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THOMAS E. KILBY, Governer of Alabama. " "
Kclioel and college students everywhere should itudy the proceeding
of the pending conference for the limitation of ArmamentH. I can con
ceive of no way by which theso who nxe te he our future cltlicnn can be V.
trained mere effectively for the political and economic development of out
Country and of the world.
THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, Governer of Arizona.
Itegardless of Its outcome, the Armament Conference Is of such tre
mendous Importance te the future welfare of the young people of America
that they should take advantage of every possible opportunity te fellow
the proceedings In detail.
THOMAS C. McRAE, Governer of Arkansas.
Every school child und college student In the United States should be
required te study closely the proceedings of this great Conference. They
should knew the significance of It-all. Teachers and school and college
officials will co-eperato te this end I believe.
WILLIAM D. STEPHENS, Governer of California.
Never befere In the history of the world has a limited group of men
been given an opportunity te relleve u war weary world of the awful bur
dens of destructive warfare. Never before haif It been possible te relieve
the mothers, the children and the tellers of the world of the heartaches,
the heartbreaks, the want and misery nnd slighted education, the almost
unbearable taxes and ether economic sacrifices brought en by war. May
we net pray that Ged will guide aright all these who participate In the
proceedings of the great Disarmament Congress new In session In Wash
ington. In my judgment It will be geed for the future of the republle
If all school children give earnest study te the proceedings.
OLIVER H. SHOUP, Governer of Colerado.
We can conceive no better way te train the citizens of tomorrow for
the discharge of their most Important duties than by encouraging their
study of tlie proceedings In Washington at the great Conference,
EVERETT J. LAKE, Governer of Connecticut.
If It can be Impressed upon all our school children te watch Intently
and te study by all means at hand the proceedings new taking place at
the Armament Conference at Washington, I feel sure that In the years te
come, their Influence will be meulded Inte a public opinion which will
Insist upon an amicable adjustment without force of arms of all differ
ences, and that this public opinion will also make such amicable adjust
ment effectlve te prevent further wars among civilized nations.
CARY A. HARDEE, Governer of Flerida.
It Is well that the twenty million school children of America should
study the proceedings of the Washington Conference. It Is perhaps a
mountain peak In the political and economic history of modern world.
THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Governer of Georgia.
I believe that a study of this question by the college students and
school children of the country Is most Important,
D. W. DAVIS, Governer 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 situ
ation be spread before the boys und girls today there would dawn a better
tomorrow, because the dominating characteristic of the average citizen Is
his desire for betterment.
LEN SMALL, Governer of Illinois.
Warring between nations must cease. Humanity demands It ; eco
nomics demand It. I can see no better wny te bring about this ultimate
end, should we net Immediately succeed, than te educate the twenty
million American school children te the horrors of war and the necessities
of peace through close study of the proceedings of the present Disarma
ment Conference. ""
WARREN T. McCRAY, Governer, of Indiana.
There has never been a time In the World's history when the delibera
tions and decrees of a selected group of International representatives meant
mere te the future of civilization than the decisions resulting from the
Armament Conference new In session nt Washington. Every suggestion
or movement of the Conference should be closely studied by the public
school children of our land, thus Inculcating In their minds the Idea that
the apostles of peace are no less deserving of the eternal gratitude of a
llberty-levlng nation than are the heroes of war,
N. E. KENDALL, Governer of Iowa.
I unreservedly approve the campaign te Induce the school children
of the country te study Its proceedings from day te day. Nothing, In my
opinion, will contribute se much te the preservation of permanent peace as
the Inculcation In the hearts of the young of a profound abhorrence of wur.
HENRY J. ALLEN, Governer of Kansas.
I knew of nethlnr mere timely than the study In the schools of the
present proceedings of the Arms Conference. Its fundamental educational
value alone would Justify It. It marks an Important epoch In history, and
will have a tremendous effect upon the thought and feeling of the present
and the future.
EDWIN P. MORROW, Governer of Kentucky.
