The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-23
GOVERNOR NAME S
STATE BOARD Of
PUBLIC SAFETY
Fifty Citizens Selected to lssistin
Defence Program
REPRESENT ALL Walks OF LIFE
Executive Committee Of Seven VIII
Meet in Montpelier Monday to
Plan Full Meeting.

Montpelier March 23.-The second
step in Gov. Graham's program foI
war preparedness was taken last
night when so prominent and repre-
sentative vermonters were named as
a committee of public safety. De
signed for purposes of military, indus
trial, financial and community pre-
paredness, this committee will act
with the governor and the military
arm in placing the material resources
of the state in readiness for war when
Vermont is called upon to do her Bit
in the big job. The committee in
cluding labor unionists, manufactur.
ers, railroad men, bankers, lawyers,
doctors, Journalists and merchants.
In addition thereto, an executive
committee OF seven is named by the
governor to have charge of the pre-
liminary arrangements and act as a
sort of cabinet in directing the big
committee.
The executive committee has been
requested to meet the governor in the
executive chamber at 2 O'Clock Mon
day afternoon, March 26, to discuss
the present crisis and to organize and
make arrangements preliminary to a
meeting of the full committee.
The names of the full committee
with their occupations and positions
are as follows: ~
Hon. Josiah Grout, former governor
and lawyer, Newport
4 Hon. Edward c. Smith, former gov.
ernor and railroad financier. st. Al
bans.
Hon, William w. Stickney, former
goyerrfer and lawyer, Ludlow.
Hon George H. Prouty, former gov
erner and lumber manufacturer, New.
port.
Hon. John A. Mead, former governor
ana manufacturer. Rutland.
Hon. Allen M. Fletcher. former COVER
NOR and fnancier Proctorsville, nl
,sHon. Charles w. Gates, former gov.
ernor and farmer, Franklin. W fa
Hon. Harland B. Howe, judge OF
United states district court, st. Johns
bury. rs sS
Hon. John II. Watson. chief justice
Of the Vermont supreme court, Mont.
pelier.
Hon. Charles II. Darling. former
assistant secretary of the navy, Bur-
lington.
Col Herbert S. Foster. U. S. A. re-
tired, North Calais.
Col. J. Gray Estey. manufacturer,
Brattleboro.
Hon. Frederick Fl. Babbit, president
Greater Vermont association, Bellows
Falls.
Willis N. Cady, master State
Grange, Middlebury.
Alexander lronside, secretary Yer.
mont state branch. American Fedora
tion of Labor, Barre
Ira II. LaF'leur, lawyer. Middlebury.
Robert w. McCuen, lawyer, Ver-
gennes.
A. ]. Cooper manufacturer, Ben
nington.
Hon. Frank f. Howe, editor and
publisher, Bennington.
w. l. Jones, manufacturer, Arling-
ton.
A. C. Orvis, manufacturer. Man
chester.
Elmer A. Darling, banker, East
Burke.
II. +. Folsom, vice-president Mont
pelier & Wells River Railroad, Lyn-
donvile.
James A. Gallagher, president of vii
lage of Hardwick, Hardwick
John Flynn, president Burlington
Traction company. Burlington.
Charles S. Lord. manufacturer. Wi.
nooski.
0. S. Nichols, contractor, Essex
Junction.
| Charles p. Smith, director New Eng.
land Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, Burlington.
DR.. II. C. Tinkham, physician and
surgeon, Burlington.
Kyle r. Brown, manufacturer, Lun
[ enburg.
John S. Sweeney, manager Island
Pond electric plant and farmer Island
| Pond.
| Herbert c. Comings, manufacturer
Richford.
Daniel J. O'Sullivan, clergyman, St
! Adams.
Allen M. Hall, farmer and fruit
grower, Isle La Motte
Hon. Frederick G. Fleetwood, law
yer, Morrisville.
Russell S. Page, manufacturer, Hyde
Park.
Hon, Harmon T. Baldwin, Judge oi
probate, Wells River.
II. N. Mattison. cashier nationa
bank of Orange county, Chelsea.
Henry r. Cutler, banker, Barton.
! George F. Root, insurance, New
port.
Chauncey s. Skinner. manufacturer