Arizona republican., 1918-06-11
The Council of Defense Bills

For several weeks now the legislature has been playing battle dore and shutlecocl with the Council of Defense legislation. The executive committee of the State Council of Defense, after a careful study of the recommendations from the National Council of Defense legislation needed. recommended certain principles. These principles awere later formulated Into measure which was presented by Senator Clar- dge of the State Council of Defense. to the com- mittee of the senate having this matter in charge as result the original Claypool bill emerged-a com- promise measure and with the resultant defects of compromise measure and since that date the Council of Defense legislation has apparently been handled entirely from the standpoint of Hunt anti-H Hunt
 What is needed is a practical constructive Council of Defense bill so framed to enable whoever may be appointed members of the Council of Defense. to organize the people here at home for the maximum Of thoroughgong support for boys who have gone to the front to fight for and it does seem if the time had come to lift this of the slough of partisan and factional politics and offer bill based solely practical patriotic service
 President Wilson in a recent letter to the present chairman of the Arizona Council of Defense in speak ing of the Council of Defense work well referred to it ss, "a fusion Of energies too much scattered and at times somewhat confused into one harmonious and effective power and in concluding his letter sad
 Tt is only by extending your organization to small communities that every citizen of the state be reached and touched with the inspiration of the mon The school house has been suggested apt though not essential center for your local council It symbolizes of the first fruits of such organization. namely. the spreading of the reaza- ton of the great truth that it is each of individual citizen upon whom rests the ultimate sponsibty. Through this great organization will express with added emphasis our will to win and confidence in the righteousness of our purpose"
 An inspiring incident occurred the other day in the senate while his fellow members paying tribute to Senator Ernest Hall who is leaving fight for his country. when Senators Winsor. Roberts. Wilkinson and others expressed in convincing terms the real patriotic sentiment which we believe is in the heart of every member of the legislature and which had been awakened by the decision of Senator Hall to lon the khaki uniform of Uncle Sam
 This is the feeling that should control in framing the Council of Defense b for after all the Council of Defense bill is merely plan of organization in which patriotic citizens work together without compensation and in a spirit of patriotic public ser vice. in determined effort to mobilize the entire civilian population and all the industries of the state in well directed. determined effort to do Arzonas full share to win this war.
 The present Council of Defense realizes full wen that they have merely blazed trail and that there are many things they have only started which should be done much more thoroughly and efficiently in the future. They have undoubtedly overlooked much but they at least have made earnest effort to awaken the people of this the of practical ser vice expressed in deeds. In other words they have tried to develop team play behind the boys who are fighting for us. and 1t does that without further delay the legislature should make it possible some properly chosen, patriotic group of men and women supplied with adequate funds from the stae to carry on to finish this much needed work