Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-15
WHY WE NEED MUCH
MORE THAN SI7O, SOC, 900
JOHN r. MOTT.
director General of the United War
Work Campaign)

|. Because of The remarkable in
crease of the American army and of
lis inevitable continued increase. The
, budsets of al least three of The seven
/ organiZa ions uniting in The forth
coming campaign were based on
! data assembled last spring, when it
was ihoughi there would be moi
more than 100000 American sol
! diers in France by November frs
1 As a mailer of facl, The number there
1 by thai date will be 100000 When
those budgets were made, however,
! il was though hal he total number
of American soldiers on both sides
of The Atlantic by next summer would
I moi exceed 100000. whereas our nil
itary leaders were preparing for
an American army. before he end Of
next summer, of between 100000
and 100000.
>. Because of The marvellous cV-
| pansion of the American navy. When
| America entered! he war, we had
/ less han 10000 men in he nav.
There are now over 100000 sailors
and marines and the number has
been greatly increased. Relatively,
. x ,
the organiza ions which are uniting
in their campaign have neglected the
navy, but il is their desire 10 hel0
This arm of the service as much as any
other, and therefore much lar@er
sum of money will be needed for his
purpose han is now included in heir
respective budgets.
/ 3. Because This war. unlike others,
is moi alone war of armies and nav
les, but war of entire peoples. In
particular it involves vasi numbers
of the irdus rial classes. Since our
financial plans were announced, he
claims of these industrial classes al
home and overseas have keen pressed
upon us, and il has beer made clear
iha We mus augment greatly our ef
forIs on behalf of The, millions Of
men and women a work in ars snals,
in navy Yards, and in countless mill
tarized and other Indispensable war
indus sIries.
A. Because he burden Of this war
falls so heavily upon he women Of
America and of he Allies. They
have taken the places Of multi iiudes
of men engaged in ordinary occupa-
tions and have thus released millions
for he fighting forces They are also
largely ENGAGED in making mum ions
and in other essential war industries.
The facts concerning ihe needs Of
women affected by war condi ions
convince us thai much larger finan-
cial provision should be- made on their
behalf han The budgets of our organ
Zaions contemplate
). Because of the comprehensive
ness of the ministry being rendered
he American army and navy and The
forces of our Allies. 1t is The aim Of
these agencies TO place at The disposal
of our soldiers and sailors all hal Isl
besl in American life. We represent 10
them he American home, The Ameri
can school and college, The Ameri-
can library, the American forum,
the best phases of American club life,
the finest aspects of he American
Stage and above all The American
churches and synagcgues, This is a
colossal program and calls for a
large eXpendil ure of money-an eX-
penditure necessarily increasing with
The growth of the army and navy.
6. Because of The continuity Of
The service we are seeking 10 render
We aim to follow the soldiers and
sailors from The time they leave
homes, while they are in transit
while they are al The training camps,
large and small while hey are on
their way 10 he ports of "mbarka-
tion, as well as al hose porls, while
they are on he sea, during their stay
al he porIs of debarka lion, during
heir experiences in further raining
overseas in the zone of comba in-|
cluding The from line trenches, Will
they are a leave resorts or in the
hospitals or in he prison camps, and
then all the way back 10 heir homes
The volume of expenditure necessarily
crows with he steady ENLARGEMENT o
The figh ing forces.
7. Because of he imperative need
of placing all theso helpful facilities
al he service of the French arms Of
4 100000. of III Italian army of p
100000 and of he smaller bul very,
armies of Russia, of Bel
gium of Portugal, of Macedonia, Of,
Palestine, of Mesopol amia, and of
Egypt. TIL" claims of hese Allied
armies were no. sufficiently reco@-
nized in he framing of Our budgets.
8. Because Of the in1escribablc
need of the millions of prisoners of
war, who mus look 10 US solely for
comprehensive program in he in err"
est of their physical, menlal, social
and moral we'll being.
9. Even though the war were 70
end within a few months, or a few
weeks. we should stand in great need
of fund of more han $170,5OO,O00.
because This work, unlike hat of
many other agencies. will have 10 be
continued throushoui he entire Pc
riod of demobilizalion. While inI
Europe, | was lold by military au