Evening journal., 1918-01-11
SUBSCRIBE S800 10 BUILD HOMES WORKERS UNCLE SAM M

United States. has been working along
varied lines to increase production In
local ship yards. Your committee and
members OF the shipping Board sue
cessfully arblirated serious differences
between local yard and striking
wOrkmen. The committee still has an
extensive program before it.
Among the direct war activities that
your organization has assisted, the fol-
lowing may be enumerated.
Your secretary for some months has
been serving as executive secretary for
the Acting State Food Administrator.
and the secretarial and detail work for
the Administrator has been conducted
from your office. The publicity sccre-
iary recently engaged, deyotes much OF
his time TO this work. The Hoover
Pledge Card Campaign was conducted
from the ofloe Of your organization.
Your ofilce was lhe clearing house In
the work Of securing High School boys
TO work on farms during the summer
months.
The Governors Council on Food Pro-
ducti0n and Conservation holds some
OF It's sessions IN your Offices and your
rsecretary is serving os the Councils
secretary.
Meetings with the State Fuel Admin
istrator are held IN your Offices and
The Publicity Secretary is assisting the
Fuel Administrator with his publicity
work
The secretarlal work OF the War Saw
lngs Stamp Campaign is being conduct
ed by the secretary and his assistants
Your Offices are headquarters for the
New Castle County and Wilmington
Committees.
Your organization gave active sup
port In the two Liberty Loan Cam
paigns and arranged d mammoth even
Ing parade and demonstration during
the Second Campaign.
Your secretary served as director Of
miscellaneous contributions during the
Red Cross campaign In June
River Front.
rhe agitation for the realization Of
the FIRST stage Of the Harbor Develop
ment program was brought to SUCCESS
ful consummatlon with the presenta-
lion Of complete plans prepared by Mr..
John Meigs, and the enactment Of The
necessary legislation TO raise the har-
Dor project 10 O dlgniled position IN
the machinery OF municipal govern
meni. The Board OF Harbor Commits
sloners was created O coordinate
branch Of the city government This
board has full power over municipal
water frontage, the power TO condemn
such property now privately owned.
and Is vested with the management OF
the proposed system Of wharves, docks,
and terminals.
For some montAs, your executive Of
ncers have been assisting officials Of
the Quartermsster's Department and
Ordnance Department War Department
in their investigation Of suitable sites
for shipping terminals The advantages
of local sites have been presented with
the assistance Of expert engineers The
government officers in the Council Of
National Defense are stlll seriously con-
slderlng two Wilmington locations
More Houses.
The propaganda for more and better
houses for industrial workers has been
carried on systematically throughout
the year. The project has been worked
out thoroughly with the Federal Gov
ernment through the Council Of Ma
tlonal Defense and the Shipping Board
and an agreement reached prescribing
satisfactory terms on which financial
aid viii be extended 20 a Wilmington
Housing Company within the immediate
future. Financial assistance has been
definitely promised by one Of the De-
partments at Washington.
In order 10 prepare adequately along