Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokupinda kweUnited States muhondo muEurope muchirimo cha1917, Magnes akachinja ngwariro yake yose kuti aite mushandirapamwe wokurwisana nayo. Akava mumwe wevatungamiriri vane mukurumbira veboka racho. Kufanana navazhinji vavatungamiriri varo tsitsi dzake dzakanga dziri kumakirasi anoshanda. Vanhu vakadai saEugene Debs uyo akatongerwa makore gumi mutorongo nokuda kwemibato yake; Norman Thomas; Roger Nash Baldwin; Scott Nearing; Morris Hillquit, uyo akatora 22% yemavhoti musarudzo dzaMeya weNew York papuratifomu inorwisana nehondo; uye Oswald Garrison Villard. Vazhinjisa vavarume ivava vakabatanidzwa mune chakazova People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace naMagnes sachigaro wayo wokutanga. Pana 30 May 1917 akapa hurukuro huru kumusangano mukuru wevanhu vane zviuru gumi nezvishanu mu
Madison Square Gardens. Musangano wokutevera muMinneapolis wakarambidzwa ndokuunganidzwazve nokukurumidza muChicago asi nesimba rehondo richityisidzira kuuputsa. Magnes akatamira kumusha kwake muConnecticut nemhaka yokushorwa nevavakidzani vake uye akabvunzurudzwa nomumiririri weDhipatimendi reRuramisiro. Mumwe waashanda naye mu"Joint", B. D. Bogen, akabvunzurudzwa neMutongi Mukuru pamusoro pemabasa aMagnes. Magnes akashanda neCivil Liberties Bureau yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa iyo yaidzivirira varwiri vezvematongerwe enyika nevasingadi kupinda muchiuto pamusana pehana. MuAmerica mhaka dzinopfuura 2 000 dzakamutswa mukurwisana navapikisi vehondo muMutemo Wokunyoresa kana kuti Mutemo woUtsori; Magnes akadzivisa mhaka sezvo akanga apfuura zera rokunyoresa.