The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-08-24
ACTIVITIES and
QUOTAS DECIDED
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF WAR
koARD SETTLES QUESTION
'Y" QUOTA IS $3,5O0,OOO
Red Cross. YIN. and y.W.C.A.,
k.of c., Salvation Army and
Camp Activities Chosen

There has been much discussion
about the state upon the question o
what war activities the people should
be required to, contribute to and the
quotas that this state should bear In
the several drives. This subject was
one OF the principal items up at the
district meetings held about the state
the upper peninsula meeting having
been held in Escanaba' in June.
II has been the general opinion that
some committee should be organized
some committee should be authorized
TO act in these matters and as a result
of expression everywhere apparent the
executive committee OF the war board
was chosen to pass upon these mat
ters
This executive committee is made
up OF prominent men throughout the
state, the representatives from the
upper peninsula being Hon r. c.
Flanagan OF Norway and Henry Rice
of Houghton.
This committee, headed by Govern
or Sleeper, met last Monday and de-
cided upon the quota OF the Y. NJ. G.
A. for Michigan, at a meeting in the
offices of Mark r Mckee, Houghton,
who Is secretary OF the co-ordinated
state associations and Of the quota
commission
Three million FIVE hundred thou
sand dollars Is the Army and Navy
"Y" share Of the civilian war activities
drive planned for Michigan following
the next Liberty Loan drive.
Organizations Selected
The commission recognized the fol-
lowing organizations as entitled TO
entry in the state wide "war chest"
drive: Red Cross Y. M. G. A., X. w.
G. A., Salvation Army, Knights Of
Columbus and War Camp Community
Service organization.
other organizations were not reach
ed In the discussion but will be con-
sidered at later date, some OF them
being already assured OF a place on
the war fund" ticket, but all the data
concerning conditions under which
they work were not available at this
meeting.
The Salvation Army quota will be
only 100000 at this drive, but il will
be for the expenses of few months TO
fiji in the interim between its fiscal
year and that Of the other associa-
tions.
To Fix Red Cross Quota
The Red Cross quota will be fixed
at future date, after further consult
tation with Washington. as is the case
with the other quotas.
Iron county will not take part
in this drive--it having already rails
ed its war chest fund. The amounts
TO be paid in by Iron county to the
blAit QuOAd NAN ltAHy tht
call Is made. A few other counties
are on similar basis
II Is expected from reports receiv-
ed by the commission. that the entire
state will go on the war chest"
idea basis so that there will be but
one patriotic drive a year. The sue
cess OF this plan in Oakland county
stimulated the plan in many other
counties. The individual counties
may add TO the organizations recog-
nized by the state quota. such local
charities as they wish TO include. III
all cases. however, the funds raised
must first guarantee tio war chest
raised on behalf OF the recognized
state organizations.
The Y. NJ. G. A. and w. Y. c. A. as
one unit. as far as the drive will be
concerned, for both army and navN
work.
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