CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR

INTERNATIONAL PEACE, an institution founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie with an endowment of $10,000,000. According to Mr. Carnegie’s deed of gift the funds of the endowment are to be administered by the trustees ‘to hasten the abolition of war, the foulest blot upon our civilization.’ The outbreak of the World War delayed the carrying out of the work of the Endowment. During the World War the Endowment appropriated funds for reconstruction purposes. The work of the Endowment is carried on through 38 divisions: Intercourse and Education, Economics and History, International Law. It fosters research and gives publicity to the results by means of publishing books and pamphiets. Its work is directed by a boar of trustees which includes many of #) most distinguished men of the countr Elihu Root is president of the board + trustees as well as of the executiy committee; James Brown Scott, Secr tary.