The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-10
All Missoula Organizations
to Be Represented in
Central Body.
EMERGE POINTED
BY MISS BESS ROWE
State College Woman Tells
Of Visit to Washington
Headquarters.


National Defense was organized yes
terday afternoon at mass meeting
Mt which there were present 200 wom-
en- of the city and vicinity. Mrs. Ty-
lar 3. Thompson. OF the state CON-
mittee OF defense. was elected chair
man: Mrs. John Keach. vice chairman;
Mrs. Clara Lawyer. secretary; Mrs. L.
L. Streit. treasurer. and Mrs. L. A.
Carey, Mrs. ID. A. DeJarnette, Mrs. f.
w. spottswood. Mrs. NJ. J. Hutcfens
and Mrs. A. Butzerin. directors.
The new organization has been
founded for the purpose Of mobilizing
the women OF Missoula into body
that will work in support OF the Ma.
tional Council of Defense at WASH
ington.
Food Worker Brings Message.
The meeting was opened by Mrs. Ty-
lar Thompson. who spoke briefly of
the object Of the gathering and then
introduced Miss Bess Rowe. leader OF
home demonstration agents for Mon
tana under the direction of the ma
tional food administration. Miss Rowe
ratprned q .faw days ego from u con-
ferencU Win FOOD commissioners at
Washington.
Our endsayor should be to do our
best and not out Bit" said Miss Rowe.
"Our duty 81, to find the place where
we can help the most in winning the
war and In making the world safe for
democracy and then do our work with
all the enerUy and loyalty Of which we
are capable.
4 wish that every woman present
might have attended the meetings In
Washington and have received the in
spiration that did from the addresses
of Mrs. Herbert Hoover" said Miss
Rowe 1T would have given you a
new desire to do your part to have
heard her accounts OF the suffering
Belgian populAce. One feels that Mrs.
Hoover may be the power behind the
throne in the great work that her
husband II dcinE. She seems to rep
resent the apifit Of universal mother
hood.
eslsians and Poles Starved.
1T is our duty 10 feed the Belgia MS
and to do what we can for the suf-
fering people Of Poland said the
speaker. They have started to death
by the hundreds Of thousands. One
man declared that he had seen thu
bodies Of 100000 persons who had fol
lowed the Russian retreat out of Pc.
land and died OF hunger and cold OF
the way. When the Americans at
tempted to organise relief. the German.
after much persuasion consented
Then. when the relief was organized
and was ready to 80 to work, thel
broke their word. declaring starvation
one of their best weapons.
Wenasn's Hstp 10 Needed.
we must not feel that we are fight
ing the fight OF England and Of France
The war ID ours also. The part tina
the women are playing is a great an,
responsible one. q Women have give
their service to the Red Cross and I
other organizations, but none are do
ing more than We who are at home
conserving food. being loyal. knittin
and supplying the needs of the soldier.
Though We are doing much we are NO
doing enough. The Red Cross ha
done tremendous amount of worl
and yet 1t has not done nearly enoug
nor as much a. will be necessary be
fore the war Is over.
German Or American.
There are only two kinds OF pee
pie in America. These are Amer
cans or Germans. All who are crit
cizing and feeling that the goyernmer