El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-17
FTenchman Hits
OenOn1inGtiOnaL
Propaganda Here
Hopes None OF 1t Come:
To France; Welcomes
Christian Unity.
(ContInued ION page ID

Chicago Tribune says. now that the
war is over, the fight IS Just begin
ming You raised money to take care
OF your men through the Y. N. c. A
during the war
aren't your men as Important
in civil Iifes During the wnr you
raised enough money to erect n
~ hut for every 5000 men. Here
At home you say I'VE have n Ger
tain amount OF money to spend
this year and we Will make IT 40
as far as we can. Why not say TO
yourselves: we have n certain
number OF men to reach and we
Will raise the money!, That Is the
spirit that must rule.
You must look after the spiritual
welfare Of your young men in the
shops, the trades and everywhere.
what you want is a united America
in the cause Of Christ
a Waste of Effort.
why. 7 was actually astonlshed 10
find Is churches of different denom-
nations in small city Of 5000 people
in Ohio-a waste, a tremendous
waste"
W II. Day, Interstate secretary, who
presided, told OF the work the Y II c.
A is planning for America and said IL
contemplated the retention Of the best
secretaries developed in the army
to act as secretaries in various COM
munities. He said Y. N. c. A. centers
would be planned for every small COM
munity and even for the various sec
lions in the larger cities.
He has just returned from a confer
ence in New York on this work and
he said the conference adopted a sug-
gestion brought back from France by
James G. McNary. OF FL Paso. This
was that every 7. II c. A secretary
on a returning transport be furnished
with supplies OF dainties to give to
the sick and wounded on the trans
ports so that their last recollection on
returning home would be of some
kindness extended by the Y. NJ. c. A
something to link them to It at home.
Fl PasO's Big Work.
S J. BRENT. general secretary OF the
FL Paso 7. N. C A, who has also just
returned from the New York confer
ence. said Ell Paso must map out and
carry through a bigger program than
it had ever dreamed Of.
He proposed that the central organi-
zation as It has heretofore existed be
continued as the central governing
body for ''Y'' work in Ell Paso. with
administrative bodies for various COM
munity associations and suggested
that there should Immediately be as
ISOLATION buildings and secretaries for
the Mexicans, for the railroad men,
for the high school, at Five Points,
cations as local needs might direct.
Praises Religions Work.
James G. McNary said he might
critfcise the administration that
the war is over@on some Of its poll
cies, he would always praise It for the
step it had taken, for the welfare Of
the men in the army in religious
and moral way.
He said it might be considered
i6ealistic by some. but he thought
It more than worth the trouble and
cost, to send men like DR.. Landrith all
over the United States to military
cantonments to talk to the young men
about to be sent back home into civil
life. urging them to 60 home clean
and stay clean.
He paid tribute to the 7. N. c. A.
work in France and said it ministered
to every want of the enlisted man and
had the commentator OF all officers,
particularly those of higher rank
The SY's" Big Task.
He said he went there trying to find
flaws, II he could. and he found It 30
percent efficient. which he thought a
fine record.
Think OF expanding your own busi-
ness. he said, "as the Y. n. c. A or
ganization had to be expanded, 16
times in a years time, and Of trying
TO man It with green men and without
sufficient money and you know
something Of the task that the "
faced and met"