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Show WORLD PEACE PLANS Plans, totalling 22,165, have been submitted for the promotion and perpetuation of world peace. This vast number of plans were called forth by the generous offer of Edward Bok, the noted journalist, of $50,000 for the most practical plan by which the United States may coperate with other nations of the earth in the ad-vansing ad-vansing and preserving of peace throughout the world. At first the contest was limited to American citizens, but so widespread became be-came the interest that twenty-one other countries have entered the contest for a general desire to end forever all wars. The jury of award consists of six of America's foremost citizens headed by Elihu Root. These men hope to be able by January 1 to analyze the many plans submitted and make the award. After that, if the plan selected is approved by the United States senate or given popular approval a second $50,000 will be paid to the author. This movement started by the American Peace award, is perhaps per-haps the first effort ever made in this country to get informally a nation-wide expression of opinion on a subject of vast importance and the committee in charge asks every citizen interested to vote "yes" or "no" on the plan. In this referendum to be conducted in January, the cooperating council of 88 organizations will actively assist by circularizing their members with the plan and the ballot, as will also local and state organizations. On release dates papers throughout the nation will largely carry with the text a winning plan to be filled out and returned directly to the American Peace award at its office at New York City. When the "referendum" has been completed, the Committee will analyze the returns and take out all duplicates. This work will complete the purpose of the Award as originally announced, to give the Ameican people from coast to coast a direct opportunity to evolve a plan that will be acceptable to many groups of our citizens, who, while now perhaps disagreeing as to the best method of international inter-national association, strongly desire to see the United States do its share in preventing war and in establishing a workable basis of cooperation co-operation among the nations of the earth. |