The Washington herald., 1918-05-26

wonderful harmony OF RED cross un-
dertaking which n one Of thu marFeh
Of these war days.
Used An on orr..i.ssssa.
Mr.. Perkins lad no more thar
the remnants of an Organization
which he created four years ago,
whose purpose was 20 secure sa.
clusively in New York City sub
scriptions asgregating IA, ,o0o, 900
which were TO be used In the en-
dowment Of the Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian Associa.
I tions Of New York II was a
wonderful organization Mr.. Per-
kins created almost overnight. 1t
reached every part Of the city so
that IL was possible for him 70 an
nource that In fourteen working
days s4.ooo.ooe had been secured.
There remained the vestiges Of
this organization when Mr., Per-
kins was asked by the Young Mems
Christian Association 20 take tn
leadership In a nationwide novel
ment whose purpose was 70 secure
s35. 100000 for the Young Mems
Christian Association War Work.
Vi a
was instantly mapped out in Mr..
Perkins mind, but the perfectinE
OF IL in all its details entaiIed in
defatigable industry day and night.
For IL was not only necessary 20
create almost upon the instant an
Organization which covered the en-
tire country which would make
campaign for the SIS, ,OOO, 900. or as
Mr.. Perkins privately expected $780,
0oo,0 900. Il was also inevitable that
the organisation should be 60 eI-
panded or perfected that Il would
be able to utilize these $4,000. .OOO
in such manner that every dollar Of
il would be spent and not one DOL
lar of IL wasted. An organization
OF that kind was perfected by Mr.,
Perkins while the campaign for
subscriptions was in progress
In many respects the organization
is similar TO that which the great
industrial corporations have created,
so wisely that they have been able
thoroughly well TO direct their af-
fairs. This organization is gym
metricsI VnSomplicated. and makes
possible a large amount Of work.
which will involve the expenditure
Il VI s"NsNNNsVNNs " NaNElNu on with
great efficiency and no waste.
The War Council.
First OF all there IS q so-csIIsd
war council 1t numbers 900 men,
who. as a whole, represent every
State OF the Union. This council
is to meet once in three months in
New York City. It resembles in its
powers and in its responsibilities
board OF directors OF a great in
dustrial corporation.
| Then there comes q subdivision.
A part OF the responsibility l.
, placed with the executive commit
tee. and a part OF IL with a financial
committee. OF which. Mr.. Perkin.
is chairman. The war council hav-
ing adopted certain plans pass them
on to the finance committee. This
committee having scrutinized these
plans and made the necessary sp-
preparations pass them on 20 an
executive committee and that COM
mittee then puts the practical work
upon the men who will perform IL.
All OF the funds are within the con-
troll of thee finance committee, hut
an appropriate oficer has been
chosen whose responsibilities are
similar TO those OF the controller OF
an industrial corporation
Mr.. Perkins as Mr.. Dawson had
already done speedily pulled out all II,
the stocks on the great organ he
had built up, and which represented
S51, 200. 900. which was secured un-
der his leadership and there in
stantly followed that wonderful
harmony of workmanship which is
suggested by. the construction al
ready OF 500 buildings, at or near
cantonments in this country and IN
Europe, and as many more as will
be needed for the mental. moral
and physical welfare Of the soldiers
will be erected.
In this phenomenal achievement
OF two men who at one time were
associated as partners in the house
I OF J. p. Morgan and Company Is TO
I be discovered one OF the reasons
why great things Of momentous i'm
portance have been achieved by the
generation which began active
career in the last years OF the past
century or the first years Of the
present. These men are truely rep
resentatives OF what used TO be
called big business but not until
this stupendous achievement which
reflects their work has the public
been able to gain an adequate idea
OF what the relation OF the great
men OF the present day. the pros
perity and advancement OF the
country has really been.
A French botanist has discovered
nIanf in Africa that literally