Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-10
FOur.Minute Men Give 1t
Preference Over
Red Cross
EIGHT DIVISION CHIEFS
Twenty Million Wanted for
Welfare of Men Fighting
for United States
Standing behind General Perish.
ing and our soldiers "over there"
Is what II means to put your money
In the War Chest.

National recognition OF the impor-
tance OF the war chest campaign In
Philadelphia and surrounding counties
was accorded today through special per-
mission granted by William Mccormick
Blair national director Of the four
minute men.
This permission enables the four-min.
ute speakers of the war chest districts
20 give the campaign right OF way
over the big American Red Cross drive.
upon which four-minute men must con-
centratc their speaking activities
throughout the rest Of the country.
The "9+ speakers OF the Philadelphia
four-minute organization and also the
four-minute men Of Montgomery. Della
ware. Chester and Bucks Counties have
! been so advised in special instructions
| issued by Harry u. Wescott and Henry
b. Hodge. city and State four-minute
chairmen.
The speaking concession in favor Of
| the war chest is unusual. It is said. As
! the four-minute men are under strict
injunction from Washington TO speak
Tor campaigns that are national in
their scope, II was upon representa-
tons made by Mr. Hodge that an ex-
ceptlon was made excluding the war
chest district from the orders which
! conhne four-minute speakers TO the Red
/ Iross urlVe elsewhere.
Philadelphia has been divided into
eisht DIVISIONS for the drive. Each
division has a director directly resnon-
| sible TO the central committee, Outsid.
OF the central section of the ci,y
each ward will have a ward leader"
| directly under the division director
Each ward leader will have charge of
a number or captains covering one or
more divisions Under each captain
there will be team OF ten or twelve
men and women.
Organization and Com n,ittees
The final organization of the camn,iV,
and corporate organizations for the ca M
paIgn announced To-Day are as follows.
Corporate Organization
y,N'ni,v wgr Wslfar, Council ., Philsdelphia and
Bsse Jr ysss S.s'esogTS: srs.iS. prsslde9s a.
youn,y: Joseph Il. Grundy. vice e' president afsSt
COUNT: hush l. wilson. seeretsry: tar ssNirs DrsIei 4
,%5.f B5:f'STsA 3 sia, A. ssals; J,; A. 2. Berry.
rSasssr. ). liowe ip Hummins. & mum. persS TSSms; M
Dewitt Cuyier. Samuel $. Fels. James A.
GsansTy GsssSy soas a0trs r. Hena.T.sS rsss' sDh
Alba =. johnson, David tlrschbaum. Ho.
sIti,to st,o =. Llosd John ~; Mason, George n.
Passmere. Georss Whsrton Pepper. samu.,
sr,;, sss; rsrc,yai % ,SL,, nos.r,, Hon; Thomas B.
q r. stotssbury.. Ernest +. Triss' 'pJoS JoSn
W,Sannsmaker. J. Henry Williams. Hugh /,
CampaiEn ORGANIZATION
Lloyd. chairman: John X. Mason. vice chair.
Hugh I. Wilson, assistant to chaifman; Al.
bert y. Berry. assistant TO chairman.
rNfSs p.e'sI Sse'sTseps: Ta1 Vest shsf.s:
rh,si John ~. Patterson. divisional director
,a rons South Thomas ION
dirsior for K.nsinston; GeSrss D. PorSsr.
Ll!a r; J. Lsrerty, divisional dire,tor FOR
6ld York Road aiysIen: nI,s John wyssiton. dyi.
osS fsAr% s.r. eGnsda snd Mfs Mfsmrsin raui
DfnSdss MN: dr:a. ..'nt ess,smiD S. e. johnson
Simssi: ehaismsS retail ,;s%nioy.. f.ai
Joseph i, MacLauShiin. chairman public en-
ployes; Herbert J. Tily. chairman general
bucks County--Joseph R. Grundy. director.
Cheater County-H. A. Beaie. Jr., di.
Do'svare County--william C. sproul d.
Montgomery county--pcrcivai Roberts. dl.
There are forty-four teams In the
central section Of the city, the committee
says. They will cover the territory BE-
tween Poplar and South streets between
the two rivers. The liveliest competitinn
Is predicted by the War Chest oficinls.
At conference each captain will be
allowed to pick from the prospect file
kept by the committee the persons he
considers he can land" II he fails
within a specified time the prospect will
/ he turned ovAr another team