Evening star., 1924-01-22
Duplicates Peace Award to
Meet Charge of Bias by
Committee.
WOULD SUBMIT PAPERS
OF 22,164 CONTESTANTS
Chairman Moses to Lay Proposal
Before Associates-Acceptance
Is Doubted.

prize to the author of any peace plan
selected by the Senate select commit
tee Investigating propaganda as the
best 70 come within its notice was
made today by Edward ". Box in a
letter TO Senator Moses, republican.
New Hampshire, chairman OF the
committee.
II will also agree" Mr.. Box wrote.
ito defray the expenses OF a nation
wide referendum, If desired, and In
all respects give the plan which your
committee selects the same financial
support accorded by me to the pres
ent plan
Denies Bins for One Plan.
Explaining that his offer had been
Influenced by the intimation at yes
terday's meeting OF the committee
that 1 was predisposed in favor of a
particular kind OF plan" Mr.. Box de-
MED that this was the case or that
the jury of award was selected with
tho same predisposition."
With regard TO the cost OF the
American peace award campaign, its
hacker declared. he did not have the
definite information required by the
committee, but suggested that Corne-
Illus Bliss. jr., treasurer of the award,
should be summoned.
The text of Mr.. BoE'S letter to Sena-
tor Moses follows:
Il have your letter OF the 2lst CT
January. notifying me that you haze
abandoned the hearing set for today.
Why Testimony Restricted.
You say that your course is based
upon my refusal to state the amount
OF money provided, or to be provided
by me. in connection with the Arleri-
can peace award. AS stated to your
committee yesterday morning, l do
not know definitely the amount spent
or to be spent in the conduct of the
award. You must realize that. as a
matter of ordinary good taste, ought
not be placsd In tile position OF dis
cussing the amount of money 7 am
spending in Sc vice ] have under
taken on behalf of the. american
people. =
II am strengthened in my belief
that you have not the right TO enter
if you still differ with me on this
point, and if the law gives you the
right which you claim, there Is no
redson why you Should not seek this
from those who can give You the
definite information which / do not
possess. As told you YESTERDAY. Mr.,
Cornelius \. Bliss. jr., is the Treasurer
OF the award and the Girard Trust
Company of Philadelphia Is tho Gus
todian Of the fund at their disposal
for the purpose of the award
Confidence In Jury.
ssErrop, tho nuas,ioos ,,,,o., -, 49, =
OF the members OF your committee, il
was strongly intimated that l was
predisposed in favor of a particular r
kind Of plan. 1t was likewise sug-
gested that the jury Of award was
also selected with the same predis-
position.
MY absolute confidence in the jury
of the American peace award is
such that 1 believe they carried ont
the purpose of the award and select
ed the most practicable plan by
which the United States may co-oper-
ate with other nations to achieve and
preserve the peace of the world"
"If. however, you do not share my
confidence in Mr.. Elihu Root. Gen.
James G. Harbord. Col. Edward M.
House, Miss Ellen f. Pendleton, Dean
Roscoe Pound. Mr.. william Allen
White and Mr.. Brand Whitlock.
hereby make to your COMMITTEES the
following proposal:
Makes Second Oner.
'I will ask (and since the power
is theirs / can only ask) the policy
committee of the American Peace
Award that the 22,164 submitted
plans be turned over to your COM
mittee, either as a committee of the
Senate OF as individuals. If. in the
Judgment of your committee, there is
found a more practicable plan than
the one selected by the jury named
above, by which the United States
may cooperate with other nations
to achieve and preserve the peace of
the world, / shall be glad to give
to the author of the plan selected
hundred thousand dollars (S1OC, ,OOC)
by your committee the sum of one
under the following conditions: ie.,
thousand dollars ts50,ooO) when your
committee has selected the better
plan and fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) to the author if, and when,
the plan in substance and intent is
by the United States Senate.
expenses of a nationwide referen-
dunn, if desired, and in all respects
give to the plan which your COM
mittee selects the same financial sup
port accorded by me to the present
plan.
Moses Gets Letter.
ST earnestly urge upon you the
most favorable consideration of this
proposal to the end that we may
unite in an endeavor to give to the
American people the uppermost de-
sire in their hearts and end to blood
shed and an era of world peace"
Senator Moses declined to comment
on Mr.. Bok's proposal. He said he
would lay the letter before the COM
mittee late today for such action as
it might decide upon. Other members
suggested that the committee, under
the resolution of the Senate, has no
authority to go into such PROPOSE
tton.
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