The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-21
STATE WAR WORKERS
TO HOLD CONFERENCE.

Representatives in New Jersey of
the seven organizations engaged in
active war work will meet in the ca
pacity of the United War Work Coun-
ell at the Robert Treat Hotel, Newark,
Wednesday afternoon and evening,
Sept. 25. The meeting is being ar
ranged by E. M. McBrier, Charles A.
Coburn and James A. MacArt, of the
New Jersey Wal Work Council.
These organizations have been in
vited to send representatives: Young
Mems Christian Association; Young
Women's Christian Association, New
Jersey Branch of the Catholic War
Council; War Camp Community Ser
vice; Jewish Welfare Board, Ameri-
can Library Association, and Saliva
ton Army.
1t is expected there will be an at
tendance of approximately between
two and three hundred delegates.
Plans for the campaign will be con-
sidered and adopted. State Secretary
Coburn, of the Y. M. C. A., which has
perfected an efficient organization, has
offered his corps of workers for the
campaign to the joint organizations.
Charles w. Whitehair, one of the
best speakers in the Young Mems
Christian Association, is scheduled to
arrive from abroad on September 20.
He will be the speaker at the dinner
at six o'clock. Mr.. Whitehair has
been on several of the battlefronts
and is an exceptionally fine talker.
Governor Walter e. Edge, in an in
terview On the work of the New Jer-
sey War Work Council, expresses the
thanks of the State for it's activities
as well as his personal appreciation
of the work accomplished. At the
same time he pays a high tribute to
the splendid character and unselfish
devotion of the secretaries in the New
Jersey camp.
This splendid endorsement of the
Young Mems Christian Association by
the executive of the state is crafty
ing to the members of the New Jersey
War Work Council, and to Charles A.
Coburn, the State Secretary. The
Governor is unqualified in his endorse
ment of the work, and warm in his
praise for the faithful men who are
laboring so effectively for the soldiers.
Governor Edge, in discussing the
work of the New Jersey War Work
Council, said:
MAY l, through you, express my
very great appreciation on behalf of
New Jersey for the war work activi-
ties of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION as demonstrated in the var
ious environments in this state. Nat
urally, l have had occasion to go about
visiting the various camps, from the
larger ones like Dix and Merritt, to
the smaller military stations, of which
there are more than thirty in the
state.
Everywhere I have been %favorably
impressed with the high standard and
satisfactory character of the work car
ried on by the Young Mems Christian
Association through the New Jersey
War Work Council. The headquart-
ers termed an oasis for respite and
enjoyment in a desert of military dis
cipline and war-making activities.
1.-THE recreation and diversion pro-
vided have un~questionably strength
ened and encouraged Young America
for the big military task. The secre-
taries of the movement are doing
splendid work of the Big Brother
character for the men in the service,
and this is a fact which should be
very widely and generally appreciated.
"The war has provided an oppor-
tunity for the Young Mems Christian
Association to demonstrate the max
imum of it's usefulness to the young
men of the country. New Jersey
would like everybody to know how
deeply it appreciated the efforts of
the War Work Council"