Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-05
CHARGE OR DESERT.

CHARGE OR DESERT
Now that the liberty loan drive IS
behind us in Iowa the next big war
drive for the home folks will be the
Union Drive for funds for the war re-
lief associations in November and al
ready unthinkins people are giving
vent to the bitterness of religious
prejudccs In their assertions that they
will not contribute money to he
divided with the Jews or the Catholics.
such persons do not know that there
is a war on.
The salvation Army was the first 10
80 10 war with the troops, Its welfare
workers marched out with the first
expeditionary forces from England and
the Salvation Army had huts on the
western front at the beginning Of the
war. Then the Y. NJ. c. 4. followed
suit and soon came the Catholic war
board When the United States gov
eminent began 10 draft men regard
denominations BEGAN to mobilize for
war relief work and there was not
room enough on the transports for
them. The war department was COM
peeled to choose and seven societies
were officially selected to go TO Fra nee.
All others are excluded from the army
transports. The Y. NJ. c. A, the Y. w.
9. A. the K G., the Hebrew Welfare
Board. the war Camp Community
Service. the salvation Army and the
American Library Association were
the seven selected
necessity President Wilson, who
brought about unity of command
among the allied armies in France
which is winning the war today com
manded the national leaders Of these
seven war relief assoc iations 10 bring
about unity Of appeal for funds. He
ordered that there be but one union
drive for money instead Of seven
separate campaigns. II was not pleas
ln- or especially desirable to any one
Of the societies but the communicative
chief mad spoken and there was
obey The Catholics in the conference
nominated the Y. NJ. c. A. chairman
for leader of the drive and the Jews
seconded II was made unanimous
and the people of this country will be
asked to contribute for their soldiers
welfare in November.
When the soldier is fighting in
France it matters little to him
whether he dries his clothes in a
Hebrew hut "Y' hut a Salvation
Army hut or one conducted by the
Il C.s A place to rest and get warm,
some coffee and pie and a glad hand
are acceptable when the life and death
struggle is on regardless of the religion
the service. Here at home where we
are safe from hardship, exposure and
dea tn W. can hide behind our pre-
JUDGES if we Will but we can't change
the presidents command. He has
ordered one drive and there will be one
drive. The money will all go into a
common fund just as Jew and Gentle
go together into one army. The Y. NJ.
Will draw out 57.3 per cent; the X. C's.
Camp Community Service SIS per cent
each; the Hebrew Welfare Board, 81
per cent: the Salvation Army 3 per
cent and the American Library Asso-
citation per cent. Some a. T. A. may
st ipulate that all of his sacred money
must 90 to the ~" work and it will
| be so dedicated but a like sum will be
charged against the "Y's" distributive
share of the common fund. Some priest
X. c. work or the Jews may insist on
taking care of the Jews with their
money and their wishes will be relig-
| iously respected but the sums so segre-
gated will be charged against their
share of the common fund.
! The welfare work of each religion
| is to go on in its own name and under
it's own society. There is no though,
of a merger Of religions in the presi
dents mind. For the sake of efficienc!
and military necessity he has ordered
that the money be raised for all these
societies in one drive. People can give te
whichever one they please. If he SHOULD
command that our boys rush machine
gun nest certain death would not STOP
them in this war. He has comma ndet
this union drive and the citizen wht
shirks, faters or kicks is a deserter az
much as tho he were afraid to cha re-,
when the command came.