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Show S KNATOK OLLIE JAMES of Kentucky, who defends the conduct of the war by President Wilson. MANUFAGTURERS H ' AGA!PJSTBQYGOn Willing to Trade With the Germans if They Join in Covenant of Justice, NEW YORK, Feb. 1 J. The National Association of Manufacturers has dissented dis-sented to the proposal of a trade boycott on Germany after the war, it was announced an-nounced tonight. The question was voted upon in a referendum submitted to its members by the chamber of commerce of the United States. The ballot of the association as-sociation has been forwarded to Washington. Wash-ington. Disapproval of the boycott plan was voiced by the association's board of directors direc-tors February S, before the referendum was submitted to the membership. A statement issued tonight by the associa- i tion explains the vote. "'1 he economic boycott proposed by the referendum," it said, "is an unwarranted interference in a matter of international relations, the handling of which rests with the president and congress. The creation of a boycott, as outlined by the Paris conference con-ference of K'lti, we believe to be at vari-a vari-a nee with the sen time tits of President , Wiison, as stated in his address to con-' con-' gress on April 6, 1917. I "We are but the champions of mankind. I We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and freedom of the nations can make them. We have no jealousy of German greatness. We do not wish to fight her with arms or hostile arrangements of trade if she is willing to associate herself her-self with us and the other peace ioving nations na-tions of tiie world in covenants of justice and law in their dealings. "In view of these iacts, the action proposed pro-posed by the chamber of commerce of the I'nited States is, in our opinion, not only futile, but vicious and meets with our unqualified disapproval. |