Judge — June 1937 — page 35: what you’re looking at

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

IF HE'S LUCKY, A MILLION MEN WILL DIE! HE was top man in his class when he graduated from college. It was predicted he’d have an exception- ally brilliant career. And here he is, on the way to ful- filling those predictions. Do you know how? By working on the develop- ment of a more deadly and inhuman poison gas! He might have been the scientist des- tined to find the cure for cancer. He might have held the key to the dis- covery of a preventive for infantile paralysis. He might have saved mil- lions from agony, and heartbreak, and twisted limbs. But the world couldn’t spare him XADLE BROS. CO., PRINTERS for that. He’s needed to make poison gas. If he succeeds, a million or more men will die horribly when the next war comes. Behind the lines, planes will zoom over cities and towns, and children will fall down strangling from one breath of air that a second ago had been Death will have the greatest picnic of all time . . . clean and sweet. ... When and if the next war Will it? That's largely up to you—you and all the other decent people of the world. You'll have to You'll have to keep your wits about you in order to resist extremely clever appeals comes, fight hard to preserve peace. to your emotions, and extremely in- genious propaganda. You'll have to throw the weight of aroused public opinion against the handful who want war. So far, in the world’s history, this handful has had things entirely its own way. And in the future ? ? ? What YOU can do about it— World Peaceways is a non-profit agency the purpose of which is to solidify the desire most people have to abolish the whole silly business of war. We feel that intelligent efforts can and must be made against war and toward a secure peace. If you think so too we invite you to write to World Peaceways, 103 Park Ave., New York. comicbooks.com