The youth of America, Its boys and girls, should watch with the keen
est Interest and the fullest understanding the ever-shifting scene of the
Disarmament Conference te the end that they may forever say, "I beheld
the progress of the event which took fear and distrust out of the hearts
of nations and breDght confidence In each ether te nations and a newer
sense of brotherhood te the peoples of the earth."
JOHN M. PARKER, Governer of Louisiana.
The nation, and especially coming men and women, aa represented by
our school children, should carefully study this Conference.
PERCIVAL P. BAXTER, Governer of Maine.
As Governer of Maine and head of the Scheel Department I have urged
both superintendents and teachers te have their classeH study and fellow
the proceedings of the Disarmament Conference. I consider this Con
ference the greatest event of history and believe that the rising generation
should become conversant with the problems of the Conference and with
the discussion that takes place there. A careful dally study of the Con
ference proceedings will teach world history, geegrnphy, economics, nnd
politics, and will give our students a wide range of Information. The
Importance of such a program cannot be overstated.
J. A. O. PREUS, Governer of Minnesota.
The Conference en Limitation of Armaments Is the most Important
gathering In many decades and eery student who desires a complete
Knowledge of history must read and watch Its proceedings.
HHE AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF TO-DAY must
be the preservers of World Peace te-morrow.
Tfie Presidents and Cabinet Members, the Senators and Con
gressmen, the 'Preachers and Editors, and all the great leaders
of thought and action who will control the destinies of America
and of the world when "te-morrow" dawns are studying at this
very moment in the schoolrooms of the Natien.
They are preparing we who plan their studies, we who teach
them are preparing them for the great tasks we must seen
turn ever te them. Their minds and hearts must be filled with
the great lessens from the living present.
The greatest moment of their lives, for learning, is THIS
MOMENT. The greatest opportunity that ever came or ever
can come te them for learning the political and economic his
tory of the world, and of their own country in its relation te
the rest of the world, has come te them new in the great Con
ference of Nations which is meeting in Washington.
The Literary Digest has received telegrams from the Gover
nors of forty-one of the forty-eight States of the United States
calling upon the teachers and school children of America te give
earnest study day by day te the proceedings, from beginning te
end of the great Disarmament Conference, which the Gover Gover
eor of Flerida characterizes as "the mountain peak in the
political and economic history of the modern world." These
telegrams are here printed as an urgent message te the schools
of the Natien.
ALBERT C. RITCHIE, Governer of Maryland. JOSEPH M. DIXON, Governer of Mentana.
I heartily urge the school children of America te study the
proceedings of the Disarmament Conference as they develop
from day te day. Ne such opportunity for learning the polit
ical and economic history of the world, the hopes and ambitions
of Its peoples, has ever been presented. It Is a. rare prl liege
that is afforded us. There can be tie greater or broader edu
cational advantage than te study Intently the proceedings of
the Conference,
CHANNING H. COX. Gov. of Massachusetts.
In the Armament Conference the political and economic
history of the modern world Is te be studied. I can conceive of
no better way te train the citizens of tomorrow for the dis
charge of their most Important duties than by encouraging
their study of the proceedings of the great Conference.
ALEX. J. GROESBECK, Governer of Michigan.
Our boys and girls should closely fellow the proceedings
at Washington and thus tuke advantage of a wonderful oppor
tunity te study history In Its making.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Governer of Missouri.
The history of the Washington Conference should be studied
from both the political and the economic aide by the school chil
dren of America. There can be no better way te train citizen
ship than by the study of the history and the present condi
tions, political, economic and social, of the ether nations of the
world. The study of the proceedings of the Conference will be
of vast educational value te the school children of America and
te the citizenship of the future.
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history. The public schools and colleges of the country can
perform ni greater service te the nation than that of giving
courses, during the sitting of the Washington Conference, te
their students regarding the great questions Involved. If we
can fully Impress upon the minds of these young people the
Ur,'m.'.ndiUB dnner Involved and the Impelling necessity for
World Disarmament, the possibilities of future war will be
greatly reduced,
SAMUEL R. McKELVIE, Governer of Nebraska.
Scheel and college students should keep carefully Informed
..Ml? w.er-k et the Wsarmninent Conference. The. facts that
will be deduced out of the discussion there are of tremendous
Importance te our national life. A knowledge of national condi
tions Is a prime requisite of geed citizenship, and of almost
ee.ua! Importance Is a knowledge of International affairs.
