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both for our own use and that of
Great Britain"
Gov. Lehman's plan, in brief, is
that plants turning out luxury or
non-essential articles be employed
for military production.
Pledging their unqualified ap-
proval of his recently announced
plan for leasing war equipment to
Britain, signers of the appeal from
the professional men and women
asked that the President make it
the settled policy of this country to
do everything that may be necessary
to assure the defeat of the axis
powers and thus to encourage here
and everywhere resistance to the
plausible but fatal arguments of ap-
peasement.
Ignorance, Lethargy Deplored.
Deploring the ignorance, lethargy
and disbelief which have led many
European democracies to their
graves and the British Empire to
the thin edge of disaster" the ap-
peal added:
I'VE ask you to inform us. clearly
and boldly. of the possibilities of
English failure and of the conse-
quences to us and to cur children s
children should Britain fail
I'VE ask you to tell us what we
believe to be the truth, that the
materials of war and the military
and air strength we now have and
the implements we can now produce
are enough to make certain the de-
feat of the axis powers, so long as
Britain is on her feet and fighting,
but that with Britain down, they
are not enough and may not in
the future be increased enough to
hold the whole world at bay"
Signers of Telegram.
The telegram said the following
persons authorized their signatures:
Hamilton Fish Armstrong, editor
Foreign Affairs.
Herbert Agar, editor Louisville
IOuIIeI JOuIudl.
Dr. William M. Agar, professor
Columbia University and Catholic
leader.
Frank Aydelotte, director Insti-
tue for Advanced Study, Princeton
University.
Frank Altschul, New York banker
Mrs Frederick Lewis Allen, writer.
Dana c. Backus, New York lawyer.
Mrs. Edward c. Bailly, author and
and civic leader, Westchester, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles Bang, Cleveland
clubWoman.
Stringfellow Barr, president St.
Johns College, Annapolis.
Margaret Culkin Banning, author,
Duluth.
Uric Bell, Washington corre-
spondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal
James P. Baxter, III, president
Williams College.
Barry Bingham, publisher Louis
Vile Courier Journal.
Walter E. PATTERSON, Hartford
Conn.
Robert Woods Bliss, diplomat,
Washington.
T. D. Boardman, San Francisco
business man.
Gail Borden, Chicago editor.
Henry Breckenridge, New York
lawyer.
Benjamin Brewster, bishop Of
Maine.
sevellon Brown, Providence edi-
tor.
William Adams Brown, New York
theologian.
Philip Marshall Brown, former
professor International Law, Prince
ton.
John Young Brown, former Rep
resentative, Lexington, KY.
Esther Caukin Brunauer, Ameri-
can Association of University
Women
John Stewart Bryan. president the
College of William and Mary.
Charles c. Birmingham, lawyer.
New York City.
Thomas E. Burke, American Fed
Grafton of Labor leader, Washington.
James Byrne, New York Catholic
leader.
Henry Seidel Candy, author
William D. Carmichael, jr., Chapel
Hill, N. c.
Ward Cheney, New York manu-
facturer.
B. M. Cherrington, University Of
Denver.
Harry Woodburn Chase, chancel-
lor New York University.
j. E. Chappell, Birmingham editor.
Grenville Clark, New York lawyer.
John H. Clarke, former Supreme
Court justice.
Olive A. Cotton, Toledo. Ohio.
Ada L. Comstock, president Rad
cliffe College.
James B. Conant, president Har-
ward University.
Frederic R. Coudert, New York
lawyer.