The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22
WAR WORK DRIVE
WILL SET RECORD
Sum Sought, $17O,500,O0O, Is
Largest Gift Ever Asked
From Any Nation.
LASTS WEEK OF NOV. II
Religious Differences Forgot
ten in Common Effort to
Help Our Troops.

The first Official statement in the
interest of the nationwide unification Of
the seven organizations which, regard
less Of religious belief. are banded
together for the coming united war
work campaign. was issued yesterday
in the form Of a stirring appeal by DR..
John r. Mott. chief executive OF the
as director general Of the great drive
TO be begun few weeks hence.
Salvation Army workers. Y. NJ. c. A..
men, the Y. W. C. A.. the National
Catholic War Council. knights Of Co.
lumbus. the Jewish Welfare Board. tho
War Camp Community Service and the
American Library Associa ton are the
organisations which have forgotten petty
or private interests and religious df-
ferences and have ama1gomated into
one great driving force to raise the vast
sum needed to carry on the war work
SO necessary to the successful upbuild-
ing Of our army.
Drive to start November II.
The week beginning November II is
the time set for the raising Of $780,
100000 needed for army welfare work.
Notwithstanding the vastness Of the
sum to be sought It Is the confident
belief Of the promoters that the country
will be unit in backing up our SOL
der lads with its dollars up to and
beyond the great sum asked.
"On November IL the people of the
United States will be asked to give the
largest sum that has been asked In all
history from the people Of any nation as
gift" said DIR. Mott in his staten mt
THE appeal viii come In the interest
OF a programme so all inclusive that
every loyal individual citizen of the
United States may back It to the limit.
while its leadership includes men who
by common consent are acclaimed as
among Americas foremost citizens
And for the first time In the history
Of America Catholics and Protestants,
Christians and Jews. men and women OF
every race and party and social group,
have come together voluntarily. united
only by the common spirit of service,
to combine their efforts for the common
welfare Of our fighting forces"
United ON Wilson's Suggestion.
The combination of the seven organI-
cations who will stand or fall together
In the coming drive was the result, so
Dr Mott points out, OF a direct sugges-
ton by President Wilson In q letter
which the President wrote to Raymond
b. Fosdick early in the present month.
The response to the suggestion was in
Simultaneous and complete
THE United War Work campaign
starts out" DR.. Motifs statement con-
tinues. after discussing the amount
raised by the Red Cross last spring.
with minimum requirement 20 per
cent. greater than the Red Cross under
took to raise. To be equally successful
with the efforts of the Red Cross the
United War Work campaign will have
to raise almost $500. 000.0 900. The pur-
poses for which the money is asked and
the budgets on which the figures OF
S17o.500.000 are based have been APP
proved by the War Department
"Of this amount the Y. NJ G. A. re-
quires 500. 900. 900. the National Catho-
lie War Council. including the Knights
Of Columbus. s30.000.O00: the War
Camp Community Service and Young
Women's Christian Association, u.s.
600. 900 each the Jewish Welfare Board.
the American Library Association and
the Salvation Army. SS.500,0o0 each.
Any excess above the total minimum
figure will be divided in the same pro-
portion among the organizations par
ticipating."