Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-18

articles are said 70 have appeared ~ patent
medicine handbcoka
Jokes and reprlntcd cartoons and funny
pictures are also included There is not
word about organizing farm laborers. the
purpose for which the Public Safety Com
mittec was formed There are. however,
| quotations from the messages Of President
| Wilson.
BOOKLET rs DEFENDED
The booklet. Farm Legion was de.
| Tended today by Thomas r. orr. ono. or me
assistants to Ivy Ice in the Public Safety
! Committees publicity department Mr orr
! vs. tho publicity official VINO usually BE- tu ne
| found az the offices Mr.. lee has not been
there for week or more. and Da".oi Pierce
! Is In very infrequeutly
| Mr. orr declared that tho booklet was
! never intended To bc an agricultural guide
| for farmers. II Is FOR boys who are work
! ing and may work on the farms. The card
I with new set Of words fer My Country
/ It's OF Thee was intended 20 be used az
! church gatherings and patriotic meetings
as expressing the crusading spirit Of IN"
present war" according to an announcement
OF the publicity committee made when the
poem was given out early iu the week
The new words were written by q friend
of some one on the Public safety committee
Mr.. orr said, but he did not recall the au-.
thOrs name.
MIR orr wanted 10 know why & had been
so long before tho newspaper. found there
WAS anything funny about tnr booklet,
copies were given ont tu newspaper mon
on Saturday No said. and 70 Was not until
somebody i'm Harrisburg called attention 10
tho booklet that any comment wac given 10
II here
ANY ono who roads thrcc paragraphs
must see that tho booklet is addressed 10
boys not farmer. Several weeks ago. dur
ing the early part of the planning 10 recruit
boys Tor farm service. the committee got the
idea Uf assembling booklet 10 Ice sent to
the boys who went ON farms
MANY Of them are city boys and from
towns" he continued They know very
little about farming, and the booklet waa
designed 10 give them an elementary idea Of
H. The poems were patriotic. and with the !
idea that many Of tho boys were NOT clear
ion their ideas about tn" war VIC reprinted !
part ~ the Presidents address and some
other explanatory matter
Booklets were sent out 10 tho district !
organizers Of the farm service throughout |
the state and they were asked TO send us
estimates Of the number Of copies they |
thought they could use fer distribution |
among boys who went to work ON the farms
Mr orr was asked for n copy Of the F.,
card bearing the now words for America
81 suppose tnars q crime. too" lac said !
reaching FOR one of tho cards. This Is a /
patriotic poem that was written by !
friend of q member Of the committee. II /
Is not Intended TO nlSUIdtp INC WORDS Nl !
My Country. 'Tis of Thee but II may he |
used at patriotic meetings"
lie pointed to large poster on the Of |
flee wall
HOW FARMERS CAN HELL
THAT is the only advice We have sent to |
farmers. II is based on information from
farm experts
The poster calls ON farmers 10 speed
up and under the head, here Is how you !
can help" says give first consideration 10 |
nonperishable crops. increase your acreage |
in beans and corn. Sow more buckwhcat. !
Plant forage crops to supplement grain !
feed
Mr.. Orr r.diculed the statement I'm Ilar- ,
risburg dispatches that the public safety
committee is paying SiS.O00 year rent !
for the seventh floor Of the Finance Build
ing. where the hcad.uarters Is.
There isn't ~ office building in this |
town where floor costs anything like |
that" he said.
The committee is paying $500 month |
for the floor
A copy Of this book was shown to Gov
ernor Bruubaugh yesterday. II looked at |
the red, yellow. gray lluc and black cover |
depicting a wclbarbered, handsome young |
man in "A new uniform steering plow |
drawn by dappe gray horse. Then he |
looked through the volume, gazing at the |
poetry and other matter
IT,
and evidently an interesting book, but | |
knew nothing Of It and had no idea that |
the committee had issued it, You are more |
fortunate than myself in having received |
one"
She Official commission met yesterday in |
Governor Brumbaugh's Office and named |
Colonel Lewis : Betlor Of Philadelphia. TO |
bc AN assistant to Lieutenant Governor Nc |
clam, secretary Of the commission. Colonel |
Bettler will do the field work for the COM
ta4sr,s. i i
his services. lie formerly was secretary to
eX-Mayor stuart OF Philadelphia, and to
former Governor Hastings; was deputy |
Secretary Ct the Commonwealth for twelve |
years and as secretary Of the Gettysburg |
COmmsSiOn engineered the great semiCen- |
tennial reunion there IN 1913.
The commission also approved the sug-
gestiun Of Governor Brumbaugh. its chair
man, that his private secretary. william II. |
Ball. of Philadelphia ne designated seCTe- |
tary to the chairman to take charge Of cor
respondence, for which he will receive $500 |
month in addition TO his present salary
OF $4,000 a year.
opposition Is expected in the Legislature |
to tins act Of the commission. Legislators |
here said they thiuk 1t eNtraVagant /
at this time. when economy in all lines is
being urged everywhere that S24OO a year
should be taken from the $2O0O.000 |
emergency fund 10 pay the private secre-
tarE FOR taking caEr OF extra correspondence ,
''"' NouIu naturally PIE up IN lne GON- /
ernors office during wartime
Mr.. Balls duties IN connection with the |
commission appointment are not expected |
to take him from h' present desk I'm the |
room adjoining the executive chamber |
While 1t Is said the members OF the COM
mission did not object 10 this item il was
also said that they approveN it as a
courtesy to the Governor and to avuId any
thing like confirmation % the charge made
during the fight on Tho $1,000 600 bill in !
the Legislature. thar their desire for a |
commission instead OF the Governor alone
TO supervise the expenditure OF the money.
was based ON "A desire to hamstring and |
embarrass the Governor Tie commission |
is made up Of Mr. BrEmbaugh, Lieutenant |
Governor McClaiu, Auditor General Snyder, |
Adjutant General Stewart and state Treas
urer Kephart
IL Is UNDERSTOOD that other departments |
created by the Public Safety Committee and |
also financed out of the 100000 advanced |
by DreXel &C. on zoe assumption that |
il would be repaid when the commission |
formally organized to disburse the emer- |
gency fund, are regarded as unnecessary |
by members Of the commission, and an |
inquiry will be made to learn whether they |
cannot be proftably omil,ed
The situation Is one Of the most peculiar |
that has dpNplOppd ('apifpl n |