The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-08-04
Prominent Men and Women Start
Movement Whereby Every
one May Help.
TO EXTEND Community idea
Works Out With Great Success In
New York-Plans to Coordinate
and Direct on Nonmllitary
Side Patriotic Efforts Of
All Citizens.
BY DAYTON sToDDART.

New York.-Prominent men and
women here have started movement
whereby every man, cyOman and child
In the United States may aid their gov
eminent to win the world war.
It has been under way but short
time, yet assistance Of great value was
given to both the Liberty loan and
Red Cross campaigns; the next goal
set Is such cooperation with Hoover
of Belgium" as to make waste In the
kitchen and on the table problem OF
the past.
The new organization is called the
Patriotic Service league. 1t was con.
ceived by Prof. Ellery G. StOwell, ex-
pert on international affairs and men,
Der Of the Columbia university faculty.
The leagues purpose Is to weld the
nation together, with the community
idea extended to include the whole
people.
impossible" you may remark. ut
can't be done. Community spirit Is
very fine for u small place or for u
section where folks of similar inter-
ests and tastes live. But 1t wouldn't
work out in big place. Not bit"
"Works" In New FORK.
But II has worked out In New York
and that in section where live both
reformers Of the purely theoretical
| type and insurgent workingmen In u
board strip running across New York
ait hn nf
which Is the Nineteenth congressional
district. II includes the homes of some
of the richest and the poorest families
Of the metropolis.
In New York, of oil places, the COM
munlty idea of nationallsm has worked
out, and very successfully, too. As
the terms Community spirit" may
seem rather indefinite to some, the ex-
act Significance Of what Mr.. StOwell
means when he uses the term may
best be set forth by himself.
cessity of rousing the country to the
| fact that every resource of the United
States shouid be available for war
Mr.. Stowell thought of the old town
meetings In New England.
"If," he asked himself, "this plar
worked to weld together u town OIL
village, why could not the same prin
ciple be applied to the entire nation?'
Intensive thought on the question
confirmed his idea that 1t could. Ii,
selected the congressional district N
| hnS nh lixyiS .
unit Of the league.
He chose the Nineteenth COMPRESSION
al district to try out his plans. lii
had as coworkers other members o
the Columbia university faculty ant
women who volunteered their sery
ices.
Canvas House to House.
Friends of those working directl
with Mr.. Stowell were obtained and
committee was made up with ut leas
one representative from each electio
district. These, in turn, canvasse
apartment houses and dwellings |
every one of the 1l5 districts.
The surprising part about the bt
ginning OF the movement was that tn
pioneers found no hostility, only we
: come, in the houses they visited. Thl
In spite OF the fact that althoug
they may have lived for years ada
cent to a family, neither had Spoken
1t was a means never before offere
for everybody in the district gettin
to know almost everybody else.
When the district had been car
vassed, meeting was called. Ten
I porary officers of the small unit of tn
league were chosen. All 1t was nece!
/! sary to do to become u member G
the league was to pay 80 cents initii
ton fee, This is the only contribute
: paid to the league proper; other col
tributlons depend solely on the G!
penses and aims of the organizatlo
= In each congressional district or
each election district.
n Suppose that your own meeting, af
!, er II had been organized, decided thi
1t would be mighty good plan
. adopt one or more orphans across ii
:. sea. Such plan was actually put
> operation In one of the precincts ,
the Nineteenth congressional distrlC
4 Two French orphans were adopted,
: little boy and little girl, and Il
n monthly cost Of 81 is being raised
}. leaving n tin box out at every NEE
I. Ing In which contributions may
= dropped.
p In the Nineteenth district, one Of Il
}, first steps taken was the enrollme
Z. OF every woman by woman workers
Every woman was asked what Iii
OF work she was best fitted for al
the list was made up, election distri
by election district, so that Mr., Sto'
ell, as chairman Of the entirD Mn
teenth district, knew exactly be
many stenographers, cooks, cleric
workers, members of any calling, We