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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, ’21 “than to educate the twenty million Amer to the horr THOMAS E. KILBY, Governor of Alabama. School and college stude everywhere should study the proceedings of the pending conference for the limitation of Armaments. I can con of no way by which those who are to be our future citizens can be trained more cffectively for the political and economic development of our Country and of the world, THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, Governor of Arizona, Regardless of its outcome, the Armament Conference is of ich “tremendous importance to the future well: of the ng people of America that they should take advantage-of Ty possible opportunity to follow the progecdings in detail, THOMAS C. McRAE, Governor of Arkansas. Hyery school child and college student in the United States should be required to study closely the proceedings of this great Conference. Thay should know the significance of it sand schdol and college officials will coopcrate to this end I believe. WILLIAM D. STEPHENS, Governor of California. Never before in the history‘of the world has a limited group of men been given an opportunity to relieve a war weary world of the awful burdens of destructive war Neyer before has it been possible to relieve the mothers, the children and the toilers of the world of the heartaches, the heartbreaks, te want and misery and slighted education, the almost unbearable ta: and other economie sacrifices brought on by war. May w t pray that God will guide aright all those who partiéipate in the proceedings of the great Disarma- ment Congress now in session in Washington. In my judg- ment it will be good for the future of the republic if all school children give earnest study to the proceedings, OLIVER H. SHOUP, Governor of Colorado. © no bette in the citizens of to- a of their most important duties than study of the proceedings in Washington ‘di L Dncousneing their at the great Conferen: EVERETT J. LAKE, Governor of Connecticut. It it can be impressed upon all our school.children to watch intently and to study by all means at hand the pro- ceedings now taking place at the Armament Conference at Washington, I feel sure that in the years to come, their in- fluence willbe moulded into a public opinion which ‘will in upon an-amicable adjustment without force of arms of all ferences, and that this public opinion will also make such ami cable adjustment effective to prevent further wats among civilized nations, CARY A. HARDEE, Governor of Florida. — It is well that the twenty million school children of Amerce should study the proceedings of the Washingt Con- rence. It is perhaps a mountain peak in the political and ceotornte history of modern world. THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Governor of Georgia. I believe that a study of this question by the college stu- dents and school children of the country is most important, D. W. DAVIS, Governor of Idaho. There is an astonishing lack of sound information among our citizens of the political and economic history of the world, Should the true situation be spread before the boys and girls today there would 4d: a better tomorrow, because the dominating character! of the average citizen is his desire for betterment. LEN SMALL, Governor of Illinois. Warring between nations must cease. economics demand it. I can se neue this ultimate end, should we_ Humanity demands no better vy to bring not immediately succeed, school children of peace through present Disarmament of war and_the ne i the proceedings of t! Conference. WARREN T. McCRAY, Governor of Indiana. There has never he time in the World's history when ¢ deliberations s of a selected group of ir t more to the future of civil resulting from the Ar now in Washington. Ever ment of” the Conference should be close school children of our land, thus incul the idea that the apostles 0 ctornal gratitude of a libert of wa N. E. KENDALL, Governor of Iowa. tu children udica by the ting in th peace are no less deserving of the -loving nation than are the heroes rvedly approve the campaign to induce the school the country to study its proceedings from y to thing. in my opinion, will contribute so much to the ervation of permanent. ne as the inculcation in the hearts GF the young of a profound abhorrence of war. HENRY J. ALLEN, Governor of Kansas. 1 Know of nothing more timely, than the study in. the schools of the nt procecdings ofthe Arms C Its fundamental educational ue aloe would’ justify et marks an important epoch in iristory, and will have a tre- mendous effect upon the thought and feeling of the present and future, . EDWIN P. MORROW, Governor of Kentucky. The youth of Ame s boys and girls with the keenest inte: and the fullest unde i cene of the Disarmament Conferenc may forever “LT beheld the progr which took fear and d out of the hear brought confidence in ca ther to nations of brotherhood to the peoples of the earth. JOHN M. PARKER, Governor of Louisiana. The nation, and especially coming men ahd women. as represented by our school children, should carefully study this Conference. should wateh anding the to the end of the ey f nation da newer sense venty. Million School Children. OF AMERICA HE AMERICAN. SCHOOL CHILDREN OF TODAY MUST BE THE * preservers of World Peace tomorrow. The Presidents and Cabinet Members, the Senators and Congressmen, the Preachers and Editors, and all the great leaders of thought and aetion who will control the destinies of America and of the world when “to-morrow” dawns are studying at this very moment in the schoolrooms of the Nation. They are preparing — we who plan their studies, we who teach them are pre- paring ‘them—for the great tasks we must soon turn over to them.. Their minds and hearts must be filled with the great lessons from the living present. The greatest moment of their lives, for learning, is THIS MOMENT. . The