.
A survey made here today of
propaganda institutions In the mat
ter of war and peace has yielded
4the following findings:
Most Favor League.
In the United States there are
numerous organizations spending
in total extremely large sums of
money. for the general cause Of
peace Most of these organizations
support the idea of a League of
Nations. Most of them at this
time give constant and strongly
financed promotion to the idea of
the League World Court. A few
of them are opposed to the League
World Court, as at present con-
stituted, and also to the League
as at present arranged in connec-
ton with the Treaty of Versailles.
Meanwhile a much smaller num-
ber of organizations with distinctly
smaller financial backing are en-
hn "a
national, defense and of better
aeroplane and poison gas develop
ment.
Meanwhile, further there are vir-
tually no organizations and no funds
on the side of the so-called "irre-
concilables'' who outrightly and
unreservedly oppose the League of
Nations and the League World
Court.
Fact Led TO Probe.
This fact is one of the main
roots of the origin of the sub
committee over which Senator
Moses. who is one of the most
emphatic of all ''irrecOncilables,"
is now presiding.
Two other members of this sub
committee are also convinced and
confirmed ''irreconcilahles. These
two are Senator Reed of Missouri,
and Senator Shipsteadr OF Mime
sofa.
The subcommittee has five mem.
bers: and Senator Moses, Repub.
lican, plus Senator Reed. Democrat,
plus Senator Shipstead. Farmer
Laborite. are together majority
of it.
AS "irreconcilables they observe
that their side of the argument
has virtually no organized 'propa-
ganda" behind it in the country;
and they observe that their pro-
League and pro-League World Court
opponents in the Senate are backed
by a tremendous organized "propa-
gandist" endeavor; and so they are
going to investigate it to the bitter
END. ..
Huge Sums Involved.
They observe the existence of the
World Peace Foundation" which
was given $1,000, 900 by Edwin CHM,
the distinguished schoolbook pub
Usher, and which agitates from
Boston for some sort of league Of
nations.
They. observe also the Church
Peace Union" which was given ST.
OOO, 900 by Andrew Carnegie and
which agitates for a league OF ma
tions from New York.
They observe the Carnegie En-
downment for International Peace"
which was financially equipped with
$4,000, 900 by Carnegie and which is
headed by Elihu Root, who loves the
League of Nations and who helped
to form the Leagues World Court
and who served as judge in the Box
peace plan prize contest in which the
prize was awarded to a contestant
who favored the Court.
See Selves Surrounded.
The "irreconcilables" see them
selves all surrounded and attacked
by propaganda" and by millions
Of monographs and money. They
are going to try to break through.
They are going to try to show that
the sentiment against them Is most
of it manufactured or even in
vented.
Their chief charge in this matter
will lie against the Federal Council
Of Churches in Christ in America.
This is the chief organization flood
ing the country with earnest speak
ers and pamphlets and leaflets and
one-page or two-page memeographed
arguments on behalf Of the League
World Court.
1t is admitted by the "irreconcil.
ables" that the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America rep
resents some, thirty Of the most
prominent and largest Protestant
communions in America. 1t is claim
ed by them, however. that the cleo
ton returns show that millions of
the members of these communions
vote for "irreconcilables" at election
time. 1t Is accordingly claimed that
the Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America Is guilty of
gross Misrepresentation when 1t dis
tributes pro-league pronouncements
in the name of the assembled
Professionalism of the United States.
To convict the Pro.Leaguers Of
artificially initiating theirs cause by
having on their side an undue pro-
portion Of dollars and Of organizers,
that will be the first effort of SEN
ator Moses's subcommittee with it's
"irreconcilable" majority.
=. Copyright, 1924, Washington Press