Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-06-22
DEFENSE COUNCIL. TO
MEET HERE MONDAY
NEW STATE AGENCY WILL PER-
feet ORGANIZATION AND
DEVISE PLANS.

DEVISE PLANS.
Members of the State Council OF
Defense, appointed by Governor LIS
ter this week to coordinate and d.
rect the states work in the war e.
mergency, will hold their first session
in this city next Monday to elect a
chairman and to plan and outline
their work.
Fifteen Of the prominent men OF
the state, representing its chief In
dustries and agencies. were named
as chairmen of as many different
branches of the council. Among them
is c. J. Lord, president of the Cap
ital National Bank Of this city, whom
the governor named chairman Of the
shipbuilding section.
State Ohicials to Aid.
All of the machinery Of the state
will be used in carrying out the work
of the Council, the governor has in
dicated. 1t having been planned a
long the same lines as the National
Council of Defense which President
Wilson organized around his cabinet
according to which the cabinet Of
1icers, who have all the legal author
ity, are required to approve formally
the action Of the volunteer organiza-
ton of patriotic business men to make
their work legal and effective.
Similarity the governor plans to
make effective the work Of the state
council by giving legal effect to the
councils action by requiring some
state department to stand sponsor
for whatever requires ofhMal approx
al. ts'" g"''.'
In using the state departments to
aid the Council Of Defense the ex-
ecutive is planning to make use OF
every bit of authority conferred on
them by existing laws. Far-reaching
authority only could be granted by
special legislation. which would in
volve a special session Of the legis-
lature, and Governor Lister is on
record as declaring he would avoid
the expense of special session as
long as possible.
Inasmuch as the governor has con-
ferred freely with the attorney-gen-
eral and has brought E. s. McCord
into the council of defense as chair
man of q legal committee. 1t is ap-
parent that the lawyers will be called
upon to show how far the state can
90 with existing machinery in meet
ing all problems that arise.
To Form Local Councils.
It is the purpose of the council of
defense to organize local councils a.
long the line of the War Council pro-
posed for Olympia by the local Lib
erty Loan Committee last week. The
theory Of the state council is that the
work in this state will b. centered In
and directed by the central body.
It is not anticipated that the mem
bers of the state council will be called
upon to take charge Of the work of
directing routine affairs. This prob
ably will be done here and frequent
conferences with the council will be
held in this city and elsewhere to dis
cuss any big problems that arise.
. For the purpose of minimizing the
amount of travel necessary ON the
part of members Of the council of de-
tense those members who have to do
mostly with food production have
been chosen from Eastern Washing
ton, the agricultural section of the
state. Those who have to deal with
problems affecting principally the
west side were taken from the larger
Western Washington cities.
Pay Own Expenses.
All the members of the council OF
defense will pay their own expenses
and will give their time to the work,
and because Of that fact an effort will
be made to reduce the amount OF
travel and time required Of them.
The council will elect a. chairman
Q member who will be able to give
his time entirely to the work.
It one cannot be found. secrs.
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