EMMET D. BOYLE, Governer of Nevada.
,..l near,t"' approve your suggestion that the school children
einyn.C0"v!np0rM'r hl8.t?ry ln Jhe "Wnir at the Arms Con Cen
. " ViS" mev'me"t ' 1" educative one and should extend
f2tuhreCohf''theennaen rs.8 ,nte,"c",ca and "" f '"
MERRITT C. MECHEM, Gov. of New Mexico.
I think it vitally Important te Instruct the youth of the
""&' ?lai'Ve ?. the r"'at hl""-ical event new transpiring at
the Washington Disarmament Conference. Our children should
be helped te understand thoroughly what I. being done tePri.
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NATHAN L. MILLER, Governer of New Yerk.
I strongly recommend teHhe teachers and th boys and girls of New
Tork the earnest study of the proceedings of the Disarmament Cenferenc.
which already gives such premise of a new era. The rlilnr generation
should be taught th lessens of this Conference and be made te under
stand the high alms and unselfish purposes of America.
EDWARD 1. EDWARDS, Governer of New Jersey.
Next te the movement which resulted In the gatherlnr of jsproserta jspreserta
tlves of world powers at Washington te discuss and agree Upen a ltnil'a ltnil'a
tlen of Armament, the most powerful aid te the ultimate accomplishment
of a lasting peaee among men Li your earned plea that our twenty minion
American school children join with their elders In studying clnely th
proceedings of th Armament Conference that they may be thoroughly
Imbued with the anti-war feeling. That sentiment will, I trust, through
the medium of eur1 most potential educator, the Press, be hard around
the world and de mere than any ether human agency te supplant fear and
suspicion with trust and confidence, thus removing the primary cauie of
War and begetting en era of gee wllL
R. A. NESTOS, Governer of North Dakota.
Every student should secure as full and accurate knowledge as psml
ble of the work of the conference. This will help as scarcely r.nythlng ele
could te give meaning te the events of the coming de3ules. Imbue the
rising generations with the spirit of this Conference, and the world's prog
ress must fellow the paths of peace.
J. B. A. ROBERTSON, Governer of Oklahoma.
The Limitation of Armaments Conference In Washington will arrom arrem
pILih through Its deliberations the most thorough. Illuminating and prac
tical survey of the past derelepment am future progress of our civiliza
tion that can ever be achieved. The proceedings of the Conference should
be read and reviewed as a part of the dally course In all our schools,
colleges and universities n order that the rising generation may be fully
educated upon the cost and felly of War,
BEN W. OLCOTT, Governer of Oregon.
If success Is achieved at Disarmament Conference, as It new appears
It shall be. History will held no record of achievement for world geed
equal te It. Consequently History may held nothing mere vital for the
study of our youths and aJl citizens than the progressive rteps of this
gathering.
WILLIAM C SPROUL, Governer of Pennsylvania.
I am calling upon the fifty thousand public school teachers In Penn
sylvania te lead their sturVnts Inte the study of the proceedings of the
great Conference at Washington In the) belief that they will thus see n
the making historical events which may lead te results comparable only
te the premised millennium of peace and geed will.
EMERY J. SAN SOUCI, Governer of Rhede Island.
The President should receive the support of every American In his
tfferts te assure permanent peace te the World. The school- children
especially should study the proceedings of the Conference, se that the
coming generation may be well-fitted te all ln the cause of permanent
peace.
ROBERT A. COOPER, Governer of Seuth Carolina.
Study of the proceedings of the Disarmament Conference will have a
tendency te enlighten the public concerning international affairs Knllght.
enment, together with a sense of Justice, Is eential for the proper solu
tion of questions arlnlng between nations. Many stupid blunders and
costly wars have resulted because the general public was net Informed.
The proceeding of the Conference should be studied In all schools.
W. H. McMASTER, Governer of Seuth Dakota.
May the school children of America study every phase, act and utter
ance of the Disarmament Conference. Krery detail and circumstance of
the Conference should he a vital part of the dally study and thought
of the twenty million school children of America.
