NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING

The National Security League has started a nation-wide campaign in favor of universal military service. Professor H. L. Warren, A.M., '02 is in charge of the work in the University and is distributing petitions which are addressed to the President and Congress of the United States and which "urge the immediate adoption by the United States of a system of universal military training and service providing for the training of young men prior to their 20th year, with subsequent liability for service." Professor Theodore Lyman '97 has also agreed to help circulate the petition.

Blanks will be placed today at the Freshman Halls, Memorial Hall, Foxcroft, the Union, Leavitt and Peirce's, and the Co-operative Branch. Similar blanks have been spread throughout the country, to aid the concerted movement.

Guy Murchie '95 is chairman of the Massachusetts division of the National Security League, and is now trying to have the Massachusetts legislature vote a universal training appeal to Congress. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Wyoming have already voted such an appeal and the movement is spreading rapidly over the whole United States in order to memorialize the President and Congress in favor of universal training.

C. C. Davis '01 is chairman of that division of the Security League known as the Committee on Universal Military Training and is directing its work throughout Massachusetts. It is through his efforts that the petition is now being circulated throughout the University.

The League believes that the time is now ripe to drive home the appeal for the compulsory military service of all young men as there are signs that the President and Congress are beginning to appreciate that universal military training is the only sound policy which can conceivably put this country into a state of preparation and keep it prepared in the future.

Massachusetts alone is expected to turn in at least 100,000 signatures, but judging by present indications a much larger number will undoubtedly be secured. A compilation of all the signatures obtained in each of the states will be presented to Congress when it opens its extra session on April 2. It is therefore of great importance that all signatures should be obtained immediately.