New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-25
WAR EFFICIENCY
At STATE FAIRS
Educational Displays and IInDor-
tant Demonstrations

Hartford, July 25.--Ctonre cticut's
contribution to Americas war eff
cheney and power will be graphically
an exhibit which is being prepared
by the Connecticut State Council of
Iefense. The main exhibit. it is
now planned. will be shown at Char
ter Oak park, Hartford, at the State
fair in Berlin, and, probably, al the
Danbury fair. Smaller exhibits
adapted particularly to rural districts
will be shown at two routes of
smaller agricultural fairs throughout
the state. Preparations for the ex-
hlblts are now going forward rapid
ly under the direction of the special
committee of the defense council.
several of the departments of the
Council of Defense have begun plan
nlng their exhibits. and others are to
nave meetings within a day or two,
at winch their preliminary plans will
be taken up. One of the largest of
the exhibits will be tha1 OF the COM
mlttee on food supply and conserva-
ton, in cooperation with the United
State food administrat ton. This ex-
tentatively. and details are rapidly
being worked out under the direc-
ton of George NJ. Landers, chairman
Of the food supply committee, and
Robert Scoville, United States food
administrator for Connecticut
The employment service depart
ment of the council will have an ex-
hibit which will include the indus
trial war work of the state, and will
cover also the work Of the councils
committees on industrial survey and
man power and labor. Leo A, Kor-
per, federal employment service di-
rector for Connecticut Frank D.
Cheney. chairman of the councils
committee on Industrial survey, and
Herbert Knox Smith, chairman of the
man power and labor committee, are
working on plans for this exhibit
Woman's part in war work will be
an important feature of the Council
exhibit. It is planned that this Sec
ton of the show will occupy probably
the third largest amount of space al !
lotted to any department. Commit
tees representing the Woman's Divi- /
sion of the Council of Defense are
busily engaged in planning for this
feature which will offer conclusive
ing their part in helping win the war,
and thai the continued efforts of the
women of this State are essential fac !
tors in bringing victory.
The cooperation of the American :
Red Cross has been assured by the
Division Headquarters in .
New York, and an important Red !
Cross exhibit is certain. Other de- (
partments which will show the work j
which has been done, and the need ,
for continued civilian effort to win the !
war include the Transpct tation Com
mittee. the War Savings Committee, /
the Fuel Committee. the A1nericaniza- !
ton Committee, and the Publicity |
Committee.
The Council contemplate ties, in addi-
ton to showing this Connecticut war
exhibit at the fairs this Fall, series
Of exhibits i'll the important centers
of the State Turing the coming win
ter, the basis for which will be the
show provided for the fairs. AL
though this has not been definitely de-
cided, the tentative plan calls for
putting this exhibit into the halls or
armories in the cities and larger
towns for one or two weeks. so that
large numbers Of people may visit it
and see what is being done.
In planning the exhibits the various
of the Council are using
every effort to see that live exhi-
bits are prepa red, There will be
speakers and demonstrators. and per-
sons able to give information in all
sections of the Councils exhibit, SO
hat ali persons who visit it may gain
Information concerning what has been
lone, and what must be done, in or
Ter that Connecticut may remain in
1rst place among the states Of the
country IS a real war asset