Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-10-31
DEFENSE COUNCIL
URGES WISCONSIN,
AID MERGED FUND
DRIVE FOR st7o,5oo,ooo BY SEVEN
ORGANIZATIONS WINS
STATE SUPPORT.
CAMPAIGN UNITY PROVED

Urging the people of Wisconsin to
give their fullest moral and financial
support to the United War Work
Campaign which will launch national
drive for s170,500,00O Nov. 11-18, the
National Council Of Defense has Just
adopted a stirring resolution proving
that that great organization is solidly
back of the campaign.
Indicative OF the fact that the state
organization will throw its full sup
port in the comihg drive for funds, is
the manner in which officials of the
Council of Defense throughout Wis
consin are lining up their forces.
Adopt Resolution.
THE action of the National Council
of Defense is just one more evidence
of the unity and solidarity of the ma.
tion with respect to the combination
drive of the seven great war welfare
agencies which are allied in this great
est of all campaigns" declared Emer-
son Ella of Madison, active head of
Wisconsin's drive.
The resolution of the defense coun-
Gil follows:
WHEREAS, the War Depart
ment has officially endorsed and
the President OF the United States
has likewise sanctioned the joint
drive for S170,500,000 to be con
Quoted by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, the Young Won
ems Christian Association, the
National Catholic War Council,
the Jewish Welfare Board, the
War Camp Community Service,
the American Library Association
and the Salvation Army, from
November 18th to 18th inclusive,
1918. and
WHEREAS, the Council of Ma
tional Defense, composed of the
| Secretaries of War Navy, In
terror, Agriculture, Commerce,
and Labor believe that the sery-
ice which these agencies are
| rendering TO promote the comfort,
contentment and efficiency of our
|
tain their morale, is emphatically
in the national interest, and that
therefore the forthcoming Jam
| paign should command the full
support of the American people,
and
WHEREAS, the Council of Ma
tional Defense believes that in
view of the inevitable continual
increase in the Army and Navy.
generous subscription to the said
fund is highly desirable in the ma
tional interest,
THEREFORE,. BE 1T RE
SOLVED, that the Council of Ma
tionsl Defense in endorsing, as it
does endorse, the purposes of the
said Joint drive, direct and it does
hereby direct. the State Councils
Section Of the Council of National
/ Defense to request the State Coun-
ellis of Defense throughout the
nation to do everything in their
power to assist in making the
campaign in question a complete
0hAifo0t bitttlE tliFtA nNdlti NNult"
ty and Community Council ma
chinery AT the disposal of the joint
drive organization
Whlrlwind Campaign
With all factions harmonized ant
working shoulder to shoulder, conf
dent expectations are held out by lead
ers Of the United War Work Cam
paign that the drive for funds in Wis
cousin win be made a complete sue
cess within a single days campaign
ing,
40 Ii In A Day is the adopte,
slogan of the campaign In many sec
tions Of the state "jollihcation din
ners" are already being planned 70
the night of Nov II the first day O
the drive These are planning t,
celebrate the attainment of the mini
mum goal The Importance OF TIN
campaign. which is held second oul
To In Fourth Liberty Loan driv.
which has just been brought to a con
cusiun, IS pointed out as the real in
ceutve for . wbole-hearted and com
plete success.