Show THE PEACE POLICY COMMITTEE JOHN IV DAVIS LEARNED HAND WILLIAM 11 JOHNSTON ESTHER EVERETT LAPE mom lor in chargo charge NATHAN L MILLER mis AIRS GIFFORD PINCHOT MRS OGDEN REID MRS FRANKLIN D roode VELT HENRY L STIMSON MELVILLE 1 STONE MRS FRANK A trea CORNELTUS CORNELIUS N ULISS BLISS jr ROOT chairman JAMES EDWARD at HOUSE ELLEN F PENDLETON ROSCOE POUND WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE BRAND WHITLOCK the committee which Is administering tho the american peace award af actor a meeting last week announced many of 0 tho the ways waya ln an which its cooperating organizations will conduct tho the january referendum th tho 0 jury ot of award ot of which mr root la Is chairman hoa has boon been at work wora since tho the middle of october anti and Is expected to roach reach its decision according to the committee by january first after that tho the winning plan Is to bo be submitted to tho the widest possible public for a 0 vote tile tho committee in its announce concerning tile tho referendum in la Is emphatically making two points first that participation in tho the referendum eren aren dum does doea not commit any organization or institution to any on en dorso ment of the winning plan secondly that while tho the object la Is to secure as aa thoroughgoing thorough going a voto veto as possible all over the ilio country it Is a considered anti and intelligent vote vo t whir which h is being sought wo realize the committee state anent roads reads that signatures from too thoughtless signers no matter how voluminous tho the number will inept little wo we want every citizen to have an ail opportunity to read tho the plan and cast a considered voto upon it over dally daily and weekly newspapers have already agreed to participate in the referendum by carrying a ballot with tho the text of tho the winning plan or a digest of it on tho the ballot their readers will state whether or not they approve the winning plan in substance the tha ballots will bo be returned directly to the office of tho the american peace award magazines have written to tho the award that they will carry the ballot many of tho the newspapers and magazines carrying tho the ballot are setting aside an ail inflexible rulo rule in order to do so As aa ono one editor wrote we wa feel that lie ho importance of the subject concerned transcends all usual considerations |