The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-09-23
.IJOINT WAR AID
DRIVE BEGUN E0R
sI75,500,l00
Dnectod General Mott Asks All
Americans to Help
RAFy !
ALL FOR WELFARE WORK
Building up Great oraaoisatio" 20
catHc Unprecedented Fund
in One Week.
ALL FSR WELFARE WORK

In one week.
New York. Sept. 2S.--D- John r..
Mott Director General Of the United
War Work Campaign, the amaisama-
ton OF the seven organizations
which will make a drive for $l7e590'-
coo in the week of Nov H. In his
first official statement issued IL con
nection with the campaign, yesterday
called on all men and women VINO
love America to stand together ano
merge their strength for supporting
our soldiers, sailors and marines by
giving their utmost to the movement
The organizations in the United
War Work Campaign are the National
War Work Council Of the y. u. {. A.
the War Work Council OF the ! W.
C. A., the National Catholic War Coul
Gil. the Jewish Welfare Board, the
War Camp Community Service, the
American Library Association. ana
the Salvation Army.
"On Nov. II the people OF the Unit
ed States will be asked 90 give the
largest sum that has been asked III all
history from the people of any nation
as a eist.' said MIR. Mott The appeal
will come in the interest Of a program
so allinclusive that every loyal indi-
vidual citizen of the United States
NAV back il to the limit. while itg lead
ership includes men who by common
consent are acclaimed as among
Americas foremost citizens
"And for the first time in the his
tory of America, Catholics and proiof
tants. Christians and Jews. men ard
women OF every race and party and
social group, have come together v2'-
uDtarily. united only. by the clmm01
spirit Of service. to combine their
efforts for the commOa welfare ct onr
fighting forces"
The ob3cct Of the campaign r2id
Mr. Mott was the Union OF Am1rica IN
one vast, ail-embracing organization
for the. SO @ purpose Of service "a cur
fighting mon. 10 strengthen their
arms for a speedy victory OF dcmoc
cracy. He believed that Americans
would be a unit in uphoding the men
in arms with financial backing for sol
dier welfare work This was fore
cast. the statement said by tha suec'
and single minded.ness with which
the seven great warwork organza-
tions. at the request of President VIII
son. merged their drives into the Uni
ted War Work Campaign for the week
OF November HIS.
The Presidents request to merge
the campaigns Of the individual or
CARNATIONS into one great campaign
was made to Raymond b. Fosdick.
Chairman Of the War and Navy ne.
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities Within twentyfOur
hours after the publication of tho let
ter to Mr. Fosdick there had been
formed national committee OF
eleven, representing al of these in
terests. Dr.. Mott and George W
Perkins represent the Young Mems
Christian Association on The commit
tee Representing the Youn- Wo
mems Christian Association is Mrs
Henri p. Dawson; the Nationa
Catholic War Council Is renrcsoniet
by John G. Agar and James r. Phelar
one Q well-known New York attorney
and the other OF the Boston barkin'
firm OF Horn blower g Weeks Nor
timer l.. Schiff Of Kuhn. Loeb & Go
represents the Jewish Welfare
Board; Myron T Herrick former Am
bassador to France represents th
War Camp Community Service
Frank a. Vanderlp, presiden, OF th
National City Bank. represents thl
American Library Association, am
George Gordon Battle represents m
Salvation Army Added TO these ar
John u. Rockefeller. Jr.. Chairman O
the United War Work Campaign Con
miticc for New York City, and Cloy,
land ~ Dodge as Treasurer
A neloGal committee of thlriynv0
consisting of five representatives q
each of the seven organizations. ha
been formed under the chairmanehi
of DR. Mott who he's been uuanimou
" elected Director General Of ia
United War Work Campaign UndC
Or. Motifs direction aided by Oh
executive committee of seven rcpr
senting all the organizations. thei
has been begun the stuponlous tas
OF building IN seven weeks car
paign organization which shall roa,
into every community village M
crossroads hamlet OF the Unit,
States. and. during the week of SO
n. collect from the people C, tl
Untedi States the sum Of Sl1OjIoO0
IN this connection &C WAS romt
out tha, the Red Cross collected ln
Spring about this amount. bot n
goal AT which the Red Cross aimed
the beginning Of iis campaign 49,
only S100O00.0OO. The United w
Work Campaign starts out with
minimum requirement. 40 per cci
greater than the Red Cross undcr.o
to raise.
The purposes for which the mon
Is asked and the budgets ON viii
the figures OF Sl70.50o.O00 are baa
have been submitted and approved
the War Department or th'g am0t
the Y. NC. a. requires 500 900 .0C
the National Catholic War Coun
including the knights OF gOlumh