The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-11-06
JNO.R. MOTT
THINKS PEACE
Is FAR OFF
Director General of United
War Work Campaign
Speaks in Chicago.
SAYS EVERY STATE
MUST MEET ITS QUOTA.
If The Needs Of The Boys
With The Colors Are To
Be Adequately Met.

"Every State in the Union must
plan to add largely to its present
quota of the United War Work
Campaign is to adequately meet the
demands of our boys with the colors
during the coming year." declared
DR.. John R. Mott, of New York, dir
ector general of the campaign before
a conference of delegates from IA
States at Chicago last Saturday.
Kentucky delegates with others from
the department were tremendously
moved and inspired by DR.. Motifs
address.
DR.. Mott has had charge of the
army Y. NJ. c. A. work ever since the
association entered welfare work
overseas shortly after Germany start
ed the war. He has visited Europe
FIVE times during the past four years
and has gone to every part of the
fighting front and into the prison
camps. When the Y. M. c. A., the
Y. w. c. A., the National Catholic
War Council, the Jewish Welfare
Board, the War Camp Community,
Service, the American Library AS
ISOLATION, and the Salvation Army
Joined in the United War Work Cam
paign at the request of President
Wilson Mr.. Mott was unanimously
elected director general of the CAM
paign.
Gives Five Reasons.
Herewith are given very briefly 5
reasons presented by DR.. Mott why
the national quota of 17O,500, 900 must
be largely in creased during the cam
paign the week of November II.
"First-Conditions are changing
constantly. More men are overseas
now than it was considered possible
to move in that length of time. Per-
sonally, i believe the end of the
struggle is far away. Even though
the end should come next month we
will have to reckon with the welfare
of million more men than we hgur-
ed on last May when our budgets
were made up and o. KID by the war
department.
"Second-In framing our budgets,
the navy was left out. When VIC en-
tered the war we had less than 200
ships; by Christmas we will have
1000. Our navy today is larger than
all the navies of the world combined
at the beginning of the war. Look
what that navy has done Tran
sported over two million men over
seas with less than 800 lives lost.
Nothing in history compares with IT
"Third-This is war of the entire
people 1t is also war on machines
In every war the burden has been
heavier on the women and this one
is particularly so on account of the
women in munitions work. Eleven
million graves are now filled and
millions of manned must be provided
for. We will see the effects of this
war in the bent backs of the women
of this and coming generations.
"Fourth-This is a comprehensive
service We must take the American
home, library, college, club, stage,
gymnasium, atheletic fields, churches
and synagogues to the men. Sure
ly the American people will not allow
us to drop one of these.
"Fifth-We cannot neglect our al
lies. For three long years before we
recognized our duty, they saw theirs.
! have made five trips to Europe
since 1914. The Y. M. c. A. which
! represented put up the first French
foyer do soldat or, Preside, as the
French term is. We did it only
after repeated attempts with French
army officials. Finally one general
said he would allow one hut in one
spot with one man in charge to try
it out. We have just dedicated our
one thousandth foyer du soldat
Every one of the thousand was made
possible and was supported by Amer
ican money. saw Y. NJ. C. A. huts
in. the Alps 5000 feet up. / have
watched those huts go up in Russia,
across Siberia. in prison camps, in
Macedonia, Egypt, Palestine, East
Africa.