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Speaking last night before the Harvard Committee of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Associations, Professor Arthur N. Holcombe '06 declared that "a proposition for a League of Nations, which has ceased to be only an ideal and has become a reality, is before this country, and is upheld by all citizens who believe in the foundation of universal peace through political agencies...
...question of the entrance of this country into a league of nations", concluded the speaker, "is properly and must be a non-partisan issue, because it touches an undivided national interest and because no political party can reasonably hope to dispose of the question against partisan opposition. Consequently any non-party organization merits the support of even the strongest party voters...
Professor Arthur N. Holcombe '06 of the Government Department will speak tonight at 7.15 in the Trophy Room of the Union at the first meeting of the Harvard Committee of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. His subject will be "College Men and the League". The meeting will be open to all members of the University and will be over by 8 o'clock...
...also receive directions at this time. Such work will consist for the main part of enrolling members of the University and will be under the supervision of G. P. Baker '25, Treasurer of the Committee. It is probable that men will be given opportunities to work for the Non-Partisan Association this summer along the lines of speech-making and publicity...
...Partisan Association was organized in January and stands for the entrance of the United States into the League either with or without reservations. It also aims to cultivate a public sentiment favorable to President Harding's World Court proposition...