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Publisher
National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.)
Date Created
1924
Description
This campaign flyer, dating to July 1924, launches a nationwide observance of the Tenth Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War I with the keynote message, "STOP WAR! COOPERATE! ISOLATION WILL NOT STOP WAR!" This document was published by the National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW), an organization that, under the direction of Frederick Libby, coordinated various high-profile anti-war campaigns. Published during the presidential election cycle, the leaflet explicitly casts international cooperation as "the foremost issue" and demands that the public hold political candidates accountable with the question, "Mr. Candidate: How Far Will You Cooperate for World Peace?"
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"'STOP WAR! COOPERATE!' will be the keynote of the observance in America of the Tenth Anniversary of the Outbreak of the World War, July 26-27. It will mark the beginning of a nation-wide campaign to give World Cooperation its rightful place as the foremost issue in the coming election campaign. If we can't stop war, nothing else matters. Another World War would be the end of the white civilization.
By the use of posters and fliers and through meetings, religious services, parades and other features, the people of America will register their determination that Isolation is not acceptable as an American policy in foreighn affairs and that only through Cooperation can we Stop War."
Personal Name Subject
Libby, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1874-1970
Corporate Name Subject
National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.)
Topical Subject
Peace movements
Genre
documents (object genre)
Local Genre
text
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Adèle Goodman Clark Papers
Source
World Cooperation Campaign, 1924, M 9 Box 103, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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M009_b103_i006.pdf