The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-20
WASTED EFFORTS
TO BE ELIMINATED
BY WAR WORKERS
War Bureaus to Be Estab
lished In Every Town
In State

Hartford, Nov 20.-A radical step
to eliminate waste Of effort in civilian
war work due to duplication and laek
Of Coordination was taken yesterday
afternoon at meeting of war work
ers req resenting every part of Con-
recticut held in the State Capitol I'M
der the auspices of the Connect .crt
State Council of Defense at which it
was voted to endorse a recomme1.da-
ton of the Council that organizations
To be known as war bureaus be es-
tablished in every city and town nf
considerable size in the State to have
Genital control of nearly all the war
activities that are now conducted by
dozens of individual societies and
Committees. When the war bureaus
are established they will amplify the
present town committees Of the Coun-
ell. It is expected that they will also
bring together work of all war organ
izations except those Of national
scope, such as the American Red
Cross and the Young Mems Christian
association.
The plan as outlined today calls for
war bureaus established on a strictly
business basis in most cities and
towns with a population Of 5000 or
over. Each will have chairman, a
secretary and a treasurer and one of
these officers will give his entire time
to supervising the work of the bu-
reau. Each will be closely associated
with the local government of it's COM
munity and IT'S expenses will be met
by local representatives Of the Coun-
ell.
In addition to its three chief officers
the bureau would have an executive
committee made up of carefully Sc
lected representatives Of the local
government, the present town COM
rnittee Of the Council. the Red Cross,
the Chamber of Commerce and other
organisations. actively interested in
war work,
Sub committees Of the war bureau
would be appointed to give detailed
attention to various special problems
and to keep in close touch with cor
responding committees Of the State
Council. "
A finance committee would super
wise the raising of war relief funds
except during the great national cam
paigns, when it would cooperate.
Legislation would probably be pro-
vided forbidding any one to raise
money for miscellaneous war relief
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the war bureau, which would issue
licenses to solicitors. It is thought
that this would keep away fake so1ic-
itors such as have cropped up from
time to time in some OF the European
countries that are at war
An important work should be en-
trusted to- the relief committee, which
would include members of the home
relief committee of tho local branch
Of the Red Cross. This committee
would provide aid that would not be
considered charity, for the families of
soldiers and sailors, and would send
comforts and gifts to the absent fight
erss
An information committee would
keep a card index record of the SOL
diers who have gone to war and
would aid their relatives and friends
to keep in touch with them. Inter
prefers would be available for the
convenience Of the foreign born Of
the community who have relatives or
friends In the army.
A committee on labor would provide
part time or whole time work for
soldiers relatives who might need
employment and do general work
along the line Of making more labor
available for government needs.
Through a committee on foreign
born population, 1t is expected that
increased interest in war work of all
kinds can be stimulated in the So
called foreign quarters, of the larger
cities.
Nearly 100 of the most active war
workers OF the state attended the
meeting. They represented the State
Council and its various local commit
tees, the American Red Cross, local
Chambers of Commerce and other So
cieties and city and town govern
ennts. The gathering included
l1ars;e number OF mayors.