The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-31
NAME SULLIVAN CHAIRMAN
Defense Council Gives It's Support to
Sale Of Liberty Bonds-Will Act to
Aid Other Big Movements Now
Prominent In the Nation

Plans for many lines of work in
Kenosha county to aid the nation
throughout the war were outlined at
the second meeting of the Kenosha
County Council Of Defense held on
Friday evening at the council chamber
at the City Hall. Edward j. Sullivan
was elected chairman of the perma-
neut organization with Mayor Charles
H. Pfennig as vice chairman, Miss
Cathie G. Mcnamara as secretary, and
Joseph N. Funck as treasurer.
The executive committee and the
various standing committees which
will be provided for in the constitu-
tion and bylaws will be named by
President Sullivan before the next
meeting which is scheduled to be held
on the evening Of June 9th. The
activities of the council will go for
ward at once and it is planned to get
actively behind all movements for
efficiency and for defense as have
been suggested by the state council
Of defense.
Intensified farming is to be the first
matter to be taken up by the county
council and within a week personal
letter will be sent to every farmer in
Kenosha county asking his co-opera-
ton with a view of making the farms
of Kenosha county more productive
this year than in any previous year in
the history Of the county. In addition
to personal solicitation efforts will be
made to hold mass meetings in every
town IN the county.
School teachers and ministers of
churches are to be appealed to in an
effort to have the program Of conserva-
tion given the widest possible public
ity. Efforts will jbe made to have lands
in the county which are not at present
prepared for the crops sown with late
crops and every possible effort will be
made to have the people in these dis
tricts see the necessity of raising more
products than ever before. The doct-
rine of raise more and eat less is to
be carried personally to every part of
the city and county by personal work
of the members of the council.
Aid is to he given to the sale of the
Fliberty bonds. Much time was given
to the discussion of this problem.
Members of the council declared that
5the sale of the liberty bonds was one
of the most important problems before
the nation today The county council
is to take an active interest in this big
national movement and later on CO.
operation will be arranged between
the bankers Of the city and the public
ity committee of the council to carry
out this PLAN The county council has
given the strongest possible endorse
ment to the liberty bonds. People are
advised that these bonds are not subject
to taxation and that they offer SPLEEN
did investment under present conditions.
The county council is going to give
assistance to the work Of the Red
Cross and other organizations which
have for their purpose the relief of the
men who serve in the army and navy.
it is going to do what it can to speed
Up recruiting for the various military
units which Kenosha county is to con
tribute to tic army and navy and aid
in every way possible in the work Of
registration day. Special committees
will be named to take care of the yari-
Gus lines of work. The work Of inten-
sifed farming is considered of first
interest and a special committee com
posed Of Agricultural Agent Griffith
Richards and Supervising Teacher
Louis NORM was named to take imme-
date action along these lines. The
committee will formulate it's own lines
of work and speed viii be the first ele-
melt to be taken into consideration.
Public meetings are to be arranged
later under the auspices Of the council
in order to give the people better
idea of just how great the call for
patriotic action is at this time.
It is expected that the constitution
and bylaws viii be ready for
consideration by sthe council at the
next regular meeting.