Judge — July 1935 — page 32: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Field of Dishonor [A BAPTLEFIELD—atrewn with the remnants of men, and of animals, and of machines designed to kill them . . . littered with the hopes, and ethics, and ideals, of a world gone mad. And this is what they would have us call “The Field of Honor!” We gladly honor the poor devils who fight there so bravely and die there so pitifully. But for the men who put them there, the battlefield is a Field of Dishonor! And men did put them there. Let’s face facts: War is not the idea of a divine power ... it is not an inevita- bility of nature... it is not a part of the universal scheme. Wars are made by men! Men greedy for fame and power. Politicians so fond of seeing them- selves on the front page that they'll risk international complications to get there. Men who make a living by manufacturing implements with which the citizens of one nation can kill and maim the citizens of another nation. Men, in various lines of en- deavor, who see in war a chance to line their pockets with gold. These men make war. Not di- rectly, of course—nothing so crude as that. But by sowing the seeds that grow into misunderstanding, hate, and finally war. Do you want them to make an- other war—a war infinitely more horrible and disastrous than the last —a war in which planes will mock at “front lines,” women die in their homes, children be stricken down on their way to school? Then remember this: those who stand to profit by war are not idle, nor stupid, nor scrupulous. Neither are they without vast funds. The efforts of this busy minority are more than a match for the efforts of 30 a lethargic majority. The one thing that can stop the coming war is an aroused public opinion of hitherto unknown magnitude. Your help is needed! WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Today with talk of another war heard everywhere, millions of Amer- icans stand firm in their determina- tion that the follies of 1914-1918 shall not be allowed to occur again. Millions more, whose support is nec- essary to make this determination a strong barrier against future wars, are being reached each day by these graphic messages prepared by WORLD PEACEWAYS, a non-profit organization for public enlighten- ment on international affairs. Your cooperation is needed to extend this campaign into every corner of the world. Send your contribution to- day to: WORLD PEACEWAYS, 103 Park Avenue, New York City. comicbooks.com