New Britain herald., 1917-05-04

NIT (. < f5aas :. the Pennsylvania State Defense Coun- ell and chairman of . national com mittee of patriotic and defense so- | cieties.
 The reserve would be headed by 2 board of. nine nationally known men | which would operate through q na- tional committee of members from all ! the states. Under the national con- mittee there would be state and dis ! trict committees and in Washington | permanent headquarters committee | would sit to carry on administrative 1 work. 9@t
 Membership on the board of nine 1 has been tentatively accepted. it was stated by w. H. Taft, Major General George w. Goethals and Henry L. stimson. The purpose of the organi- zation would be to aid in recruiting to work under any private employer engaged on government contracfs, or on farms and to supply the army and navy. When not in active service. re- serve members could aid in home de- fense. They would receive compen- sation for the time spent in govern ment service.
 One of the serious problems 1Acing the government. Mr. Pepper declared. is to utilize the efforts of the thou- sands who are volunteering for any service they can render. Creation or tho reserve, he said, would lift bur- den from the shoulders of Govern- ment omciAls and give volunteers chance to be of real service.
 The defense council yesterday gave the governors and state representa- tives an outline of a program for state assistance to the federal government in the conduct of the war. They were told that state defense council could do these things:
 Promote patriotic spirit and educate the people to the magnitude of tho task ahead: aid in recruiting tho Ma tiona1 Guard. assist in carrying out the enrollment for the new army and in determining exemptions from draft; maintain labor standards: estaolsn labor clearing houses; assist in get ting workers to use thsir broken time on the farnS: assist in getting idle men and boys to tho farms; Af- ford facilities in aiding the govsrn- ment to collect revenue; help hoat tho liberty loan; oryanize central food production committees to work with the state defense councils; supply their own food requirements wherever possible, and reduce waste m the home.
 The state councils we're asaed to induce older and more ro0ponanae men to enter military training camps as men going to tho fsrat camps prob ably will be advanced in grade In tho near future.
 Members of tho federal councars organization outlined at length to tho governors steps the government 19 taking to put the country in . state of preparedness. Daniel willard. chairman of the committee on trans portation, described the work of the general railroad board, which is now operating the country's railroad lines as one continual system. Howard Comn, chairman of the committee on munitions. told of efforts to find facil- ities for an adequate supply of guns and ammunition.
 Dr, Franklin Nartin, of the councllb advisory commission, and Surgeon General Fucker, of the pulbltc hoa1th ! service. discussed milita9y ana civilian healtl problems. Gsorgs Cresl. of the government publicity bureaa, urged that the people be fnformod of ! what Is transpirang in government and state cicles. A paper by samuel Com pers was read. advising that no change be made in present labor standard during the war.
 l Elliott wadsworth. vice chairnsan
 of the American Red Gross, outlining
 the purposes of tho organization, said
 that six Red Cross hospital units of 180 persons each would 70 to Europe | within . short time.
 Julius Rosenwald. of Chicago. chair
 man of tho councils committee on l supplies, said that the government
 was using every effort to got uniforms
 for the new army. but that many sol- diers would have to wear uniforms of
 inferior cloth or spend their fIrst few
 weeks in camp in civilian clothes At
 present, he said, factories wore not
 making enough army cloth and the
 council had been held back because
 of delay in passing the army ti1l.