Evening journal., 1917-06-09
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee PLANS
Many Side Issues OF Great
War Again Dis
cuSSed
INQUIRE ABOUT
STATUS OF BODY

In the absence OF vice Chairman
David r Marvel. Colonel George W.
sparks presided over the meeting oi
the executive committees Of ire VIII
mins on Defense Committee last
1ieht
There were no communication re
&C vei Lieutenant Colonel s. p
pcherty, for the National Guard re-
cruiting committees reported thar the
committee had done practically noh.
ing, and recomm ended tha. ID be dis-
continued Chairman Kurtz .eported
lor The finance committee that II had
received IS in contributions
Chairman Bringhurst of tho naval
recruiting committee reported that
Wilming'on had provided seventy five
accepted recruits during MAY. and. In
10 June 3, provided tweniy-seveh
more men.
lne dental committee reported av-
Ing handled approximately 500 opera.
tons Of all kinds, involving over $50
Chairman Topkis OF the ildustrlal
committee reported tha. Captain ze-
laskie OF the quartcrmaster's corps,
At the Frankford Arsenal had in-
formed him that his department had
been unable 20 secure enough mater
ial % provide home work for one
quarter Of the women IN Philadelphia.
who desire this work and. therefore
81 would be unable to furnish any ma
terial for Wilmin gton women.
Il. Leroy kisler. agricultural ex-
pert Of the supplies committee. ro-
ported that this committee had cult
yated $50 large gardens. capable of
caring for several families each and
500 small gardens. capable Of supply
Ing one family each He said there
we're now ON hand applications for
ten large plots, capable Os providing
for eight 10 ten families each. HG
said that his committee had borrowed
$500 with which 10 paw labor bills
which had TO be paid. He told Of the /
work on back yard gardens and Oi
the four-acre garden that forty men
IN the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at
Todd's Cut are cultivating
Mr.. Kisler informed the committee T,
that they had received. all told Slo50 |
Of which. including the $500 borrow
cd. there was o balance Of S632 3S In I
bank; had paid s9S2,S5 in bills and \
that there were now outstanding billg I
70 the amount Of S575.75 He estimated I
that 10 would require S5i3 a month 1
for five months. or S2565
Chairman Kurtz. OF the finance COM !
mittee. read report OF John s. Rcs-
sell, treasurer OF the committee,
which showed a balance on May 16,
AZ S90247. and now had a balance Of
S2557e. He said that In response to
6455 appeals for funds they had re-
ceived approximately $4,000 which
X was al that time felt would be suf-
h0ent 10 carry the work through
Now, the work OF the supplies com
mittee had developed that it alone
would require that much more or
else the majority OF the work done
and money expended, would be
wasted
Mr.. Snellenburg suggested that the I
committee make an appeal TO the
Council for financial assistance.
Upon motion Of Secretary George
Carter. the matter was referred to
finance committee with power 10 act
before the Governor Council. or in
any other manner il may deem best.
Dr. William r. Harris suggested
that committee OF one hundred
should be secured, who would con-
tribute IS a month each from now to
October, and offered 70 make such
pledge. He said that he felt that Il
would be incomprehensible to him n
Wilmington. in war time. should not
come TO the front TO continue the
work OF the supplies committee in
providing for food supplies.
secretary Carter reported that he
had written 10 Governor Townsend
asking for definition OF the status
OF this committee but up to date had
received no reply. Mr.. Carter stated
that the representatives OF the Wo-
mans Committee had attended the
sessions OF the National Women a Z
Committee, in Washington, but. though |
they represented over 1000 Delaware I
women enrolled in this work. thew
were refused recognition. because they
had no Official State authority.
Mr.. Snellenburg called the atten- /
ton Of the committe to the fact that
his committee neither had imported
outside labor in their work nor had
they taken labor from any other line
OF Industrial activity. He said that
their idea was to make Wilmington
self-supporting. He said that 1t did
not matter how much crops dovelop
IN the West. If there should be trans
portatlon congestion which would pre-
vent moving OF these crops 10 the
East Wilmington If it did not now
care for itself, might go hungry later.