Arizona republican., 1918-03-28
|TY PLAN FUR LABOR HELP
 |S SUGGESTED

For some little time a committee has been quietly Investigating the labor situation, both as it applies to the pres ent needs and also to the probable re- quirements of the valley for the con- ing crop season.
 The committee finds conditions not as comfortable as is desirable and some concerted action will be necessary in order that the crops of the valley may be gathered and food conserved for the army and the allies.
 What must Phoenix do to help the situation? It must help or the pros- perity of the town, as well as the val ley, will be endangered. Phoenix can help and Phoenix will help with every other town i'll the valley to make the crop season a success in every way.
 Several plans have been submitted to the committee for consideration. One plan calls for volunteers to work one day week and that day, Sunday. An other plan calls for a day a week-the day to be the middle of the week when everyone can go .out and help the farmer.
 Canada has looked into this crop saving situation very thoroughly. Some Canadian towns have shut up shop in fact, shut up everything for one day, and in this way rendered great help to the farmers in the vicinity.
 Again, What can Phoenix do? It must do something and it will do what is necessary It is worth thinking over and no suggestion made to the commit tee will be overlooked. There is one proposal which calls for releasing many men in employment in the cities by substituting women and girls in their stead. This will supply some help, but there must first of all be the spirit of willingness on the part of the cit lzenS to render aid.
 A sample of the appeals made in Canada is worth reading: City and Town Can Help. Municipal councils, churches and schools, and other organ izations both of men and women, can render national service by directing all available labor to the land. Farmers themselves can exchange labor. School boys can assist. Were you raised on a farm? Can you handle fork or hoe? If you can't fight. you can produce. Spend the summer working on the farm.' A sample of what actually happened in Canada is worth reading: Auto loads of men drove out from the towns in the afternoons and evenings, and helped to stack and to thresh. The har- vest ripened rapidly in the west last year. A farmer, single-handed on his quarter section, or even half section would no sooner finish cutting a 50- acre field of wheat than he would find his oats were ready to cut. He would leave his wheat cut and lying on the ground. thinking it would be many days before he could return to it. Along to- wards evening a gang of men from the nearby town would drive along the side road and see the sheaves lying or the ground. Forthwith they-wouid parl their cars by the roadside. climl through the strands of barb wire, pull off their coats, vests and collars, and gt to work stacking. Next morning tht weary farmer would look over at hii wheat field and exclaim. Well, wha do you know about that? I guess thu fairies have been busy on my prem | ises.'"
 The committee will meet today at o'clock and will be glad to have sug 1 gestions from any interested persons Either write a letter or be present an, explain your views to the committee