i9io3 My Letter to Andrew D. White 



29 Beacon St., 

 Boston, Mass., 

 Dec. 24, 19 10 

 My dear President White: 



In answer to your kind request as to suggestions regarding the 

 best uses of the Carnegie Peace Endowment, permit me to 

 say: 



I think that large endowments should deal with large things, 

 and especially the promotion of forceful work of virile men. 



Such work may consist in (i) propaganda by speech and 

 writing; (2) investigation into the nature, causes, and effects of 

 war; (3) the development of international law; (4) the develop- 

 ment of international congresses; (5) the promotion of inter- 

 national courts, — arbitral, judicial, or both, — with the insur- 

 ing of their permanence and effectiveness; (6) publication of 

 new material as well as the reprinting of the classics. 



It is not well to scatter large funds among small objects. I 

 do not think that much will be gained by offering prizes for 

 orations, debates, or essays among university students or others. 

 Such matters are best handled by local agencies. I do not think 

 that the support of peace societies is a matter of first importance, 

 although the gift to those which are alive of a sum equal to 

 their collections affords a useful stimulus. In a general way the 

 work of one strong man for a great cause counts for more than 

 that of a hundred weak ones. It is well also to make use of 

 established agencies where such are found effective. 

 I. Propaganda. 



The spread of sound ideas and correct information is needed 

 everywhere, and in each of the leading countries a tre- 

 mendous advance could be made by using the services of the 

 most effective speakers and writers for peace, at the same time 

 relieving them from the necessity of bread-winning through 

 other occupations. Outside certain routine secretaryships, there 

 is practically but one man in Europe or America who devotes 

 his whole energies to the work of peace — Alfred H. Fried of 

 Vienna. 



The men chosen for this purpose should be men of unques- 

 tioned reputation, professional and personal. They should be 

 able and tactful as writers and speakers, and they should be 

 students and investigators, adding constantly original material 

 to the subject matter of their discourses. 



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