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Show WAY TO COMBAT WAR Yrom Washington, P. C, comes a news release that Red ( 'ross war-work has become so fashionable there and in the -ear-by hunt country that some women have expressed fears .,f the contagion's psychological effect on this country s ef-orts ef-orts to Htay out of the war. Individuals in the work groups mge others to recall constantly that they are working lor ufferers in other lands and that it must not happen here. It is the opinion of many persons that if we become involved in-volved in this curious war, it will be from no one cause, but a ombination of several factors. The Nazi anger at the proposed arms embargo repeal, lublic sentiment at 'the loss of ships, American lives and property, the growing sentiment that the allies loss or threat ..f loss in the European battlefields may be ultimately of first importance to us, and, of course, the fact that Americana are in some degree susceptible to the propaganda with which we :.re deluged. , . , To combat the fear of American involvement m the war, Ihe proposal of Bruce Barton, advertising's prophet, seems a commonsense one. ... . A ., In pointing out the advertising horizons of tomorrow, Mr Barton says he believes that one of the big present-day tus'ka of advertising is to promote human relationships- Mr Barton reminds that Jesus did most of hw Bpeaking in the market place. Today "a market places are magazine taee mailing pieces, radio programs, newspaper. His idea that the best way to keep America at peace is 1o advertise the horrors of war, is certainly a new approach to the pacifists' aims. . . , A For the price of just one battleship a year, he tells America, Amer-ica, we could through advertising keep the horror and futil-itv'of futil-itv'of war constantly before the public. It is a new idea, but advertising has become a social force and is ready for recognition as such. Maybe openly advertising ad-vertising the truth would be the best way to combat aims of subversive forces. - |