East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21


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evolve new Americas nntions
Mrs. william d. Steele of ssdhiiA
No., chairman of sha music dwatlmcne|
Of the General Eeaeratsd. Womens4
Clubs, and Mrs. Albert J. OclaEnaR Cai.l
caro-, president National Federation Oh
Music Clubs write q Joint statement B
"we heartily indorse federal trnins'
Ing. Give music q place. with iea hare
monlxlng and strengthening p0wnrz
The great training centers win aifordl
wonderful opportunity 20 make n
broader. more sympathetic and spiries'
1-' An inupIrsa Plan. Al
BY MRS. WILLIAM PGnRfGk 1@sl
or BALTIMORE.
Chairman Of the General FedeFatiols
Of Women's cluha.
"UniversaI apd oniigatofy federal
training OF young men and women IN
an inspired plan for n national func-'
tioning OF the ideals fer whleh the
United States should stand. There
could be no more admirable method
for distilling the essence OF democ,
racy and for achieving physical ana
moral regeneration"
Nv MRS. JAMES LEES lAIDLANs.
"To inform our electorate and cur
prospective electorate; TO give them
the tools OF citizenship; to equip them
10 use these tools 10 the full eiiicienGN
OF citizenship Is a Hercuiean task but
completely possible one. 30
'Let the great plan OF federal tFalak
ing once be made operative ana be-
lIeve great army Of citizen workers.
men aud women. will rise to e0opsas
ate" -
Doctors Urge Idea.
Women leaders OF the medical prUs
fcssIon are aggressive In expressinm
their, conviction that system Of fed
eral training Is essential 60 regenerutu
our American stock and teach the laws
OF hygiene and sanitation az tho nRq
when they win be most appreciated.
DR.. Bertha Van Hoosen, former nas
tional president Medical Woman'a
Club, of Chicago; Dr. Clara Seippal Of
the medical section, Council Of Nation-
al Defense. and DIR. Violet Palmer
Brown. head of the Illinois federati0n'g
department. Of public health. nrB
among the founders OF the movement
Mrs. Elmer Blair. chairInan pubilg
health departmeRt General Fedenflon
OF women's Clubs. wiFes har hearty
approval
Authors EnthuslausIc.
No group OF leaders OF thought seems
20 have responded more patr40ticnily
or vividly than the few authors who
were invited 10 express opinion. They
deserve a page. The names inciade
Mrs. Edwin Markham. Agnes RepIlicr,
Mary Roberts Rinehart aud otherA
BY AGNES REPPLIER.
II am glad TO indorse the resolu-
tion ON federal training. when NO
many malign influences nre az work.
we should teach all young Americans
the duty they owe 90 their country
and arouse In them disciplined demo-
cratic patriotism that VIII save them
from the supreme selnshness Of the
pReifsf and the demngogue."
~ HELEN a. CLARKE. -
"AHiong great historical movements
there IL not one Of more immediate and
far-Feaching importance than that In
auwrated BY The committee ON federal
training
The great good to. human society
resulting from the war Is that the ideal
Of democracy has been acclaimed BY
the most progressive nations OF tho
world as the inevitable ideal of an en-
lightened civilization. But an ideal
mny be accepted sTith enthusiasm amid
exciting scenes and yet remain vague
iy defined in the minds Of the ma.
iorify Of the peopie."