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Show A Gold Star Mother Pleads For TGSIiiEnE OF NATIONS ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY. GEORGE WHITE, ESQ., ' " i CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, CARE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK CITY. DEAR SIR: PLEASE ACCEPT THE ENCLOSED SMALL CONTRIBU-J CONTRIBU-J TION TO THE FUND FOR DISSEMINATION OF THE TRUTH . ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. IT IS LITERALLY A "WIDOWS MITE," BUT IT COMES FROM A MOTHER WHO SENT FOUR GREATLY NEEDED SONS TO THE WORLD WAR. TWO OF THESE SONS WITH ALMOST UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE USEFULNESS, WERE KILLED; A THIRD WAS ILL IN HOSPITALS IN FRANCE FOR FIVE MONTHS, DUE TO GASSING IN ACTION, AND IS STILL CLASSIFIED AS "UNFIT," AND A FOURTH RISKED HIS PRECIOUS YOUNG LIFE IN THE AIR. . WHEN AN HONEST AND CONCERTED EFFORT IS BEING MADE BY THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH TO SAVE, IF POSSIBLE, FUTURE MOTHERS AND SONS FROM THESE SACRIFICES, IT IS HARD TO REALIZE THERE ARE THOSE WHO OPPOSE SUCH AN EFFORT. I FEEL SURE THAT AMONG THOSE WHO PAID FOR THE WAR THERE CAN BE BUT ONE OPINION, AND THAT IS TO TRY THfl LEAGUE OF NATIONS, EVEN IF IT IS NOT PERFECT. ' IT IS THE BEST THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AND, ALL OBJECTIONS BEING WEIGHED, IS MANI- FESTLY THE MOST FEASIBLE. PLEASE GOD IT WILL NOT FAIL. VERY TRULY YOURS, MARIE A. DAVIDSON, I (Mrs. Edward Crawford Davidson.) OCTOBER SIXTH, NINETEEN TWENTY. 80,000 Americans Dead: y 80,000 Reasons Why! OVERNOR COX says "I favor going into the league." WATOR HARDING says "I reject the league. I have no program." 5RBERT HOOVER said "If the league is to break down we must I spare to fight." I VetorCOXU . Democratic National Committee. I |