Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-10

To come Will comprise fully per
cent Of the population These men
are drawn from every branch Of our
citizenship, from tenement and pala-
tial residence, from the desk, the
loom and the pluw They include
New EnElandcrs and southern boys
whose ancestors hgwcd out the MIR
row beginnings OF America from the
hostile pr.mcyal forest, and those
citizens drawn to our land Of free
dom from every corner OF the earth
whose American traditions are only
a few years old.
Grrat Melting Pot
All these diverse forces have
poured into the great melting pot OF
army and navy. and been sent far
from hom" into new and unaccus-
toned surroundings The grim game
OF war is really Stranger to Amcri-
cans than 10 the men Of other ma
tions. because hitherto we have had
no large citizen armies. This fact
has made all the more imperative
the work Of great organizations to
extend a friendly hand to our fight
ers In alien fields So far away from
home. The least the stay-at-homes
can do Is 10 bring a touch OF home
comfort to the trcnchey The pur-
pose of the united war work Is TO
furnish the means for that
The s"yrn ORGANIZATIONS that act
as substitute" fathers and mothers 10
the soldiers and sailors are the Y. NJ.
C. A, Y. W g. A., Catholic, War coun-
ell, JewishiWolfare board, war camp
community service, American Library
assocLit.on ana salvation Army. As
soon as the hoy leaves hls home he
Is welcomed by the shelterinE arms
uf theS" agencies, not In "A cold, i'm
personal way, hut In a spirit OF warm
hearted, COmradely helpfulness They
minister 10 his wants all the way to
tho front line trenches and beyond.
for even II soldier is captured and
in "A prison camp the long arms OF
these organizations reach out TO him
through the aid OF neutral agencies.
In camp and on the line these or
carnations are on hand to meet his
needs, whether ne wants CiEarcts or
religious service Of his own faith.
They give him club rooms. food,
music, clean amusemcnts, books edu-
Catiunal instruction. They make him
feel AZ home i'm every city both here
and abroad. and their huts rise like
magic palaces Of good cheer in the
wrecked villages just behind where
the great guns are pounding their
relentless messages.
1t is this work carried on by thou
sands Of splendid men and women,
who labor amidst conditions OF hard
ship and dangers. that keeps the
army happy and spiritually iii fof its
80 vggt. :.
writing home from France, and re-
ferring particularly to the cordial
welcome he had received at hutN
maintained by the Y. NJ. G. A. and
Knights OF Columbus. expressed It.
at makes you feel that Uncle Sam
is patting you on the back all the
time and saying I'm with you, kid
One Dime n Day.
II ten cents a day per soldier and
sailor can make the boys feel this
way he would indeed he poor citi-
zen who would begrudge the total OF
Sl70, 100000. II will be matter OF
honor for us to go over the top and
send n good round sum in addition
for good measure.
There is a further factor in this
united war work drive which I
firmly believe is Of the utmost sig
nificance for the future OF our coun-
try Here we have seven great or
Canizations, Protestant, Catholic'and
Jewish, that have completely oblit-
Grated their religious differences and
merged their effort for a great ma
tional service. Just as the boys OF
these three faiths are fighting
shoulder to shoulder in this great
war for justice and human liberty,
so these organizations representing
diverse creeds are cooperating
heartily for the fullest measure OF
helpfulness.
or course, # is n great crisis in
human affairs, n stern call to duty.
that has thus brought Jus together,
and made us think OF one another,
not as Protestant, Catholic and Jew,
but as fellow Americans. The crisis
will pass, and we shall conquer the
foe, and the boys will come back
again and scatter to their homes,
but I am sure this bond Of common
service will leave "a lasting impress
sion and make for greater toler-
ance and finer fellowship n our
country among men of different
creeds. I am sure that no Jewish
boy. back from a front line trench.
bedragCled and utterly worn out
who has shared the home-lik" hos
pitality Of n Y. NJ. G. A. or X. Of c.
hut. can ever in his whole life pass
the Y or the X. of G. building in his
home town without n tightening Of
his hcartstrings. and ! like to think
that a similar feeling will persist in
the breast OF Protestant or Catholic
boys who have been welcomed at
the hoStels Of the Jewish welfare
board In our Cantonments or over
there. We shall not be poorer Pro-
testants, Catholics or Jews for this
sense Of common respect and fell
lowship. Certainly our humanity
will be greatly enriched thereby and
we shall be better democrats,
worthipr Americans
Religious Lines OblitcratCd.
| am confident that these welfare
examinations that have been doing
such VOnderful work will mover he
come strangers again. When the
war is won we shall continue to CO.
operate through the long, tedious
months preceding complete dcmObil-
tzatlor, when the ships available TO
ferry our boys home will seem all
too few and all too slow. That will
be a long period, for three million
andAmorc men cannot be transported
across the Atlantic in one month or
three, and everyone Will be impa-
tient and perhaps a bit reckless and
irritable. so that our war workers
will have their work cut out for
them.