9. Removal of the economic causes of war.
10. The appointment of our Government of a commission of men and women, with an adequate appropriation, to promote international peace.
Program of Women’s Peace Party
Washington, January, 1916.
1. That no increased appropriations for war preparations be voted during the present session.
2. That a joint committee be appointed to conduct a thorough investigation with public hearings, and report within the next six months upon the following matters:
a. The condition of our military and naval defenses with special reference to the expenditures of past appropriations;
b. The probability of aggressive action by other nations against the United States by reason of antagonism with respect to race, trade, national expansion, property holding in foreign lands and other causes of war;
c. The possibility of lessening by legislative or diplomatic action the sources of friction between this country and other nations.