The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-15
LUDLOW HOLDS
CONGRESS MUST
ACT FOR PEACE
Representative Asserts His
Vote Plan Would Strength
en- Presidents Stand.


Congress must help President
Roosevelt to insure America against
war. Rep. Louis Ludlow said last
night in an address at Kirshbaum
Center
Mr.. Ludlow presented his war
referendum resolution as the most
plausible method which Congress
could adopt in supporting the Presi-
dent
He paid tribute to The Indianapo-
lis Times for liable and splendid
leadership in explaining the pro-
poSal to the people Of Indiana and
said that the proposal has the sup
port Of Frank B kellogg, former
secretary Of state and author Of the
Kellogg Peace Pace; Senator Ben
nett Clark. member Of the Senate
Munitions Investigating Committee,
and other leaders.
The President can not keep
America safe and secure from inter-
-rylonal strife Mr. Ludlow said.
III odds. the most important
que hat will come before the
Congress at the approaching session
will be the question of strengthen
ing Americas safeguards against
war
One Measure Outstanding
There is pending before Con-
gross a measure that fits in per-
fectly with the Presidents policy Of
maintaining the peace of America.
That is the resolution I have intro
duced which gives the people right
to vote on a declaration of war and
which makes war Improbable in
the financial sense. The passage Of
my war referendum resolution
would fortify President Roosevelt in
his great humane purpose to keep
America out Of war
IF the constitutional amendment
which I have suggested is adopted
the Shiny COLI Of selfish interests
can never again wrap themselves
around Congress and force a deClar-
alton of war, because under my
resolution the power to declare war
will be taken away from Congress
and vested with the people, where
it ought to be That is where SOW
ereignty abideS.
MY resolution is predicated on
the theory that those who have to
suffer and, if need be, to die and
to bear the awful burdens and costs
Of war ought to have something to
say as TO whether war shall be de-
clared A declaration of war is no
idle and inconscquential thing. It
signs the death warrant of our fine
young manhood
Two Ways to Prevent War
There are two ways to prevent
war One is to let ali of the people
of America, women as well as men,
vote on the question of declaring
war 1t will have to be a mighty
good cause that will win decIara-
ton of war when the American citi-
zen has right to enter the privacy
of the ballot booth and with only
God as his witness register his hon
est thought on the subject And
why should he, or she, not have
that right? Why should not you
John Jones, who sits before me, or
Mrs. John Jones, have just as much
to say in regard to this great hui
man question as the president of
the largest International loan COM
pany or the president of the largest
nun tons company?
This is question OF life and
death. 1t touches the highest Solem-
mites of earthly existence and any
one who would profane it by con-
Meeting it with dollars and cents
ought to be dashed by public Scorn
One fine American boy-your SON.
or my son or somebody else's son
is worth more than all of the wealth
of the world combined.
Another way to keep America
out of war is to take the profit out
of war, which my amendment does
by providing that when war does
come all war properties, munitions
plants, etc, shall be taken over by
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the emergency. thus removing the
profit incentive to war. Take the
profit out of war and there Will be
few wars
Would Be Stabilizing Influence
The amendment l have proposed,
if written into the Constitution.
would be a great, strong and per-
manent stabilizing influence to keep
America out of unjuStifiable wars
for all time to come.
ASK Archbishop Curley and
Rabbi Wise and Rabbi Feuerlicht
and President Bryan of Indiana
University and scores upon scores of
leaders of both sexes in all walks of
life who see in my resolution the
very best suggestion yet offered to
prevent war
Il am grateful to these men and
women of thought and purpose for
the effective support they are Civ
ing to my resolution and for the in
Splration that springs from their
trust and confidence and spurs me
on TO work as I never worked in
any cause before, for I can not
imagine any cause more worthy
than the cause of trying to keep
our boys out of the hell of war"
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