Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-02
WOMEN TO HELP
IN REGISTRATION
Local Branch of National
League Will Furnish Lunch
to Registrars.
BADGES FOR CONSCRIPTS
Fair Workers viii Pin Ribbon
on Each Man as He Signs
His Card.

with no public funds available for
such purpose. but an apparent need
for it being done. the local branch OF
the National League for Women's
Service Yesterday agreed to under
take the task of providing food for
the twenty precinct registrars In
Tulsa on June and furnishing
badges for every one of the four
thousand men who are expected to
sign up under the conscription act
here.
County Registrar r. l.. Wallace and
Mayor i. H. simmons, chairman OF
the city registration board, were
highly olated when they learned that
the league had agreed to shoulder
this responsibility. President Wilson,
Governor williams and the state
council of defense have all urged that
such steps be taken. but have out
lined no detailed plan of procedure
or provided no finances for the work.
The women of the league win raise
the money and do the work.
100 Per Cent Sought.
County Registrar Wallace. who has
asked the Tulsa band to donate its
services at certain periods on regis
tration day. declared last night that
the work to be done by the women
will assist materially in securing n
100 per cent registration here.
Il want TO publicly thank the
ladies of the league for the whole
| hearted manner in which they have
undertaken this big task" he said
Tulsa Sets the Pace.
Mayor simmons was highly pleased
| at lifts great responsibility from
our minds" he said. 81 believe thai
Tulsa is the first city In the United
| States where the women have agreed
to render such service
S. X. Lewis. member of the state
council of defense from Tulsa. stated
that he would personally assist the
! women in every possible way
"If needed | am willing to make
n financial contribution, individually
to help them out he said. II fee
that other citizens should give liber-
ally and voluntarily"
The tentative plans, as outlined
last night by Mrs. S. w. Parish char
man of the National league for Okla
homa, are as follows:
Make Them Responsible.
Two women will be appointed foi
each of the - precincts in the CITY
Tkey will he directly responsible foi
each precinct in the matter of pro
| Viding meals for the registrar ahi
| keeping girls mt the place thruout TN
| dav TO see that every man who regis
| ters gets ribbon. On the ribbon VII
hc printed the words: 81 have regis
| tered. and the date. The young wo
men will have 10 he at the reglstra
| ton places at O'Clock in the morn
| ing and remain until 3 o'clock a
night. They will work in shirts, 81
| that none of them will be on dut
more than a few hours all told.
Two Meals to Each.
Coffee. sandwiches and other fooC
supplies will be taken to the Nariou
registrars i'm automobiles at noon am
| again at o'clock. Under the law
| the registrars, who serve Wlthou
| compensation. must remain at thel
| posts continually from Z a. m. unit
. p. m.
il will require nearly four hundre'
Yards of silk ribbon for the fou
| thousand badges. This will be pro
| cured today and probably as dona
/ ton from local stores. and cut int
/ the desired lengths, so the printer car
/ start work on the badges early Mon
day.
| league" said Mrs Parish, "is to ouI
own community. We could do moth
! Ing bigger than help make registra
| ton day the success that it should be
am sure the ladies' who have signed
+ the leagues blanks for service, al
| well as others. will be glad to work
! I am glad the registration Officials
| called upon us to do this. We are en-
gagged In many other activities, bu
| rome Of them Is more important thar
! this at this particular time"