The Archive · 1924

American Movement to Stop War

Internal Organization to Press New World Policy on Congress Candidates Washington, July 25.

A campaign for world cooperation ito prevent war will be opened tomorrow by 36 organizations represented in the National Council for Prevention of Wa "Stop war! Cooperate!" is the motto adopted for the movement, and its sponsors say that: it will cover nearly every state in the union. One hundred and fifty thousand ministers have been asked to [preach sermons on "World Coopera~ tions" next Sunday, and public meet" [ings will be held in many places.

The Council has announced that all the presidential candidates will [be asked the question: "How far will you cooperate for world peace?" jand that later the same question will be asked of candidates for the Senate. It is proposed by the organization to carry on the work for an initial period of three months: after the opening days ofts drive.

Mr. Frederick J. Libby, executive, secretary of the council, said to-day" that the purpose was to "mobilize for peace now, and during the next thee months to show these men who, want to represent us in the nation Jai government that the will of the American people is for cooperation in international affair statement by the council said that those behind the campaign believed "the time has come to eliminate isolation' once and for all and. establish cooperation' as America' foreign policy."—Reuter's American

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