The Bismarck tribune., 1918-04-27

GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS \,
TO the Newspaper Editors of North
Dakota in convention assembled:M
We, the members Of your commit.
tee, respectfully present 1.-The follow.
ing report embodying our suggestions
as to the most practical method of
furthering war publicity work, IN
North Dakota: ~, sas;,
! In the first place, we wish to Ap.'
prove warmly and indorse heartily
the efforts Of the state councit'Of de.
Tense to work out practical method
to aid the newspaper men Of the state
in putting their resources at the dis!
posal of the government for war
work. .", .l ~9,r -
We have divided our report under
two main headings, preparation Ct
matter and method Of handling. :;
First, Preparation .,.&>
This heading is divided under three
subdivisions: collection, editing and
kind of matter desired. -
i. Collection of Material-There
should be two sources of material.
First, the state council Of defense
should Immediately be placed upon
the mailing list of all state and ~.
tional publicity bureaus, and Keep In
touch with all the agencies already
established. Nothing In this report
shall be construed to mean that the
individual newspaper shall quit r.
ceiving matter from any agency now
serving him. " rlgt*.
The second source Of material Is Is
follows: Every newspaper shoul1
have one individual who becomes "a
associate member Of the council OF
defense. Whose personal duty It will
be to represent the council In. his
own community, and be on the con-
slant watch for local material which
would make interesting matter for the
rest OF the state 1t shall be his duty
to prepare such matter and submit It
to the defense council editor. %
2. Editing-We recommend that =
practical newspaper man thoroughly
familiar with conditions in North Da.
kota be employed to give his entire
time to the work OF editing ell. this
matter collected from the above
sources. and putting it into such
shape that it is Ioady to be handed
to the typesetters. It the
state council of defense has no, funds
available for this purpose, we sus.
gest that an immediate conference
be held b ythe defense council, tho
war savings stamp committee, the
fuel administrator and the food 8sd.
and any other govern.
ment agencies having publicity Inen.
We respectfully suggest that all these
agencies cooperate with the cieWs sof
making an editor available for the
defense council without any added 81.
pense, merely by the use Of efficiency
methods. H.. a....s,
The editor employed by the state
council of defense should be directly
to an advisory board con.
sisting of five newspaper men ap.
pointed by the present convention.
These men should advise with tho
editor on the clas of material and act
as a court of last appeal in case any
one enterprise considers 1t is not get
ting due consideration, or in case
some newspaper editors take excep.
tion to the clas of material provided.
8. Kind of Matter-1t should be
he aim Of the editor to concentrate
on war work of special state interest
AS far as possible, the national move
ments which have their own organ.
izations, such as the Liberty loan.
the Red Cross and the thrift stamps.
should be permitted to take care Of
their own work, althoughs occasional
paragraphs of interest regarding them
might beincluded. The editor should
give preference to state problems,
such as Ignite. increased crop. pro-
duction, farm labor and food conser.
vation. On the occasion Of special
drives for national war enterprises
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