The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-21
|OOhLAP HEADS TEXAS
DEFENSE COUNCIL
nofAL A. FERRIS ELECTED
TREASURER AT MEETING IN
AUSTIN SATURDAY.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 81. The
Texas State Council of Defense COM
posed Of forty of the states renre-
sentative citizens appointed by Gov
efnor Ferguson, effected permanent
organization here Saturday under the
provisions of the act of thu first
Called session of the Thirty-fisth leg
stature. which gave the council leg
isiatlVe sanction. All members of the
council except four were present
The absentees were w. Fl. Fuoua Of
Amarillo, r. l.. Henry Of Waco. Jo-
seph Hirsch OF Corpus Christi and
Henry N. Pope of Fort Worth.
.. b. Dunlap of Waxahachie was
elected chairman; Judge J. f. Cart
OF San Antonio. secretary, and ROYAL
A. Ferris OF Dallas, treasurer. Aus
tin was selected as the Headquarters
of the council.
Following an address by Governor
Ferguson on the present crisis. the
council went into executive session.
which continued until Saturday
night.
Governor Ferguson addressed the
council at the opening of the ses-
sion Saturday. He declared lit was
time to get down to brass tacks."
The necessity of a campaign of
education to arouse the people to
IA realization of the seriousness of
the situation and the Importance o.
preventing hasty legislation on price
control that would drive producers
TO lessen rather than increase their
output were strongly stressed by the
governor.
"Seleetive draft has been adopt
ed said the governor. There is
no need any longer to debate the
wisdom of it. We are bound by it.
But there are few who realize what
great efforts it is going to take to
educate the people to the point of
accepting it willingly. 1t will take
a great and far-reaching effort to
make them understand the necessi-
ty for it. This is especially true
when We remember that there is a
deep-seated prejudice in the Ameri-
can people against this manner of
raising an army Our people do not
realize the gravity of the situation
in which this war places us. 1t is
grave situation.
In the last few weeks, the COVER
nor said, as many as 200 people had
appealed to him to exert his influ-
ence to keep their sons from going
to France.
"The people must face the fact
that we are in the greatest war in
history, waive their private opinions
and feelings and be prepared to back
the government to the limit in
France. Russia or any other place.
I have apprehension that unless bod
les like this council of defense do
not point out pitfalls to the nation
al government. hasty action on the
subject of price-fiXing may be
taken"
The governor placed at the dis
posa1 of the council of defense the
facilities of every department of the
state government.
Committee Appointed.
The following committees were
elected:
Finance-Royal A. Ferris, chair
man: Phil Foscue. w. w. seley,
Henry Fox and Frank West.
publicity-Joseph Hirseh, chair
man. William Capps, w. II. Fuqua,
and n J. Neill.
state Protection--R ]. Kleburg.
James B. Wells, John G.
Kennedy. d. C. Giddings and c. c.
Huff,
transportation F. G. Pettibone,
c. C. Huff, Louis Adoue,
? T, Henry and A. l.. Eilers.
I,abor-H. w. Lewis. chairman,
.. w. Kirkpatrick. b. A. Reisner,
,onis Adoue and w, A. Shaw.