Malvern daily record., 1917-07-25
NOHANS DEFENSE
 COUNCIL SATURDAY
Meeting Will Be Held In Courthouse Yard, and q Picnic Dinner Will be Enjoyed. All Women in County Will Be Urged to Register.

meeting called for this purpose and authorized by the National Council of Defense created by act of Congress and approved August 29, 1916. It's object Is well stated by the New York division: To place all the resources of the state, personal and material. at the service of the nation; develop all these resources to the highest point of efficiency; to give every man, woman and child an opportunity for service to perfect firm organization to this end, Tn every county town and town ship.
 The state division has as one of it's functions, to oversee the work done by all organizations, that there may be cooperation nd no overlapping or duplication, but the fullest harmony among ALL ORGANIZATIONS.
 1t is impossible for the government to deal with the scattered women or groups of women and so it has chosen to impart information through the national chairman of the Woman's committee of the National Council of Defense. That the state chairman may in turn pass 1t on to the women of the state, 1t is vital that there be an organization, duplicate on a small scale, of the state organization, in every county of the state and in turn, in every township, if possible.
 First Definite Work
 The first definite work planned for the Arkansas division is the distribu- tion of MT. sIIoover's conservation pledge card. It is estimated that we should sign and return to Mr. Hoover about 250,000 of these cards and the date set for the card signing is Satur- day July, 2S. 1t is earnestly hoped that the county chairmen, whose names follow, will begin at once to or ganize permanently in each county. The chairman elected at this organi- zation meeting will then take charge of the card signing. The plan in- cludes organization by townships and even school districts. With, then, Q township chairman and school dis trict chairman, supplied with printed pledge cards for food conservation, the signing may proceed as did regist- ration, last month Only a few reas- ons for this may be here given:
 That we are able to be called upon to feed the greater part of the world, and 
 one-fifth of our workers will be call ed into army camps and into indus tries that supply war material, such as munitions and war vessels of all kinds; that the allies have food enough to last until September, only; that soldier fed in France, means one less Ameri can soldier sent to France; that Bel gian babies are carefully examined to see if they can live without being fed today, while our relief workers feed those who were not fed the day before, and that without 2. campaign of education to the situation, we may continue to waste crumbs.
 Department Chairmen.
 The following chairmen of depart ments were appointed: Registration, Mrs. Yette SchWenfeld, Little Rock; Food Production, Mrs. Byrd Tatum, Morrilton; Home Economics, Miss Emma Archar, Little Rock; Child Vel fare, Mrs. c. w. Garrison, Little Rock; Maintenance of Existing Social Agen- cies, Mrs. Frank Peel, Bentonville; Safeguarding of Moral and Spiritual Forces, Mrs. Lula A. MarkWell, Little Rock; Liberty Loan, Mrs. Alice Filing ton.
 County chairnen of these depart ments will be appointed, through whom the plans of the state chair men will be carried out. For infor- mation concerning these plans please write the above state chairmen.
 Registration for Service
 It has been decided to use the same date-July 28-for registration of e.. 4I,5 fo1J oo.9 seryation cards, thus avoiding double work. When woman comes in to sign a food conservation card she can sign the registration for service card at the same time. There is nothing compulsory about either, of course; !; but women are certainly a part of the resources" which the federal gov ernment hopes to mobilize for service l in fact, which must be mobilized for service if the victory is won for clvili- zation in this war.
 l Governor Brough has indicated that he will proclaim July 28, as registra- tion day.
 The governor commissions the state officers of this organization and the state furnishes limited funds for it's work, which will extend throughout the war, CT until such time as the Ma tional Council of Defense decreas, Pray God the necessity for it's work may soon end; but meanwhile let Us do all we can to keep the moral stand ards as nearly normal as possible, produce all the food we can, save all we can, send all the hospital supplies Ito the suffering troops that we can, md stand ready to carry out the wishes of the federal government as they arc Iconanaunica to us through Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, national president of 1 the Woman's Committee of the Ma Etional Council of Defense, and the |sstate officers of our division
 Mrs. Iaa B Frauenth hal,
 Chairma1l.
 Mrs. Minnie Rutherford Flu Her.
 SeerataI
 Miss Mary McCabe.
 Treasurer.
 A chairman for each county in the