Capital. It is universally conceded and no longer needs to be argued that our country is most favorably situated to take the lead in the solution of this difficult problem. The solution has indeed already begun. Congress for two successive years has refused, the second time in spite of the enormous pressure brought to bear upon it by the new Navy League, to make appropriations for more than one new battleship annually; in other words has arrested, temporarily at least, the growth of the navy, for the new ship annually just makes up for an old one going out of commission. This position taken by the national legislature, in response I am sure to the wish of the people, should have the instant and unequivocal support of all pacifists regardless of party affiliations. Besides this our government must be led to feel that the United States from its character and geographical situation is under peculiar obligation to take up immediately with the other powers the question of a general agreement for both the limitation and the reduction of armaments. The time is overripe for our civilization, if it does not wish to perish in such a cataclysm as the world never saw, to unload this monstrous burden which cripples and disgraces it. And the Third Hague Conference must not be allowed to pass without the accomplishment of what everybody longs to see done.

PRESIDENT BARTHOLDT:

The chairman has been requested to announce the committee which has been generally agreed upon as a Committee on Resolutions. To this committee will be referred all resolutions that may be offered at this time or later. The committee consists of Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblood, Dr. James L. Tryon, President Charles F. Thwing, President S. C. Mitchell, Mr. Edwin L. Prince, Mr. Charles E. Beals, Mr. James E. Smith, Mr. Robert S. Brookings, Mrs. Philip N. Moore, Mr. Edwin D. Mead and Prof. Roland G. Usher. If any of the delegates in the audience have any suggestions to make as to any particular addition to the membership of this committee the chair is willing to entertain his judgment.

A DELEGATE:

I would like to suggest as an addition to this resolutions committee the president of the Missouri Congress of Mothers, Mrs. James G. Nugent.

PRESIDENT BARTHOLDT:

It has been suggested that Mrs. James G. Nugent, President of the Missouri Congress of Mothers, be added to this committee. All in favor of this motion will say, "Aye."

DELEGATES:

Aye.

PRESIDENT BARTHOLDT:

Counterminded, "No." (No response.)

carried.

Unanimously

The Chair wishes to make a further suggestion; namely, that this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock a session will be held here in this same hall which, no doubt; will prove most interesting. It is to be "A Symposium on Disarmament" in which all those present may participate if they desire, and I hope all will endeavor to be present. This meeting now stands. adjourned until 2:00 o'clock.

CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZATION

THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Thursday Afternoon, May 1, at 2 o'clock

ODEON RECITAL HALL

MR. ARTHUR DEERIN CALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY, Presiding

DIRECTOR CALL:

As you gentlemen know, this is simply a conference on organization and propaganda. Mr. Beals, who is the head of the Department of the Central-West, with headquarters in Chicago, is under engagement to speak on another program. So I am going to withdraw from the first position and ask Mr. Beals to give us the message which is in his mind. Mr. Beals, of Chicago.

Some Experiences in Enlisting Clubs and Other Organizations in Peace Work

CHARLES E. BEALS.

Fellow "Warriors:" This mighty Captain of ours told me in a letter over his own signature to come Saturday afternoon, and I was counting on two whole days to write out what I intended to say. When I looked at the program this morning and saw my name for this afternoon I jotted down a few things.

Enlisting clubs and other organizations in the cause of peace! First I will speak of the clubs. We tried to work through them. We have offered them speakers and tried to get them to become valued members of the local society, and many of them have. Many of the best clubs in the city are affiliated with us and pay in dues each year. When the Baroness came last fall we wrote several influential clubs, and many of them, something like twenty-seven, coöperated.

Secondly, churches! We have not done much with them. A year ago we printed a little pamphlet and sent it to the ministers, suggesting that they have a Peace Sunday. A great many of them did. We had a group meeting of two hundred churches on the West Side, and scores of individual pastors preached.

Each Christmas I send out a special circular, appealing to the clergy, but we get practically no help from them. If we can educate them to a Peace Sunday, that is pretty good work for Chicago. These out-of-town churches are not facing the downtown problem as they are with us. I don't suppose there is such a discouraged pulpit in the world as there is in Chicago, for economic reasons.

With the schools, we have not done much. Mrs. Young is with us, but in her report in which she inserted a recommendation for the observance of a day in the schools, it was bluepenciled and Mrs. Young did not press the matter, but when the time comes we shall get it. Dr. Jones and Mr. Goddard are working for us, and we shall get this in time. Individual schools are doing work. Mrs. Hilbrook is here. Others are interested, but it takes time.

Now, the papers! Of course, like other organizations, we are feeding out "dope." If anything important comes up I send it out. Some of the papers have been very good. The editorials of the Record-Herald have been just as good as the Advocate of Peace. Of course, we try to get the press. I wish you would read what Dr. Jenkin Lloyd Jones has to say. Every week he hammers away for the peace cause. This is a reinforcement for the peace cause of the country.

The Association of Commerce has been tremendously good to us. They have been just as a big brother. When we were organizing the Chicago Congress they got us before the Ways and Means Committee and gave a thousand dollars right out of the Association treasury and canvassed the members and raised fifteen hundred dollars more; and they gave a banquet at the end of the Congress which cost them a thousand dollars more. To this day that was, and is, the

biggest thing Chicago ever pulled off in the way of a banquet. They have always been good to us.

We try to keep out of sight as a peace society. We don't want to frighten people away. I think the best work of the Chicago society has been by keeping out of sight, and I think in some cases a mistake is made in not getting other people to do certain things, for in the doing they will become interested. We have a big program blocked out, and we shall complete it, but we shall keep out of sight. I have said I would ten times rather get a thing done by somebody else than to have our society do it.

Of course, where there are possibilities all of us are right there to do these things. I have mentioned these as typical of the lines along which we are working.

Now, my friends, I hope you will not feel that I am like the old doctor who went to a meeting once and made a talk and had to leave immediately. Next day he met a man and said: "That was a remarkable meeting you had yesterday. The exercises were excellent and high grade in character." He was there only while he was making the speech. (Laughter.) I have stayed longer than I should and I beg your pardon for running over the time.

Facts Relating to the Field

ARTHUR DEERIN CALL.

In this paper it is assumed that the workers for international peace are interested in as many facts relating to the field as it is possible to learn. It is assumed that only as we know the facts can we work intelligently toward the accomplishment of our aims, and I therefore submit the following data relating primarily to the work of the American Peace Society. I began my work on September 3, 1912, and the data which I submit is limited data, naturally. The following table shows the departments already organized by the American Peace Society, the headquarters of each department, the states canvassed by each, the constituency included, and the department directors.