The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-02
President Wilson Requests
Catholics, Jews and Pro-
testants To Work
Shoulder To
Every Person Is Interested In
Some Service Man Whose
Welfare Is Promoted By
United War Work Or
CARNATIONS

y
FLED SUPPORT OF THE POLIO
WHICH OUR GREAT PRESIDEN[
HAS OUTLINED"
The quotation il from an editoria
in the September 2G issue Of tht
Texas Christian Advocate, the Of
fetal organ Of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, Of the conferences
in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico
in which the Methodists are strongly
urged to support the financial drive
Of the United War Work campaign
which will be launched several weeks
after the completion Of the Fourth
Liberty Loan drive.
What the Methodists have been
ured to do BY their official organ
members Of other communions viii
be asked to do, according to the sen
timents expressed by the religious
leaders who occupy positions on state,
county and district campaign com
mittees
The full text Of the editorial in the
Texas Christian Advocate under the
caption "The United War Work Cam
paign" follows:
The United War Work Campaign
Eight hundred delegates attended
thhe State Conference in behalf of
the United War Work Campaign at
the Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, last Tues
day. As our readers know, President
Wilson has requested that the recog-
niZed agencies of war work unite
their campaigns for funds with which
to do their work. It is proposed that
$170,500 shall be raised for these
agencies and shall be distributed as
follows:
Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton, S1OO,OO0,OOO.
Young Women's Christian Associ-
alton 100000.
National Catholic War Council Tin
GLIDING the work Of the Knights of
Columbus and special war activities
of women), 100000.
Jewish Welfare Board, So, 100000.
American Library Association, S.
100000.
War Camp Community Service,
$4,000. 900.
Salvation Army, s3,50o,0O0.
The ground upon which the Presi-
dent has invited such cooperation
a cooperation without distinction Of
race or religious opinions that the
various organizations, in behalf of
which it is proposed to raise funds,
are doing a common service
The soundness Of this position. in
our judgment, can not be controvert-
ed. The organizations named are
undoubtedly rendering "a common
service in that they are fostering
and nurturing the morale Of our sol
diers. And morale is the secret OF
an arn1y's power. Patriotic Ameri-
cans, in this death-struggle. should
unstintedly welcome any organization
which makes better fighting men Of
our soldiers. The one business of
America just now is to fight, to fight
hard, to fight to the death that the
world may be made a decent place to
live in. All hail, therefore, to every
tries American boys are made better
lighters! Such an organization is
friend and not foe.
Moreover, the distribution pro-
posed IS equitable. A census of the
various army environments reveals
that Protestants, Catholics and Jews
are about in the proportion in which
t IS proposed funds shall be rasied |
Tor the several Protestant, Catholic
and Jewish organizations. And we
submit that men who are fighting for
their country are entitled to moral
ard spiritual support without distinc-
tlcn OF race, or religious opinion
70 withhold such support is to betray
hem and to .dishonor themselves.
LET it be understood once for all
hat President Wilson is not seeking
Q interfere with the religious con
lotions of our people. A single par .
graph in his letter to the Fosdick
makes this clear. He
ays:
In inviting these organizations
Q give this new evidence Of their !
atrlotic cooperation, I wish it dis
llnctiy understood that their com
lance with this request will not in !
ny sense imply the surrender on the /
art OF any of them Of its distinctive /
haracter and autonomy, because / /
ully recognize the fact that each Of
hem has its own traditions. prin- Il
pies, and relationships which it
'operly prizes and which, if pre- /
erved and strengthened, make pos
BILE the largest service