The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-10-11
LOYALTY WEEK" CON.
MENCES OCTOBER II
First Meeting at Bennington. Dis
tinguished Speakers 10 be Present

tinguished Speakers 10 be Present
Springfield. Oct Announcement,
VIA made al the Office Of James Hart
ncss. Federal Food Administrator and
Chairman Of the Vermont Public
Safety Committee this morning that a
series Of county war conventions will
BE- held throughout, Vermont during
the week Of October 10, when speakers
of national and international fame will
discuss war problems in their many
phases. As result Of the great sue
cess of the recent state war conven-
ton In Rutland. and responding to re-
quests from nearly every county in
the state for similar meetings, James
=. Taylor, director Of the pledge card
campaign Of the food administration,
through the cooperation OF the Ma
tional Security League, has secured as
speakers during Loyalty Week" as
II will be designated, two Of the men
who aroused great enthusiasm at the
Rutland convention; George Adam,
representing the British war Office,
and Robert M. McElroy, Professor of
history at Princeton University. The
Federal food administration at Wash
ington will also send personal rep
resentative Of Herbert Hoover, nation
al food administrator, who will make
plain the Importance Of food conserva-
tion as an effective agency in shorten
ing the war and bringing success TO
the American arms and to strengthen
which movement every housewife in
Vermont and the other states will be
asked to sign food pledge card some
time during the week beginning Oct.
2lst.
II is possible to bring these noted
speakers to Vermont at this time only
by enabling them to speak to all the
people; they could not be secured for
a single address. Consequently
schedule has been arranged bringing
them into the state at Bennington for
an evening meeting Monday, Oct Is,
working north to Middlebury, Burling
ton, Morrisville, and st. Adams, then
over to Newport and southwark to st.
Johnsbury, Washington Co., Orange
Co, Windsor Co., Windham Co. In
order to make this complete swing
around Vermont afternoon meetings
will be held in some of the places.
George Adam, who represents the
British war office, WAS noted minis
ter of the Gospel in London England,
but when the war broke out he entered
the ministry of munitions in a re-
sponsible position, fact to which he
referred in Rutland in characteristic
way which threw the audience into
wild enthusiasm when he said: "Be-
fore the war tried to save souls from
hell, and then. i took up the work Of
blowing the Germans to--the place
where they belong" Naturally al
highly effective speaker, Mr.. Adam
because of his official knowledge Of
actual war conditions gained by visits
to the battle areas of France and
Belgium, will be able, as he did ir
Rutland, TO paint war picture of
terrific intensity and value.
Professor McElroy is in such de-
mand as speaker on the war from
all parts of the country that he has
given up his academic work at Prin-
ceton for year and is devoting his
entire time to patriotic public speak
ing. Professor McElroy speaks with
the weight of an authority in his
treatment Of the wars historical de-
vclopments and his indictment of Ger
many and those in this country who
are not whole heartedly behind the
government evoked a resolution at the
Rutland convention declaring Senator
LaFollotte no longer worthy Of his
seat in the United States Senate be-
cause Of his disloyal utterances in
public speeches.
The speaking schedule as now ar
ranged is as follows: Monday evening,
Oct. IL, Bennington; Tuesday after
noon, Oct. i6, Middlebury; Tuesday
evening, Burlington; Wednesday af-
ternoon, Oct IL, Morrisville; Wednes-
day evening, St Adams; Thursday af-
tcrnoon, Oct is, Newport; Thursday |
evening, ST. Johnsbury. Other dates
for the week are in process Of being
arranged