Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-08
STATE WAR COUNCIL RECONSTRUCTED
SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS ARE ADDED
Sub Committees Labor Remains With Horace N
Hawkins Active Head; Farmers Are Given Repre-
sentation; Samuel ]. Lewis to Have
Charge of Publicity

Governor Julius C. Gunter has re-
constructed the State War Council by
adding several members and making
each subcommittee link into the main
body itself. The old ways and means
committee has been abolished.
The old war council included Gov
ernor Gunter, president; J. X. Mullen,
chairman; A. w. Grant, secretary;
George B. Berger, treasurer and mem
Der; Cass Harrington, H. U. Nudge,
John w Morey, l.. G. Carpenter, Hor-
ace N. Hawkins, Gen. Harry P. Gam
BILE, Gerald Hughes and John Evans.
Seven New Members.
All these members are retained in
the new advisory war council of the
Colorado council of defense, and there
are seven new members, including two
representatives of farmers organiza-
tions of the state. 1t was believed that
heretofore the farmers were not ade-
quately represented in the war council.
The new members are: J. M. Collins
of Eaton, president of the Colorado
State Farmers union; DIR. Charles A.
Lory, Fort Collins, president of the
Colorado Agricultural college; John
Morris of Golden, master of the state
grange; C. A. Kendrick of Denver, for
merly member of the state ways and
means committee; Clarence C. Ham
lin of Colorado Springs, formerly a
member of the state ways and means
committee; Fred A. Sabin, La Junta
an attorney, and John G. Hudleson of
Trinidad
The new war council will begin its
work at once. Harry w. Cornell, as
field secretary of the newly organized
council, will have much of his old
work to do with new duties to be die
tated by the different committees. Of
ficers and members of the new council
are as follows:
Cabinet and Council.
Gov. julius C. Gunter, president.
| Cabinet members-James R. No
land, secretary of state; Robert M
Higgins, state treasurer; Charles H.
Leckenby, auditor; Leslie E. Hubbard,
attorney-general, and Mrs. Mary C. C.
| Bradford, state superintendent of in
struction.
The members of the advisory war
council, who will have active charge
of the councils work for the men, are {:
J. X. Mullen, chairman; Cass E.
Harrington, John w. Morey, L. G.
Carpenter, H. U. Nudge, Horace N.
Hawkins, Harry P. Gamble, Gerald
/ liuSicS, collii ans, Silel itS "a. lOl ,
J. M. Collins, C. A. Kendrick, John
Morris, George B. Hamlin, John c.
Hudleson, A. w. Grant, secretary;
George B. Berger, treasurer, and H.
w. Cornell, field secretary
Miss Annie Ensminger of the Gar
ment Workers Union is member of
the woman's executive committee OF
the council.
Personnel of Committees.
Following is a complete roster OF
the subcommittee:
Finance-John Evans, chairman;
George B. Berger, John c. Mitchell
H. ]. Alexander, Willis G. Marshall
James Ringold and Horace w. Ben
nett.
Food production, conservation and
rketing-Charles A. Lory, chair.
man; John Morris, j. NJ. Collins, David
Halls, w. A. Colt, August Held, A. E
de Ricqles, E. M. Ammons, W. H
Kerr, Alvin Kezer and E. R. Gross.
Livestock survey board-A. E. dc
Ricqles, chairman; James Brennan, w
L. Petrikin, w. C. Harris and John
MacBain.
Livestock-E. NJ. Ammons, chair
man; ]. E. Painter, George E. Morton
James Brennan, Charles G. Smith
Henry Gebhart and E. McCrillis.
Marketing-W. H. Kerr, chairman
J. L. Taylor, Richard Pinkett, A.
Dakan, R. A. Chase, George E. Colli-
son and David Thomas.