ALFRED A. TAYLOR, Governer of Tennes ..
There can be no better way te train the citizens of iinbrrew for the
discharge cf their most Impertart duties thin by enc iraging them te
study the proceedings of the great Conference new In s' lien at Washing
ton. That Conference will deal with the pelltlcfl and onemlc history of
the Mhele wer!c and Its study and a discussion of these subjects will
afford a source of -nllRhlem.icnt en matters of vital concern and a fund
of knowledge of Inestimable value te the rising generation of boys and
girls when they arc at the helm.
PAT M. NEFF, Governer of Texas.
The history that Is new bring made by the Disarmament Cenfrnce
at Washington will r frequently refrred te by writers, speaker and
thinkers for generations te mme It constitutes an epoch-making mllepest
that Ineffaceably marks the march of man. The students of today who are
te be tlie men and women of tonmrrew should have as a part of their
dally curriculum thei cetallcd proceedings of this world wide conference.
a.i It seeki te turn ttw tide of VlvllliuUen away fretn the wai-wrecked
shores of the pasL
CHARLES R. MABEY, Governer of Utah.
The Disarmament Conference constitutes a landmark ln human
progress the significance nf h''ri i-'nnrt et be conceived Uy all means
let uu atudy earn-irtlv Iti delllxratlens that understanding among all
peoples may be thu result. . . It Is setitlal te posterity that the
youth of tb "Mli" iifnnrvrl thn 'i'i -n -n'n- nd purposes of the
gathering. With such a bcvsls of familiarity they will best be prepared te
perpetuate ant bring te complete materialization the alms and ideas new
being proposed.
EOUIS F. HART, Governer of Washington.
There Is much truth In the argument that human nature will have te
undergo a change twfere war can tw eliminated. . . A beginning hxa
been made a bold, fearless step, such as an unselfish nation like the
United States might be expected te take, but after all Its greatest value
Is educational the problem remains for future generations. Uy all means
let the children of the land study closely the Disarmament Conference.
E. F. MORGAN, Governer of West Virginia.
The International Conference en Limitation of Armament, with politi
cal am economic dlusslena concerning Far Kast problems, gives te
American students unparalleled opportunities te study ana acquaint them
selves with world preblen.s, an understanding of which will be of great
service te their Natien In the coming years.
JOHN J. BLAINE, Governer of Wisconsin.
The study of the new of the Armament Conference In connection with
the political and economic history of the World and the causes of war
will give us enlightened future generations In aid of Werlt Peace.
ROBERT D. CAREY, Governer of Wyoming.
The history of the Disarmament Conference should be Impressed upon
the minds of the school children of America. The United States leads In
a movement that premises mere for the peace of the world than any
gathering of statesmen since the dawn of history. Through our Kdu Kdu
catietial Department I have requejitex that the scnoels of Wyoming shall
study every phajf of the Conference, from Its Inception te final adjourn
ment With the minds of the students of the Natien fecuied upon the
proceedings of the Conference, the chief actors will feel a keener Incentive
te make their conclusions conform te the dominant will of the peoples of
the earth.
TO the FATHERS and MOTHERS of AMERICA
This message comes te you with the challenge of a great opportunity for your boys
and girls. It presses upon you a personal responsibility te see that they de net lese the
benefits of this wonderful opportunity te' fit themselves in the broadest way for their
future citizenship. Take the matter up personally with their teachers and with the
principals of their schools. Urge it through your Parents' Associations. The Literary
Digest is helping all it can, net only by printing this Message of the Governors in
hundreds of the leading dailies of the country from Maine te California, but also by
publishing in its own pages every week a careful review and explanation of the Proceed Preceed
mgs of the Arms Conference, together with opinions regarding it from all ever the
world. The Governer of Mentana was moved te telegraph, a few days age, that "the
last number of The Literary Digest was a veritable treasure-house of information regard
ing the scope and possibilities of this historic International Conference." Five hundred
thousand school children already are studying The Literary Digest in their classrooms,
and the fullest co-operation is provided te enable all ethers te enjoy the same benefit!
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