Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-15

for minimum acreage Of winter wheat
now and intends to make another call
for spring wheat acreage in the spring
This committee also win have charge
OF all increased agricultural produc-
ton.
Council Directs War Activities.
The committee OF county command
ers presented resolutions which were
adopted requesting all outside directors
OF war activity to deal with the council
OF defense organization and not go over
their heads with propaganda which was
confusing and sometimes conflicting
Also the resolutions require all speak.
ers on patriotic subjects to present
credentials to tho committee Of county
commanders before they are allowed
to announce patriotic meetings.
Defense couneil,s Authority.
That there may be no doubt in the
minds Of persons who otherwise might
question the authority Of the council
OF defenses the committee on loyalty
presented q report covering the law
granting authority to the defense
councils as a war measure. The report
In part follows:
The legislature. by resolution known
as Chapter 299 laws Of the Thirty
seventh general assembly, pledged all
Of the resources OF the state OF Iowa
to the government Of the United States
of America for the, purpose Of assisting
In carrying on the war, and bringing
tho conflict to successful termination.
This means, not the resources OF the
state as q state, but the resources of
each individual citizen Of the state, and
this resolution pledges an Of the re-
sources Of every individual in the
state to carrying on the war. II this
resolution means anything It means
that the resources OF every citizen in
the state Is subject to the demands Of
the government.
.'Chapter 372 OF the laws Of the
Thirty seventh general assembly pro-
vides that any person who shall
attempt by writing, printing or any
other, way whatsoever to promote or
encourage hostility or opposition to the
government of the state sof Iowa or Of
the United States shall be guilty OF q
misdemeanor. It certainly Is opposition
to the government to oppose any Of the
war activities. either the liberty bonds,
De war savings stamps, the Red Cross,
~, knights of Columbus, the Y. NJ. G.
A. or any other war activity authorized
I'D approved by the United States
government.
Your committee on loyalty holds
that any one who, without good and
sufficient excuse, refuses to buy liberty
bonds, war savings stamps, or. donate
to, the Red Cross or any other war
activity, is promoting and encouraging
hostility and opposition to the govern
ment Of the state Of Iowa and Of The
United sStates. Under this law any one
doing any of these things Is guilty of
misdemeanor, and your committee on
loyalty is willing to have any one
arrested who does not comply with this
law and. IL necessary, will prosecute
the case thru the different courts.
Our main grant of power comes,
however, thru Chapter 295, laws OF the
Thirty-eevent.l general assembly,
which is a joint resolution adopted by
the state legislature granting the gov
ernor additional powers. This resolu-
ton provides in part as 1oltows:
That during such state of war the
governor Of the state of Iowa Is hereby
vested with full powers to call upon
any citizen or citizens OF any othe.
agency Of the state to assist him in the
protection of the life and property in
the state of Iowa and to enforce the
laws of the state of Iowa and the
United States, and the governor has
authority to invest such citizen or
citizens or other agency with full
power to make arrest with or without
process or to perform any Of the duties
now vested in any special agent or any
police officer of the state of Iowa and
the authority of such person or per-
sons herein designated shall be CO.
expensive with the state
The governor has called upon tie
members of the county council of de.
tense to assist him in the protection in
the life and property and the enforce
ment of the laws of the state and the
United States and under this section
the chances are that any member of
the county council of defense, In the
carrying out of his duties, would have
the right to arrest any person with or
without a warranty
TN this county we have not as yet
exercised our authority to make
arrests, but we did take the precaution
to have the governor appoint City
Marshal C. F. Breckel a special officer,
and Mr.. Breckel does have a warrant
from the governor authorizing him to
make arrests anywhere in Marshall
cohnty, with or without warrant. In
carrying out this part of his duties Mr..
Breckel will take orders from the COM
mittee on loyalty and. If necessary.
from other members of the county
council of defense. This power to
make arrests without warrant is the
greatest and most arbitrary power that
can be ,,ranted by a free person to any
officer, citizen or committee, and your
committee on loyalty is willing and
will, under all occasions. use this power
to carry out the orders Of the county
and local councils of defense and the
other regularly constituted committees
for the carrying out Of the government
wark.
Your committee desires to state