The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-19
Inspiring Meeting To
Launch ;.l Dive For
War Work Funds

secretary A. ]. Holworthy, of the
Lakeland Chamber Of Commerce. a.
Tended hte Joint meeting of represen.
'a'lVeS OF the various organizations
interested in the coming War Work
campaign which was held in Jack
SonVllle this week. He makes tho
ioilowlng observations relative to the
meeting:
Most enthusiastic and well-attended
was the meeting Monday and Tues
oay IN connection with the forth
coming United War Work Campaign
%hich is to open on Nov. II, for the
purpose OF raising funds to carry or
me work now being done in the home
army camps and overseas under the
| auspices OF the Y. M. G. A.. the
!. W. G. A.; the National Catholic
war Council; the Jewish Welfare
Board; the War Camp Community
Service; the American Library Asso-
cation and the Salvation Army. II
had been the purpose of each Of these
organizations to make its own separ-
ate appeal at different times but some
, OF the biggest men in the various or
CARNATIONS, together with President
Wilson, feel that they would make a
great mistake, there would be a waste
Of time and energy and from every
reasonable standpoint unnecessary,
Just as the finest work which hac
been done by the Allies since the be-
ginning of the war is that done by the
cooperation and working together OF
each army of the allied powers under
the supreme leadership of Genera, |
Foch, so would it appear the best
work can be done by all of these
welfare organizations by coming to-
gether and conducting one big cam
paign for common cause in which |
all are engaged instead of seven sep
arate, timewasting appeals
Jew and Gentle, Protestant and |
Catholic got together in this meeting
in such a splendid and enthusiastic
wat as to justify the belief that this
war is doing many things to bring
peoples together. A slight rumbling
Of disaffection on the part of some OBJ
jectors to the united plan, which
had been heard during the previous
week, failed to make itself heard at
this meeting and the unanimity OF
the decision to unite all forces and
have only one appeal from the COM
bined organizations was thoroughly
when at the close of the
splendid address of Bishop Curley,
who stated that in this war he was
not a Catholic, but an American, ev-
Try person in the large audience rose
@ his feet to applaud not only this
statement but the whole of his pa
riotic address which it was agreed
furnished the keynote to the meet
ng.
Most interesting and appealing adj
lresses were made by prominent
workers, both at home and from
broad, the popular speaker being
gypsy Smith who spoke to two audi
noes the same evening, no one place
,eing large enough to hold the crowd.
The only disappointing feature con-
lected with attendance at meetings OF
his character is the impossibiiity OF
telling the story on re-
urning home so that those who were
ot there could be similarly Interest
d and enthused. One can hardly be-
leye there is a soul so dead, or on"
With blood so white and cold as to
ave failed to leap with enthusiasm
nd longing to minister to the
rave boys at the front had they been
resent and listened to the stories
elated by the various speakers.
The effect of this decision TO have
ne drive instead of seven, so far as
ur own State and community is con-
prned. is that Florida has & quota
ssigned to her of approximately one
,illion dollars, of which the Eighth
istrict of Florida, comprising the
ounties of DeSoto, Polk and Lee
ave been allotted the sum of S77,437;
ok County's proportion of this last
mount is $42,51S and Lakeland's
J, 1000.
The total amount of $17O.5OO,oO0
hich is to be raised in this United
AR Work Campaign, will be divided
nong the seven welfare organiza-
ons recognized by the government,
follows:
n r A. 800. $1,000 !
NJ r ... 15,0O0,00c |
.. 10000 900
wish Welfare Board 3,5OO'ooV q
ar Camp Community