El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-19


u societies in the coming drive for
the national fund was effected in re-
Spouse 10 a request Of president VIII
son and the alliance was formed Is
dars ago. said C. s. BiIheimer. Of
Dallas. director OF the forthcoming
campaign in Texas. Oklahoma, Ar
kansas. Louisiana. New Mexico and
Arizona. who was the first speaker
az the convention OF the war work
directors 81 the Paso del Norte ball
room wednesday afternoon Mr. Bill
heimer said that at the time II was
decided 10 come before the people in
appeal for funds for all the agencies
included in the call Of the president.
the y. b. c. A had already set up a
comprehensive program Tor cam
uaiEn OF its own il was for that
reason. he said. that John r Mott,
the national head Of the "Y,' was
elected director general Of she united
Organized By Friday.
Ir. Mott at once appointed heads
OF the campaign IN each Of the six
military departments OF the United
States These directors IN turn mad
called conventions in every state, such
as the one held here, and by Friday
every state in the union VIII have
held its formative conference The
drive proper VIII not begin until az
ter the fourth Liberty loan has been
subscribed. none OF the war Work
appeal literature, VIII appear until
after the loan campaign All that
can be done, according 10 Mr. Bill
heimer. between now and well on
into October. VIII be orEanlZa ton
among the units interested i'm the uni
ted fund campaign Instead Of o.
600. 600 subscribers 70 the fund as in
the past year in the case OF the y ~
a. A. 81 IS expected that 10000, 600 viii
evil Ia "a =
allocafed among seven bodies. he said
Drive starts November II.
The Wednesday. conference in name
YVES the state convention OF the uni
ted war fund campaign. which VIII
be held en- the country the week Of
November Ills The meeting here
was a preliminary gathering Of men
and women interested primarily in
the forthcoming drive in Fl Paso-
y p stiles. chairman Of the cam
paiEn executive committee created
last week. presided at the conNen-
zion. which was attended by $50 rep
resentatiYe men and women Of this
city
the purpose Of reaching a definite
understanding OF what was expected E
of the seven war work activities
named in the coming drive as well as
Tor declaration Of individual aims and I
aecompIishments II amounted TO a Z
symposium Of presentation Of the war I
work history OF each OF the seven Z
examinations
Hears Reports From Seven
Following a patriotic sing song
Jed by James a. Dick. the convention /
heard reports from each Of the sew !
en- organizations grouped for the I
money appeal-the G-MC-As wv /
ca national Catholic war council I
Ssh welfare board. the American IL /
hrary association. the war camp I
community service and the salvation /
army -
There are 100000 Jewish boys in
from Jewish people said rabbi Mar
rin Zielonka- spea king in behalf Of &
the Jewish welfare board We had
first proceeded on the theory that we
could help our boys through agencies
already in the camp. and are so do
inE Tor the most part at this time
But this we have found is an ideal
fsfic program our practical work I
from here on must be 10 PROVIDE our
share Of the physical comforts in the
r7wnF and we have estimated that I
s3500 eco VIII be the minimum with .
which we can prosecute our plans ior /
the next year"
says Soldiers Get HomesicI.
a DemlnE man. Walter A. McPher-
Fou- presented the case Of the war
camp community service This branch
Of civilian activity in camps. accord
fng 70 M Mcpherson. is built upon
understanding Of the emotion OF
homeFfckness. together with the psT-
cloloEy OF army enlistment Every
soldier gets homesick. he said, most
boys in khaki have times when they
revert 10 type and must seek their
kind The war camp community ser
vice stands at the threshold Of oppor-
fuuirv to extend civilian hospitality
10 the soldier, he said
Nenlon Speaks for x. G.
The Catholic presentment Of war
camp service was made by ]. NJ Nea-
lon q local attorney He called at
fention 70 the fact that the work Of /
the knights Of columbus had headed
fn Il paE0 during the border upset
and from a comparatively disorEan-
fzed beginning had developed into a
war winning factor behind which al /
fhe people. REGARDLESS Of denomina-
ton had rallied Cooperation with
other war agencies was not new. at
the instance OF the president OF the
United States for. said AR Nealon.
the -T.- the Knights Of Columbus and /
the Jewish welfare board had long /
since learned the knack Of pulling to- /
rether. q large Catholic attendance
Al the conference was one Of the fea-
lures Of the gathering.
Soldiers Need Books.
Miss Coruelia Marvin. Of Oregon,
spoke FOR the American Library asso-
citation. This society is an estab-
lished body that at the beginning Of /
United States participation in the
war jumped in 10 do its part, using
facilities already at hand in the can
tonments and camps, she said. Ii /
brzrians already employed for the
most part conduct the war aid oper-
atoms Miss Marvin said that the four
classes of literature most demanded in 4
camps are: School books. not forget
ting the primer books which set out
The background Of the great war; iit-i
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