Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-17
MICHIGAN PATRIOTIC FUND
CREATED BY GOV. SLEEPER
TO STAGE UNION DRIVE
IN NOVEMBER.
] AGENCIES REPRESENTED
Action IN Accordance With Reques,
Of Pres dent Wilson: Organixa-
ton Is Perfected.

Tho Michigan Patriotic Fund, re
Gently created by Governor Sleeper TO
combine all appeals for funds by war
relief agencies in one yearly drive. en-
bracing the whole state. will make ia
first campaign the week OF November
H. The amount TO he raised is APP
proximately $40 00O, 900
number OF counties are already
raising funds through their own coun-
ty war chest organizations and have
their quotas in hand for this year For
that reason their participation in the
first campaign will be passive and hey
will be credited with their respective
quotas just as though they were TAX
ing an active part in the drive
Different Agencies Essentially One
Establishment OF the Michigan Pa
triotic Fund Is IN accord with tie re
quest OF President Wilson. ar voiced
in a letter TO Raymond d. Fosdick.
Commissioner on Training Camp Ac-
tivities In this letter the president
pointed out that the services rendered
by the different agencies 10 our army
and To our allies are essentially one
and must OF necessity be rendered IN
tho closest cooperation. He asked
that appeals for funds be united in or
der that the spirit OF the country may
be expressed without distinction OF
race or religious opinion
Seven large national organizations
engaged in war work will be repre-
sented in this drive. They are the y
NJ. c. A War Fund. the knights OF
Columbus the Jewish War Fund. the
war Camp Community Service. the
Y W c. A. War Fund. the Salvation
Army and the American Library Assoc
citation
Each OF these organizations had
planned a campaign for funds for some
period within the next six months
This would have meant n series OF
drives" following one another in
quick succession and even overlapping
BY Joining forces in single cam
paign. conducted by the Michran
Patriotic Fund. they will save TIME
and annoyance both for the public
and the solicitors and promote bet
ter feeling all around.
Givinp on efficient Business Basis
In other words The object OF the
Michigan Patriotic Fund is 10 place
Michigans war time giving on an eff
cient business basis and ~ the same
time distribute the burden equtably
among All the people The people Of
Michigan have shown in the past that
they are no shirkers when II comes TO
backing up the men who have gone TO
the front from within its borders. The
Patriotic Fund will greatly simplify
rhe task OF collecting this money and
save many precious hours for the
real work OF winning the war
Organization Of the fund was per
fected at a recent meeting held In De
troit Campaign headquarters have
been established at l15-1l7 West Fort
street. Detroit. and the work OF or
ganiaing the counties is already be-
gun under the direction of the execu-
tive committees The war board in
each county will be asked to head up
the respective county organizations.
and counties already operating on
wAY-chest basis will be asked to CO
operate to the fullest extent
Plan Copied After Detrolt's Big Drive
The Michigan Patriotic Fund is an
elaboration Of the Detroit plan. which
proved so popular that. with goal OF
81 900 900. Detroit and Wayne county
raised s10,500 900 in a seven-day cam
paign last May Executives OF the
state organization are confident that
the people OF Michigan will welcome
the war chest idea. which affords them
an opportunity TO give once year for
all patriotic purposes and practically
insures them against further solicit
tation in the meantime.
The Liberty loan campaigns OF
course are entirely separate. the pur-
chase OF bond beins in no sense a
gift but sound business investment
OfYcers OF the Michigan Patriotic
Fund are Carroll F. Sweet. Grand
Rapids. general chairman; David A.
Brown, Detroit. general vice-chair
man Mark r Mckee Detroit. general
secretary. and State feasursr Sam
uel ODell, treasurer.
The executive committee is com
posed Of the officers and the follow
ing =. J Billiard. Ne DIT chairman
of the state quota committee, H. III. I
Dow. Midland. Col A. f. Kimball Dc
troit. w J Norton. Detroit: Erne Z s.
O'Brien. Detroit; Helen Penrose. De /
troit. Adam. Strohm Detroit
Each OF the organizations psrtici
pating in the drive IS repre- entod on /
the committee SIR Brown viii 90 /
in general charge OF the publicity end /
Of the campaign.
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