Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-07
WANT EACH MAN TO
GIVE ONE Days PAY
Manufacturers of City Inaugurate
Plan to Aid United War
Work Campaign.

\ movement to have each man con-
tribute ono DAYS pay for the United War
Work campaign was inaugratcd at
luncheon of the Manufacturers oti-
mttee of which Henry Il. Scott Is char
man, Mt the Hotel du Pont yesterday
afternoon. The plan has been eXpioiteu
before, but IL was never generally entered
into until tins drive.
The scheme met with the general ap-
proval of the manufacturers or theH
representatives present, and the neces-
sary equipment and machinery 10 hflhS
the virtues OF the United War " orH cam
pagn before the men OF the various IN
dustries of this city will be placed IN
operation at once The luncheon was
held in the grill room of the hotel and a
majority of the manufacturing plants
of the city were represented Mr.. Scott
presided and appealed to the manu-
facturcr~ To do their part IN thus drive,
the same rs they had III other wartime
activities. He thanked them for what
they had done in the Liberty Loan cam
paign and explained to them some OF the
reasons why IT was necessary To support
this appeal for funds.
Mr.. Scott told the guests that the
money for welfare work was needed
more nov. when II appeared as though
peace was near, than during tunes when
the war had been undecided, That II was
harder to provide amusement and enter
tatnnent 10 keep the minds Of the soldiers
wholesome. when there was nothing tor
them To- do than when they were occupied
with the joh of beating the Hun
He said that reports from France were
to the effect that our soldiers were fighting
like heroes and living like gentlemen
Like gentlemen because they were Amerl-
cans. and because they were surrounded
with the atmosphere such as the ! nited
War Work campaign activities brought
10 them which morale resulted IN ther
lighting qualities being lmmCaSurably IN
creased
Mr.. Scott referred to statements made
bv General PerShlng Of the value OF the
work of the y VI G. A., Salvation Army,
knights Of Columbus and Jewish Welfare
Board and others in which the commander
--in-yhici oi the American forces, clted
how much better soldiers our men were
for the privileges Of home things they
enioved, because of these agencies.
He then announced the scheme to try
and induce each man At each plant TO
give one day, pay, or Is much more as
he clieyed hc could.
Henry b. Thompson, who j. directing
the campaign. made short address.
celebrating i little more about the need
for every one doing AL they could to place
Delaware. in a. high plane in tins war
work ~ in the other campaigns the State
has engaged in.
He referred to the fact that more at
tention should DC gwen the soldiers when
the war i over. than while il Is in progress,
and referred to letter he had received
thi, week from his daughter !
rr7ue. in which she stated that il required
all the nerve possible to witness the scenes
the nurses behind lh, lines did lie
commented on this saying that if il was
hard on the nurses. how much moro Sc
we're such things must be on the soldiers
He spoke OF the difficulty that might
arise in obtaining contributions because
OF peace but that if our soldiers had gwen
up everything to make this land peaceful
and protected from the Germans, how
essential it was if Americans At home
were Ia do their part, that the soldiers
should be supplied with What comforts
this country could send 70 them