The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
WAR CONFERENCE PLANS.
And the Speakers to Be at Montpelier
on May 10.

The conference to be held at the city
hall, Montpelier, on May 10, is designed
to give an opportunity to active war
workers to meet, exchange views and CO.
ordinate their plans. There is not state
that has held a war conference without
bringing the counties closer together,
injecting renewed efforts into those
counties that were tagging, and without
squirting on to even harder efforts and a
better cooperation with the state COM
mittee those which were playing a big
part in the state defense work.
This meeting will be held under the
auspices of the national speaking bureau
of the committee on public information,
assisted by the council Of national de-
tense through the state councils section,
although the Vermont committee OF pub
lie safety will be sponsor for the ex
pense aud largely for the practical de-
tails of the meeting, it being understood
however, that each organiza tion will fur
nish the public safety committee at this
office with information as to how many
delegates they expect to furnish, eating
arrangements, etc.
1t is especially desired that the Yer.
mont committee of public safety should
be represented from every town and city.
If any committee is unable to find del
egate because of the expense, we ask
each organization to send at least one
representative from there.
All federal war agencies operating in
Vermont are requested TO have their rep
resentatives present at the war confer
ence. The energies of all war organiza
tions, state and national, should be cen
tered for the time being in this effort.
The meeting will be held at the city
hall in the afternoon, followed by
meeting in the evening. The following
speakers will address the conference:
Major Rutledge Smith of Nashville,
Tenn, who has devoted practically his
whole time to the work of the council of
national defense and who is an energetic
and able speaker, and has done most ex
cellent work in the organization and co
operation of the work in different states.
Arthur f. Bestor, who is president Of
the Chautauqua institution of Chautau-
qua, N. Y, and who has charge of the
speaking division of the committee on
public information under the secretary
of war and secretary of the navy. He is |
in close touch with the leaders of the |
governmental and private patriotic or |
CARNATIONS and his work in connection |
with the various state organizations has
been highly commended.
Frederick c. Wolcott of the food ad-
Mr. Wolcotts experience in
Belgium and Poland while serving with
the commission in the attempt to relieve
the suffering in this country during the
German invasion, stirred his Indignation
against the inhuman policies of starva
ton, slavery and murder which the Ger
man government not only practieed but
avowed. Returning to America,
Mr.. Walcott threw himself heart and
soul into the national service of the food
and his address will be
extremely interesting and beneficial
Rev. Laughlin MacLean Watt, "high-
lander" who has recently returned from
the front after three or four months
service, and after a leave of absence he
was transfrred TO the BLACK Watch"
Rev. Mr.. Watt is in the United States
to give to the American people his OBJ
servation of the war and the problem
he allied cause is confronting. His ad-
iress will be one of the leading addresses
If the occasion.