The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-20
WAR FUND HEADS
OF NORTH DAKOTA
Hear DIRECTORS
DETAIL CAMP PAIGN
Big Attendance at Confer
ence Held in Fargo Dur
ing the Day

| North Dakota's campaign for the
merger drive for funds which will
| be held in November by the seven
welfare organizations doing work
| with the American army was open
ed this morning when state workers
from the various organizations met
for a conference and organization
meeting in Fargo. There were 176
representatives from the organiza-
| stions throughout the state.
! The nation wide campaign which
| will be held during the week Of No
| vember 11-18 is to raise fund Of
| $40, 100000 to be used for the well
fare work among the soldiers by
| the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, the Young Women's Christian
association, the Salvation Army.
American Library association, Jew
ish Welfare board, National Catholic
War Council and the War camp
community service. The meeting in
Fargo today was preliminary to the
organization Of this state for the
lcampaign. aa...:
H w. Gearey, chairman Of the
state committee, presided at the ses-
sions and in his opening address
| pointed out the added effectiveness
| that had come to the armies Of the
allies after they had merged their
forces and predicted the same in
crease in the accomplishments and
work of the organizations represent
ed now that their forces were I'M
| tied.
The principal address of the morn
ling was given by Karl L. Shumak-
er Of Chicago, associate director OF
the central division of the United
War Work campaign,
Il have been in this, business Of
campaign funds for a good many
years, raising funds for buildings
and for endowments and for run
ming expenses" said Mr.. Shunaker.
"and / am more than ever satisfied
| that oratory does not raise money.
The prospect of success lies mueh
more in getting an intelligent grasp
fof the proposition that lies before
you; to come to believe that the
thing you are attempting to do is
just as much your service to your
country and to God as does the boy
over there believe that he has been
called to that service The Presi-
dent of the United States asked that
every resource of every organization
represented in this merger be placed
at. the disposal of our soldiery.
early in the war and every resource
has been so given. The President
now asks that all seven Of these or
ganizations become united in one
merger organization in their drive
for funds and it shall be done. The
thing that we are Starting to do, to
raise SI70, 100000, is the largest sum
that has ever been asked of a people
for religious, educational or philan-
.thropic work and there are just
three things to keep in mind as you
go about it; they are that it can be
done, it must be done and it will be
done.'
w. L. stokwell, Of Fargo, present
ed a brief outline of the campaign
for North Dakota and the work Of
the various societies in their army
labors was told of by workers. Miss
Overs of Minneapolis, told of the
war work of the Y. w. G. A: in the
communities where girls are en-
ployed in war industries; in the eff
forts to mobilize the efforts of wom-
en- in the eagerness to serve, in the
cantonment centers; the efforts to
help with the adequate housing Of
women workers in the new indus.
tries, the more widely known work
of the hostess houses and the work
among foreign women to help them
to an understanding Of the present
situation and. their relation to it and
the work IN recfeational huts in
Europe for the women who are work,
ing with the army, as Red Cross
nurses or canteen workers or, in
other lines.
E. w. McConaughy, who has been
in Y. NJ G. A. work at the Great
Lakes Training station and who has
come to Fargo as student secretary
Of the Student Army's Training
corps, told Of the work that organ
ization is doing with the army be-
ginning with the departure Of the
drafted men on the train and con-
tinuing to the battle field.
George McKenia, Of Napoleon, N.
D., represented the knights Of
Columbus for the state and referred
briefly to the work OF the organiza-
ton in its war time activities and
dwelt with great enthusiasm upon
the eagerness and willingness of his
organization to enter into the cam
paign and do its full share of the
work exerting every effort to
eliminate all friction that the boys
across the sea may be helped.
! The Jewish Welfare association
was represented by Ben Lesk, at
torney or MlnOL; the war camp
community service by George r.
Wallace Of Bismarck. the American
Library association by Mrs. M. G.
Budlong of Bismarck, who told OF
the work carried on by their respec-
tive associations.
The Salvation Army was repres-
ented by Col. Stephen Marshall, Of
who was heard with
much interest and who told Of the
place that the Salvation army had
made for itself, its presence in war
work not being most cordially re-
ceived at first. They told us there
was no place for US inside the can
tonnnent,s said Col Marshall, $50
we found a place for ourselves out
side, delegated to the amusement
fields and then we discovered that
we had found the biggest place Of
all Our women were the first to go
to the edge of the trench and show
that there was no sacrifice that the