Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-29
To Organize People
for War Efficiency
COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEES.
Committees should be appointed
to undertake the work Of the com
munity on the important war actlV-
tiles. These should be composed OF
the persons qualified by experience
to undertake the particular work,
and of representatives of the exist
ing agencies of the community IN
the same field.
DUTIES AND WORK.
1t is Of Importance both at the
Organization Meeting and at all
other times to impress upon all
members of the community and es-
pecially upon the board and its ex-
ecutive secretary, the Importance OF
the Community Council initiating
INDEPENDENT work for the pur-
pose of meeting its own war needs
and of making all its local resources
available to the Nation. All COM
mittees and officers should be chos-
en- with the object of securing men
and women of sufficient vigor and
ability to be able to devise and
based on the local needs The work
should conform to the plans of the
National, State, and County Organ
izations, but each Community Coun-
Gil should feel the duty of bearing
it's full share of the burden of the
war and observe the principle that
in a democracy local emergencies
can best be met by local action.
PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY
COUNCIL WORK.
l. Community Meetings and Raj
lies.-The Community Council, thru
it's executive secretary and commit
tees should hold frequent general
community meetings, at which
1. Reports are made by the COM
mittees, organizations, and individ-
uals who are doing war work.
2. Community war problems are
discussed.
II. Patriotic Education Through
/. Distribution of educational and
patriotic material to be supplied by
the Committee on Public Informa-
ton, and assistance in executing the
plans of the Committee for public
education.
2. Holding community war rail-
lies, addressed by the ablest speak
ers available.
8. Distribution of pamphlets and
display of posters.
4. Instruction through the schools.
III. Reports.-For the purpose of
planning and following up its work
and of informing the county and
| tctn N 1n ant,
and work of the community, the
Community Council should tabulate
and file the results of its investiga-
tions and of the reports made to It..
Nv. Food
/. Assisting the county councils
in carrying out the national agri-
cultural program. Much of this
work can best be done on cooper
alive community basis, through the
establishment of community agr1-
cultural conferences, community la
Dor, seed and implement exchanges,
community canning centers at
schOOlhouses, community markets,
etc.
2. Assisting the local Food Ad-
ministrator in carrying out the ma
tional food conservation program.
3. Making the community as
nearly as possible self-supporting as
to food, by G) studying last years
food production and food consump-
ton; (2) devising means for pro-
viding within the community the
articles necessarily imported during
the past year; and 60 education,
eliminating community food waste,
and cutting down community food
consumption.
V. Americanization.- he Com
munity Council. especially in indus
trial communities, in cooperation
with the representatives of the Blu
reau of Education and the Bureau
of Labor, should endeavor to in
crease the number Of loyal Ameri-
can citizens by
l. Educating aliens in English.
2. Impressing aliens with the
great ideals of America, American
standards, the value of American
citizenship and its duties.
3. Assisting aliens DESTROYS Of
generalization in making out their
papers, etc.
Community Council should under
tdhC thC pIotCCllOA VI us own O1S-
trict through
l. Fire protection. Providing
proper protection for crops and
goods in storage, through
(a) Organization of fire guards
and provision Of adequate fire ap-
paratus.
CD Inspection of all places sub
ject to spontaneous combustion, to
be sure they are as nearly fireproof
as possible.
2. Protection against violence.
The provision of local guards, If
NECESSARY.
8. Relief.-Assist the local chap
ter Of the American Red Cross in
its Home Service Work for the fam
lilies Of men in national service.
4. Health.-The safeguarding of
local health conditions
(a) The provision under the lead
ership of the Red Cross of emer-
gency nurses to take the places of
nurses who have gone to the front.