The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-31
State Defense
Council Starts
Important Work
Several Lines Of Activity Are Being
Engaged In, Taking Charge Of
All War Activities Within
Florida

Tallahassee, July 31.-The Florida
state council of national defense,
since its reorganization, July 5, is
taking up work along the following
lines:
The work being scattered, and not
centralized, it is carried ON by the
following well chosen committees:
Committee on publicity, commit
tee on sanitation and medicine, legal
committee, coordination committee,
food and supply committee, indus I
trial survey committee, labor COM
lection committee, committee on
transportation, committee on Ameri
canization Of aliens committee on
cooperation with colored people.
w. R. Carter, editor of the Florida
Metropolis, is chairman of the COM
mittee on publicity and on accouh.
of his position, the public will be
we'll informed concerning the work
ings of the council
| DR.. Lincoln Hulley chairman Of
the legal committee, is out of the
state at present but through the eff. |,
forts Of Gov Cats, chairman Of the
state council, a legal committee has
been appointed in every country in
the state. to assist the soldiers, and
to render them every possible SER
vice, without charge. So far as is
known, only two officials in the state
have made a charge to soldier for
service. One was justice of the
peace, and the other notary public.
when this was brought to the atten-
ton Of the governor he promptly
Cancelled their commissions. An
other duty of the legal committee is
to prepare and draft all bills for war
emergencies that are to be present
ed before the next session of the
legislature, on behalf of the state
council Of defense.
The committee on coordination
has as it's duty the coordination OF
all patriotic societies in the state,
into the state council of defense to.
gether with the activities of our
state representatives which will give
us higher degree of efficiency and
eliminate the tapping and duplica-
tion of efforts.
DR.. w. H. Cox, of the state board
= of health, who is chairman of the
committee on sanitation and medi-
j. cine, will have the cooperation of the
! physicians throughout the state, in
| giving every protection to the public
! health.
! B. X. Hanna, board director of
state fair, who is chairman of the
committee on food supply and con.
! servation, will have as his assistants
all the county demonstration agents
in the state, and will give assistance
to the food administrator and in gen
eral have the oversight of the work
of stimulating larger production OIL
I food supplies and conservation
! Dr. A. A. Murphree, president Of
I the University of Florida, chairman
y of the committee on labor, will hole
from time to time, labor conferences
and endeavor to solve all labor prob
= lens, through the assistance of tn,
U. S. employment service agents
throughout the state, and by con
ferring with the heads of large in
dustries, and with all leading farm
ers. Already conference on whit,
labor has been held in Jacksonville
on the 18th and one on colored labo
on the 10th. These were largely al
tended and progressive steps wer,
taken.
Il Col. w. F. Stovall, editor of tn
Tampa Morning Tribune, who
chairman of the committee on indus
: trial survey will assist in the wor
that is being done in this line b
the government.
Major A. B. Small, of Lake City
nm. has charge of the military work 70
tai the state council of defense, an
md with his committee of assistant
who are chosen from the leadin
military men, of Florida, is engage
in organizing home guards, in a