New Britain herald., 1924-01-07
PEACE PLAN NO. 1869
 TO GET $lOO,OOO PRIZE
peace of the world"

It is the unanimous hope of tht
 jury that the first fruit of the mutua
 counsel and cooperation among tho
 nations which will result from tho
 adoption of the plan selected will be
 a general prohibition of the mannfac.
 ture and sale of all materials of war
 Elihu Root, chairman; James Guthrie
 Harbord, Edward Nj. House, Eller
 Fitz Pendleton. Roscoe Pound. Will, liam Allen White. Brand Whitlock.
 Authors Mama Not Revealed In order that the vote may be taken solely upon the merits of the
 plan. the Policy committee. with the
 acquiescence of Mir. Box, has decided
 not to disclose the authorship of the
 plan until after the referendum, or early in February. The identity of
 the author Is unknown to the mem-
 bers of the Jury of Award and the
 Policy committee. except one dele gated member. The policy commit tee: John W. Davis, Learned Hand. William H. Johnston. Esther Everett Lape. member in charge; Nathan l.. Miller, Mrs. Clifford Pinchot. Mrs. Ogden Reid, Mrs. Franklin D. iRoose- welt, Henry l.. Stimson, Melville E.. Stone. Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, Cornelius N Bliss. Jr.. treasurer. Full Text of Plan
 | The complete manuscript of Plan No. 1869 providing for cooperation between the United States and other nations to achieve and preserve the peace of the world' is given below, including the authors reasoning:
 Plan Number f489
 Ono Organization For International
 Cooperation
 Five-sixths of all nations, includ- ing about four-fifths of mankind, have already created a world-organ- ization. the purpose of which is ito promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security"
 Those nations cannot and will not abandon this system which has now been actively operating for three and half years. If leading members of the United States government ever had serious hopes that another associ- ation of nations could be formed, such hopes were dispelled during the Washington conference by plain inti- nations from other powers that there Is not room for more than one or ganization like the League Of Nations.
 The states outside the organized world are not of such character that the United States could hope fully cooperate with them for the purpose named.
 Therefore, the only possible path 10 cooperation In which the Unitnl states can take an increasing share Is that which leads toward some form of agreement with the world as now organized. called the League of Na- tlous.
 By sheer force of social interna- tionsl grayitation such cooperation | becomes inevitable.
 United States Cooperation
 The United States government, 1 maintaining a policy of 1 has actually gone far, since l March {, 1921. toward ''cooperation | with other nations to achieve and pre- 1 serve the peace of the world"
 The most familiar part of the story | Is the work of the Washington con i ference, wherein President Harding's made n beginning Of naval disarmament opened to China | pospect of rehabilitation and joined sith Great Britain, Japan and France o make the Pacific ocean worthy of is name.
 Later came the recommendation hat the United States should adhere 0 the Permanent Court Of Interna- ionsl Justice.
 Not long after that action presi- lent Harding wrote to Bishop Gailor:
 "I do not believe any man can com ront the responsibility Of president 'f the United States and yet adhere O the idea that it Is possible for our .ountry 10 maintain an attitude of solation and aloofness in the world"
 But since tho proposed adhesion to he permanent court would bring this ountry iRto close contact at one time nd point with the League Of Ma ions, and since such action is strenu- usly opposed for exactly that req on, 1t Is pertinent 10 inquire not only | ow much cooperation with the [ ' osed during the life of the present { administration. but also how much [ as been actually begun. q On League Commissions ( The United States government has ( ccredited it's representatives to sit s members in an unofficial and con 1 1lting capacity upon four Of the d lost important social welfare com i ,issions Of the league, viz: Health, c plum, traffic in women and chil- a rcn, and anthrax industrial hy- s ieneD. q our government is a full member |, [ the International Hydrographic f urcau, an organ of the league. Our C osernment was represented by an | unof1Icial observer" fla the Brussels | 1nference (fnance and economic c in 1920. 1t sent Hon. tephen c. Porter and Bishop Brent h represent it at the meeting of the 2 plum commission last May. il Our public health service has taken r art in the seroiogical congresses Of q le cpidemics commission and has n siped in the experimental work for ti e standardization of serums. si Our government collaboratcs with s e league health organization Y rough the international office or lblic health at Paris. and with tho V rriculture committee Of the league pi Dor organization through the inter fo Ltional institute of agriculture al al one. es In February, 1928. Secretary 10 1ghes and President Harding form jo y recommended that the senate sr prove our adhesion to the perrna- si nt court under four conditions or tr servstions. one of which was that DO . United States sboutd officially