great- est opportunity that ever came or ever can come to them for learning the political and economic history of the world, and of their own country in its relation to the rest of the world, has come to them now if, the great Conference of Nations which ‘is meeting in Washington. The Literary Digest has received telegrams from the Governors of forty-one of the forty-eight States of the United States calling upon the teachers and school children of America to give earnest study day by day to the proceedings, from be- ginning to end, of the great Disarmament Conferenée, which the Governor of Florida characterizes as “the mountain peak in the political and economic his- tory of the modern world.” These telegrams are here printed as an urgent mess- age to the schools of the Nation. ‘ PERCIVAL P. BAXTER, Governor of Maine. As Governor of Maine and head of the School Department ave urged both superintendents and teachers to/have their study and follow the proceedings of the Disarmament ider. this Conference the greatest event of nd believe that the rising generation should become nversént with the problems of the Conference and with the ion that takes p&ce there, careful dd study of sthe Conference. proceedings. will. tea h y. ReOR- phy, economics, and polities, and will give our students a wide range of informatiot™, The importance of such a pro- gram cannot be, overstated. \ J. A. 0. PREUS, Governor of Minnesota. The Confe ce on Limitation of Armame important gathering inom and ¢ desires a complet knowl: proceedings, ALBERT c. RITCHIE, Governor of Maryland. h i America to study the they develop y for learning the po- tory of the world, the hopes | and m- s, has ever been p: ented, It rare is afforded vu There an be no r or broader! educati dvanta; than to study intently tie pro- ceedings of the Conference, CHANNING H. COX, Gov. of Massachusetts. In the Armament Conference the politieal ‘and economic history of the modern world is to be studied. 1 can conceive of no better y to train the citiz of tomorro for the of their most important duties than by encouraging study of the proceedings of the great Conference. ALEX. J. GROESBECK, Governor of Michigan. follow the proceedings - of a wonderful op- the most student who ad and watch it Rebcoanae Ot ‘the from day to day. ub and Conference should” be nd the economic side by the » There can be no bette ay to the study of the history and’ the , economic and social, of the other of the proceedings of the tional value to the school enship of the future, JOSEPH M. DIXON, Governor of Montana. | “th history of the” 1 from hoth the shool children of Ameri train ci ent condit ng of the will nd colleges of the country ion than that hington Conference, nvolved, If we can fully impress upon the young people the tremendous dan involved mpelling necessity for Worl armament, the possibilities of future war will be greatly Ped bende chool vie to the fitting of the ng the gr The public : students To the FATHERS and This message comes to you with the challenge cf a great opportunity for your boys and girls. It presses upori you a personal responsibility to see that they do not lose the benefits of this wonderful opportunity to fit themselves in the broadest way for their future citi- zenship. Take the matter up personally with their teachers and with the principals of their schools. Urge it through your Parents’ Association. \The Literary Digest is helping all it can, not only by printing this Message of the Governors in hundreds of the leading dailies of the country from Maine to California, but also by publishing in its own pages every ‘week ‘Tis a Mark of Distinction to Be a Reader of The Literary Digest » Disarmament Conference marks a mile stone in world SAMUEL R. McKELVIE, Governor of Nebraska. School and college students should keep carefully informed of the work of the Disarmament Conference, The facts that will be deduced out.of the discussion there are of tremendous importance to our national life. A knowledge of national con- ditions a prime requisite of good citizenship, and of almost equal importance is a knowledge of international affairs, EMMET D. BOYLE; Governor of Nevada. T heartily approve your suggestion that the school children study contemporary history in the making at the Arms Con- ference, The movement is an educative one and should extend to the children upon whose intelligence and sense of justice the future of the nation rests, MERRIT C. MECHEM, Gov: of New Mexico. outh of the nspiring Hy important to instruct the ent now I think it vit country 9 tive to the great histori: Washington Disarmament Conf Our children and thorough|3 being done ‘nt a recurrence of the horrible world ,tragedy we are now emerging from, 5 NATHAN L. MILLER, Governor of New York. I strongly recommend to the teachers and ®he boys and New York the carn tudy of the proceedings “or the nent Conference nh already gives such T ation should be » made to unders America. and the high. , Governor of New Jersey. of world pow limitntion of Armament, accomplishment of lasting peace among plea that our t pty. million American school ch rn h their elders in stily losely the proceedings of ihe Armament Conference that th y be vronghly imbued with the anti-war feeling, Monat pntiment 1, I trust, through the medium of our most potential edu- cator the Pres be heard around the world and do more than any other huy y to supplant fear ion with trust and cor s removing the pr Pot war and begetting an cra of good will. R. A. NESTOS, Governor of North Dakota. y student should secure as full and accurate knowl- possible of the work of the conference. This will help ly anything else could to give meaning to the events coming decad: mbue the rising generation with the spirit, of this Conte v and the world’s progress must fol- low he paths of peace. A’ J. B. A. ROBERTSON, Governor of Oklahoma. Tr Limitation of Armaments Conference in Washington will accomplish through its deliberations