Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-09
STATE council
DEFENSE MEETS
BOISE monday
General Call Issued for Re
organization Meeting of
Old and New Members by
Governor.
announcement Made That
Matters of Importance to
State and Nation Will Be
Taken Up New Chairman
to Succeed Harry Day.

The state council of defense will hold
Monday. Before leaving for Spokane
to meet Secretary McAdoo, Governor
Alexander authorized issuance of the
call to council mem bers-old and new
Business of importance to the state
and nation will be- transacted and mat
sers requiring the attention of the coun-
eli will be laid before it. This is IN
brief the contents of the notices is
sued to members. 1t is expected that
they will all be present. Governor
Alexander will probably address the
members, outlining to them some mat
tiers that he has under considera ton
and which have been presented to him
by the national government
DID NOT RESIGN.
A. w. Laird of Potlatch did not re-
sign as member of the council as
had been reported and quite generally
circulated over the state. Together
with other council mem bers Mr. Laird
received a notice to attend the Mon
day conference. He replied that much
S he regretted it he would be unable
to be present due to the fact he had
mess and had to leave for that city.
Joseph Hansen, state secretary of
war, now in Salt Lake where he had
been keeping a check on the coal situa-
ton, will return to Boise to be present.
He is a member and secretary of the
council. He will give a detailed ac-
count of the coal situation as he has
found it in Utah and Wyoming and
which, it is said. does not look very
good to him from the standpoint of
getting a large supply of coal into Ida
40 in the immediate future.
COUNCIL TO REoRGANlZE.
The council will reorganize at its
coming meeting. A reorganization is
necessary owing to the fact large
number of new members have been
appointed In this connection it will
be necessary to elect a new chairman
In place of Harry l.. Day of Wallace,
who some time ago handed in his res
lgnation because, as he stated. his pri-
vate business commanded most of his
attention. Just who will be named to
succeed Mr.. Day is a matter entirely
In the hands of the council. 1t is like
ly 1t will be one of the older members,
probably one from the southern por-
lion of this state, who lives near Boise,
10 that he will be availa BILE for duty
at any time.
TO NAME COMMITTEE.
The appointment of a large number
of standing committees which will
have executive powers TO deal with
local situations will probably be the
result of the reorganization meeting
The national council of defense recent
ly sent its representative to Boise for
a conference with the members of the
state council and state officials point
ing out the extensive duties before the
council and urging action. He advo-
Gated the naming of standing commit
tees to take up the detailed work of
the council.
At the present time one of the coun
ellis members is under appointment by
the national food administration. Frank
r. Gooding. who was named federal
coal administrator for Idaho. Mr. Good
ipg was also commissioned by the state
council to take charge of the coal sit
Nation for him.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
Since its organization the council
has been increased to "a members in
Guiding some of the most representa-
tive men in the state 1t originally