Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-21
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National Civic Federation to Study
Problem, Growing
Out of War.

ANcW Tic
ton committee organized by the Ma,
tional Civic federation. has been called
BY v. Everit Macy president Of the
federation, TO meet ut 1 Madison av.,
New York, Dec. 2, to consider the FOL.
lowing questions:
What part OF the socalled slabor ana
capital war measures devised BY the
government shall be retained at the
conclusion Of peace? {
How TAR are compulsory measures,
which were necessary under emergency
conditions, to be continued after peace
is restored?
What changes in our Immigration
policy will be forced BY the economic
and other results Of the war?
Realizing that the after the war era
would call for n practical and progress.
sive reconstruction program, The Ma.
sioral Civic federation, on March sl6,
1918, provided for the appointment OF d
committee OF representative mei, and
women connected with labor, agricult
ture, manufacturing. etc. to make i
study Of the subject. so far as it re.
lates to the. problems with which The
National Civic federation is especially
equipped to deal.
Den,obiization Problem
The call for the meeting says:
wye are now face to face with the
Rehabilitation of our huge army and
The transformation Of our industries
from q war basis 10 a peace basis.
These questions, as well as questions
pertaining to our mercantile marine,
finance. the production and control OF
basic !ndustries-the output Of which
we must supply to the whole world for
! long time to ome-fnus necessarily
,e handled by governmental agencies.
But the National Civic f~ederation's
committee is interested in the practical
iocalley Tabor and capital questions
md 1T is these which it is expecting
o study. It is earnestly hoped that
here will soon come out of the pro
oosed Weeks and Overman bills an OF.
icial commission ready to deal With
Ill reconstruction problems"
Urge Unity
The League for National Unity, mn
organization formed by the National
Civic federation for the purpose Of
iealing with wal policies, Of which
Theodore N. Vail is chairman, will
meet at / Madison ave, New York, on
Tuesday, Dec. 3. It will consider mea.
ssures for bringing about a greater
fraternity of International good feeling
imong the nations that have overturned
German autocracy.
The question as to which il any, Of
the emergency Espionage laws shall be
retained at the conclusion of peace will
be considered.
Anarchistic elements in control OF
Russia have boasted that they will
AIRY into every country "a war after
the war" meaning a class war This
same incitement Is being spread by
writer's. speakers and agitators In this
country. The world has had enough
Of war and slaughter, and certainly Will
not be inclined to welcome any further
war.
Seek Cooperation
The League for National Unity urged
the bringing about of fraternai co.
operation in time OF war. and now
hopes to see developed the same prin-
siples in all those countries which have
withstood the Entertainments OF auto
sracy. In each OF those nations. it is
believed tina q league for natioi4al unity
will be organized.
The next Of kind division OF the
League for National Unity. Of which
Wheeler p. BIoodgood, OF Wisconsin,
is chairman, will meet at 1 Madison ave.
Ney York, Dec. 8. to consider ques
tons connected with the work Of the
divisions One relates to an inquiry
into the character Of the educational
program proposed for our soldiers dur
ing their retention in France.