The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-05
|AicHioAN PATRIOTIC FUND
CREATED BY GOV. SLEEPER
TO STAGE UNION DRIVE
IN NOVEMBER.
II AGENCIES REPRESENTED
Action IN Accordance With Request
Of PrssIdsnt Wilson; oruantxA-
ton 10 Perfected.

The Michigan Patriotic Fund. 70
Gently created by Governor Sleeper "a
combine al appeals for funds by wai
rslisf agencies In one yearly drive, am
S.=>::S IL whole atsta. will make its
nsst campaign the week OF November
IL Ths amount TO Do raised II ap
Fortunately 10000. 900.
A number Of counties are already
mixing funds through thsir own coun
" var cheat organizations and, have
thstr quotas IN hand for this year. Fu
that reasun their participation In ths
nrst campaign WIN DO passive and thoy
w1ll b credited with their respective
quotas Just a. though they were taxi
Ing an active part In the drive.
pfsFsrsnt Aesneiss Essentially One
nstAbfishmsnt Of tho Michigan Pa
triotic Fund Is In accord with the 70
quest of President Wilson. as voiced
In a iettsr TO Raymond d. Fosdick,
Commissioner on Training Camp 40
tiyffies. In this letter the president
pointed out that the services rendered
by the different agencies 10 our army
and TO our allies are essentially ons
and must OF necessity be rendered In
the closest cooperation. He asked
that appeals for funds be united In or
der that the spirit of the country may
be expressed without distinction OF
rice or religious opinion
Seven large national organizations
Engaged IN war work will be repre-
sented In this drive, They are the Y,
M. @. A. War Fund. the Knights OF
Columbus, the Jewish War Fund, the
War Camp Community Service, the
Y. w. G. A War Fund, the Salvation
Army and the American Library Asso'
citation.
Each Of those organizations had
planned campaign for funds for some
period within the next six months
This would have meant a series OF
drives following one another In
quick Succession and even overlapping
BY joining forces In a single cam
paign, conducted by the Michigan
Patriotic Fund. they will save tins
and annoyance both for the public
and the solicitors and promote a bet
ter feeling all around.
diving on Er1oIent Business Basis
In other words, the object of tn,
Michigan Patriotic Fund Is TO place
Michigan's war time giving on an EN-
Giant business basis, and at the same
time distribute the burden equitahl,
among ell the people. The people o
Michigan have shown In the past tina
they are no shirkers when II comes 4
backing up the men who have gone 4
the front from within its borders. tn
Patriotic Fund will greatly simplif.
the task of collecting this money an'
save many precious hours for tn
real work Of winning the war.
Organization OF the fund was per
fscted at recent meeting held In Dc
troit. Campaign headquarters hav
been established at 115-1i7 West For
street, Detroit. and the work OF OF
ganizing the counties is already be
gun under the direction OF the execu
tive committee. The war board Il
each county will be asked 10 head n
the respective county organization
and counties already operating on
war-chest basis will be asked TO &C
plan Copied After DetroIt's Big pr'v
The Michigan Patriotic Fund is a
elaboration Of the Detroit plan, whic
proved 30 popular that, with a goal c
$1,000, 900, Detroit and Wayne count
raised $4,000, 900 in a sevenday can
paign last May. Executives OF IN
state organization are confident tina
the people OF Michigan will velcom
the war chest idea, which affords ther
an opportunity to give once year fc
all patriotic purposes ana prncticall
insures them against further sole
tation IN the meantime.
The Liberty loan campaigns. (
course, are entirely separate, the pu
chase OF bond being In no sense
gift but a sound business investmen
Oficers OF the Michigan Patriot
Fund are: Carroll +. Sweet. Gran
Rapids, general chairman; David
Brown, Detroit, general vice-chai
man; Mark #. Mckee. Detroit. generi
secretary. and State Treasurer San
mol O'Dell. treasurer
The executive committee is con
posed OF the officers and the follow
ing: X. J. Bullard. De- -oit. chairma
of the state quota committee; II.
Dow. Midland; Col. A. f. Kimball. ID
troit; w. J. Norton, Detroit: Ernest !
oBrien. Detroit; Helen Penrose, ID
troit; Adam Strohm. Detroit
Each OF the organizations partic
pating In the drive is represented G
the committee. Mr.. Brown will
IN general charge OF the publicity en-
OF the campaign.
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