New Britain herald., 1924-01-07
Name of Person Sub- hitting Manuscript a Secret Read CTS May Vote Ap-
 proval or Disapproval.

The Herald presents for it's reader
 the text of a plan submitted to tn,
 jury of award for the $100,000 priz
 offered for the best practicable plaI
 by which the United States may co
 operate with other nations in an of
 fort to prevent war. On the sam,
 page as the text will be found a cou
 pon which the reader is urged to us,
 in checking his approval or disap
 proval of the plan, mailing it to tho address given on the coupon. In thi. way 1t may be determined whether the award meets with popular ap. rroval. or otherwise.
 In making public the text of the winning manuscript the name of the author is withheld, for obvious req. sons. E. w. Box, sponsor of the so- ciety making the award of $100,000 dollars makes the following state- mcnt:
 With deep satisfaction I present for the consideration and vote of the American people the plan selected by the jury as entitled to the American Peace Award under the conditions.
 The Award brought forth 22.165 plans. Since many of them were the composite work of organizations, uni versailles. etc., single plan often represented the views of hundreds or thousands of individuals. There were also received several hundred thou sand of letters which, while they did not submit plans, suggested in almost each instance solution Of the peace problem.
 The jury had therefore before it an index of the true feeling and judg- ment of hundreds of thousands of American citizens. The plans came from every group in American life. Some were obviously from lifelong students of history and international law. Some were from persons who have studied little, but who have themselves seen and felt the horror of war-or who arc even now living out its tragedy.
 However unlike, they almost all express or imply the same conviction; That this is the time for the nations of the earth to admit frankly that war is a crime and thus withdraw the legal and moral sanction too long per mittcd to it as method of settling international disputes. Thousands Of plans show deep aspiration 10 have the United States take the lead in a common agreement 10 brand war in very truth an "outlaw."
 The plans shows a realization that no adequate defense against this situation has thus far been devised: md that no international law has been developed 10 control It. They point out that security of life and property is dependent upon the aboli- ton Of war and the cessation of the manufacture Of munitions of war.
 Some of the plans labor with the problem Of changing tho hearts of mon and disposing them toward peace and good will: some labor to find a practicable means Of dealing with the | economic causes of war; some labor | with adjusting racial animosities, | with producing finer conception Of | nationalism, etc., etc.
 Through the plans as a whole run 1 these dominant currents:
 That, if war is honestly to be pre- vented, there must be right-about- | face on the part of the nations In their | attitude toward it; and that by some progressive agreement the mannfac- ture and purchase of the munitions i Of war must be limited or stopped.
 That while no political mechanism alone will insure cooperation among tho nations, there must bc some ma rI,inery Of cooperation if the will to cooperate is to be made effective; that mutual counsel among the nations Is the real hope for bringing about the disayowal of war by the open avowal of it's real causes and open discussion of them. Finally, that there must be some means of defining, recording. in- terpreting and developing the law Of nations. The Jury of Award unanimously seioctes the plan given below as the one which most closely reflected sew eral of these currents. h The Honorable Ellhu Root, chair man of the Jury of Award, then pre- parcd the following forward-looking et atement indicating that the mutual ! counsel and cooperation among the , nations provided in the selected plan may lead to the realization Of another and not the least important of the dominant desires of the American public as expressed in the plans: .rt Is tl,c unanimous hope Of the . .y,,ry that tI,c first fruit Of the mutual counsel and cooperation among the pst,oos which will r-uit from the s.Iopt,ou of the plan eclefed will be n general prohibition of tho nianu- fsefurc and sale Of all materials or ! war" it The purpose Of the American Peace ward is thus fulfilled: To reflect in i, 2 practicable plan the dominating na- |, tional sentiment as expressed by the r large cross section Of the American l. public taking part in the Award. i, | therefore commend the winning !. plan as unanimously selected by the | Jury Of Award, and Mir. Roots state nent of the first object to be at T, tajned by the counsel and cooperation ' provided in the plan, 10 tho interest . md the widest possible vote Of the : American people.
 EDWARD ". BOX. !, !,
 Statement Of gury Of Award n The Jury of Award realizes that h here Is no one approach to world te peacs. and that # is necessary to ', -ecognizs not merely political but llso psychological and economic fac it- ors. The only possible pathway 10 Is international agreement with refer oi nee 10 these complicated and diffi- z, ut factors is through mutual coun- ., el and cooperation which the rian fJ elected contemplstes. Ii Is therefore A he unanimous opinion of the jury ss
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