the most thorough illuminating and practical survey of the past development and future progress of our ation that can ever be achic The proceedings of the Conference should be read and review ly course in all our schools, colleges and tied that the rising generation may\ be fully educated upon the cost and folly of Wy BEN OLCOTT, Governor of Oregon. If success is achieved at Disarmament Conference, as it now appe it shall be, History will hold no record of ment for world good equal to it. Consequently Hi: hold nothing more vital for the study of our youths and all citizens than the progr e steps of this gathering. WILLIAM C. SPROUL, Governor of Pennsylvania. Jam calling upon the fifty thousand public school teachers in Pennsylvania to lead their students into the study of the proceedings of the great Conference ut Washington in the be- lief that they will thus see in the making historical events which may lead to results comparable only to the promised millenium of peace and good will, EMERY J. SAN SOUCI, Governor of Rhode Island. The President should receive the support of every Amerir can in his efforts to assure permanent peace to the ‘World. The school children e: ally should study the proceedings of the Conference so that the coming generation may be well- Aitted to aid in the cause of permanent peace. ROBERT A. COOPER, Governor of South Carolina. Study of the proceedings of the Disarmament Conference will have a tendency to enlighten the public concerning in- ternational affai Enlightenment, ‘together with a sense of justice, is essential for the proper solution of questions arising between nations. Many stupid blundérs and costly wars, have resulted because the general public not informed,’ The proceedings of the Conference should be studied in all schools, W. H. McMASTER, Governor of South Dakota. May, the 001 children of America study every phase, act and utterance of the Disarmament Conference. Every de- cumstance of the Conference should be a vital part of the y study and thought of the twenty million school children of America, a ALFRED A. TAYLOR, Governor of Tennessee. There can be no better way to train the citizens of to- morrow for the discharge of their most important duties than by encouraging them to study the proceedings of the great Conference now in session at Washington, That Conference vill deal with the political and economic history of the whole world, and its study and a discussion of these subjects will afford a source of enlightenment on matters of vital concern and a fund of knowledge of inestimab! alue to ther generation of boys and girls when they are at the helm, PAT M. NEFF, Governor of Texas. The history that is now being made by the Disarmament Conference at’ Washington will be frequently referred to by writers, speakers and’ thinkers for generations to come. It constitutes an epoch-making. milepost that ineffacably marks the march of man. The students of today who are to be the n and women of tomorrow should have as a part of their y curriculum the detailed proceedings of this world wide conference, as it seeks to turn the tide of civilization away from the war-wrecked shores of: the past. CHARLES R. MABEY, Governor of Utah. The Disarmament Conference constitutes a land mark in human progress the significance of which cannot yet be con- celv I T means Jet us study earnestly its deliberations that understanding among all peoples may be the result, It is essential to posterity that, the youth of the nation com: Drebel i the full meaning and purposes of the gathering. With | asis of familiarity they wi be prepared to per- aa ute vind bring to complete materialization the aims and ideas now being proposed. LOUIS F. HART, Governor of Washington. There is much truth in the argument that human nature will have to undergo a change before wv can be ¢liminate . A beginning has been made—a bold, fearless step, such as an unselfish nation like the United States might be pected to take, but after all its greatest value is educa- jonal—the problem remains for future generations, By all means let the ehildrcn of the land study closely the Disarma. ment Conference. E. F. MORGAN, Governor of West Virginia. The International Confe zimitation of Ari with political and economic ions concerning problems, gives to American students unparalleled opportuni- ties to study and acy nt themselves with world problems, an understanding of which will be of great s ice to the Nation in the comin JOHN J. BLAINE, Goveraar of Wisconsin. study of the news of the Armament Conference ion with the political and economic historg$ of the World and the causes of war will give us enlightened future generations in aid of World Peace, ROBERT D. CAREY, Governor of Wyoming. The bistory of the Disarmament Conference should pressed upon the minds of the school children of America, United States leads in a movement that promises mor the peace of the world than any gathering /of statesmen since the dawn of history. Through our Educational Department J have requested that tb hools, of Wyoming shall study every phase of the Conference from its inception to final ad- journment. With the mindy of the students of the Nation fo- cused upon the proceedings of the Conference, the chief actors will feel a keener incentive to make their conclusions conform to the dominant will of the peoples of the earth, OTHERS of AMERICA ra a careful review and explanation of the Proceedings of the Arms Conference, together with opinions regarding it from all over the world.‘ The Governor of Montana was moved to tele- a few days ago, that “the last number of The Literary Digest was'a veritable treas- graph, a ure-house of information regarding the scope and possibilities of this historic International Conference.” Five hundred thousand school children already are studying The Literary Di- - gest in their class-rooms, and the fullest cooperation is provided to enable all others to enjoy the same benefit. \ St