Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-21
COOPERATION KEY
To CIVIC UNITY,
AID Club IS TOLD

Concentration, organization and mo
biliZation of the entire community L
all civic work we're urged upon tn
members of the Honolulu Ad club al
| its luncheon today by the principal
speaker of the Jay, Leonard Wlthiag'
ton, late of Por.iand, Maine, son OF D,
l.. Wilmington of this city.
How to bring about cooperation
and mobilization of effort is one OF
the great problems facing American
municipalities" said Mr. Wilmington.
Just now the entire nation Is bems
modified. This war is not a war Of
paid soldiers. 1t is the whole natioa's
war, men, women and even children
being modified, particularly with re,
gard to the food conservation, to win
this war. Men who before the war
preached community of interests now
occupy street corners and argue for
individual rights.
Mr.. Wilmington laid emphasis on
three points that are necessary to any
kind of modified efforts-yisiOn, en-,
thusiasm and patience-noneeof the
three being able to stand alone, and
each being invaluable to the other two.
With his splendid rendition of three
numbers, the Ave Maria,p by Schu
bert; the 'Lieberfreud," by Kriesler.
and weirdly beautiful composition
by Hubay, Here Kali" Max Selinsky.
the Russian violinist, won the enthusi.
astic applause of every one present
and place for his name on the list
OF notable musicians who have ap-
peared before the Ad club. A rousing
vote OF thanks was extended to him
and to Mr.. Frank Moss, his accompa.
mist. > ....-.. s.*.... -.
Mr.. Withington's address was an
appeal for the mobilization of the en-
tire community to deal with the prob
lens that face it, especially those that
will grow out of the war. This is an
age of cooperation" he said. WARS
are no longer fought by hired, profess
sional armies but by whole nations
modified for the struggle, men, wo-
men and children, in the field, the
farm, the factory and the home. Men
who once preached state community
OF interest are now on the street cor
ners shouting about their individual
rights while the whole nation, actual
ly modified in a community of inter
est and activity, goes on to the great
struggle for democracy. ...~....
Nowhere is cooperation more need
ed than in our municipalities where
for some reason men are more easily
persuaded to tackle great civic prob
lens through voluntary organizations
than through the official civic chan.
nels." :..<. ~:
"Cities become great not through
location so much as through their
men and the effective instrument for
the energies Of their citizens is the
so-called commercial organization,
more properly q. civic and commercial
organization" "a*
In conclusion Mr. Wilmington said:
Hawaii has a great opportunity and
a great duty. Here at the center of the
Pacific which President Mckinley
said would be the theater of the
worlds greatest events in the TWEEN
tieth century, it can launch it's influ.
ences, moral, commercial and eduea.
tional, to any part of the hemisphere
with the greatest efficiency and the
least resistance. believe that the
people of this strategic community
will mobilize their energies and take
advantage of that opportunity and live
up to that duty