The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
Splendidly Organized Body Helps
Make Minnesota Ready
and Efficient.
10 COORDINATE RESOURCES
eoard Created by Last Session Q!
Legislature, Given Extraordinary
Powers for Good-Has Support
OF Loyal citizens-saves.
State Money.

The Minnesota Commission of
Public sccfety is an organization that
IS unique and one that has attracted
the attention and the compliment Of
imitation in nearly every state in the
union.
With the extraordinary powers
given it by the act which created it,
passed at. the last session of the Leg
= islature, it has been in a position to
undertake wide range of activity
and at times use it's powers il taking,
Immediate and effective steps to
hasten the military preparedness of
our state, cut waste and extravaganza,
make "profiteering' impossible, and
adjust economic questions for the re-
lief of the people. In fact, the oppor-
tunities of the Commission as a force
for the coordination and correlation
OF the moral, material and military re-
sources Of our state for the effective
prosecution of the war on the part Of
our state and placing it at the fore
front of the sisterhood Of states in
q national effort to carry out our part
in the war for democracy and the
overthrow of Prussian autocracy, have
been tremendous. They have devel-
oped almost hourly since the creation
OF the Commission and every problem
that has presented itself has been
met squarely, handled with patriotic
motives, statesmanlike vision and
'&ithout regard to personal or pOliti"
cal consideration.
4 An Economical Proposition.
The creation Of the Commission
meant that thousand: of dollars would
be saved to the people of Minnesota.
Without it, it nigh: have become
necessary to continue the Legislature
in session almost continually in Or
der to take up public matters with
respect to the present war conditions
and activities that ara constantly pre-
senting themselves for adjustment.
For this purpose hody of nearly
two hundred men with widely differ
ing opinions, would lave proven I'M
wieldly, expensive ana slow as to re-
suits. With a,~small organization Of
but seven members appointed for the
one great patriotic task of placine
our state in position to do it's full
share in the war, and with this idea
back of their every official act, taken
after conscientious and broad minded
deliberation, our state has made Won
derful progress in its war prepara-
lions and has excited the envy and
admiration of all other defense bodies
in the nation.
HAS Support Of Loyal People.
me Commission of Public Safety
has the patriotic support Of all loyal
people who realize that every personal
consideration must be put aside dur
ing the present crisis. They realize
that the Commission is Minnesota S
pledge to the national government
that or state is back of our Presi.
dent and Congress in their war pro
gram. The Commission is the official
head of our government in Minnesota
and as such, must be given the uliti-
vided support of every citizen in the
discharge of the tremendous task it
assumes. It's decisions and orders
have all been taken with uniform
good grace and obeyed in large
sense, with great credit to the patrio
tic citizenship of our people, regard
less of whatever hardships might en-
sue, by, seemingly unwarranted re
strictions, knowing that the actor
would result in the greatest good tx
the greatest number in the fna
outcome of this world wide war.
The ORGANIZATION,
The great task of the Commission
and one of the essential fundamental
ideas back of it's creation was the
mobilization of the sentiment OF ou1
people for the war; the populariZa
ton of the war idea for the protec
ton of national honor perpetual
world peace and the safeguarding o
democratic forms of government.
This task has been one of thu
greatest problems of tie Commission
of Public Safety, ro which all Others
have subordinated themselves.
meant that the mental attitude ant
disposition of large majority will
regard to the war and it's problem
would have to be utterly changed
victory was to come to our armies.
This was to be accomplished by tn
presentation OF facts, and causes O
tie war through the press the pulpit
the platform, literature and ever
means of expression that could b
brought to bear.
At the time Of the entry of this ma
ton into the war the people Of GU
state were in anything but warlik
mood. They were prosperous, happy
peace loving and had no idea Of tn
deadly peril that threatened them a
the hands of the PrussianiZed auto
cratic power seemingly so far re
FED as to make any thought {
danger now or in the future too r
diculous to contemplate.
To awake them to their real dal
8 ger and to emphasize the fact that