South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-21
PUBLIC SERVICE
RESERVE IS GIVEN
READY RESPONSE
Commercial Clubs and Cham
berS of Commerce Help
Solve Farm Labor
Problem.

A splendidly patriotic response
from commercial clubs. chambers
Of commerce. and other civic or
sanizauons has been secured by
agents OF the United States public
service reserve in Indiana, in organ
iziug the farm labor reserve. The
TACT that this reserve alone stands
"a guaranty Of a sufficient labor sup
ply 90 save the precious grain has
-ppealed so fOrcefuly 90 every wide
awake civic body that ;hey have
made cooperation with the agent of
the reserve in securing pledges Of
days work on the farm. during the
vacation season. their principal bus
mess. il IS estimated from reports
cccived ln the office OF y. r..
Squibb. federal state director OF the
reserve. that Indiana business and
professional men, and particularly
those who have had farm expe-
rience, viii be influenced more by
he patriotic call 90 the farms than
uy the increased railroad rates TO
spend their vacations nearer home,
20 productive work
A bit of commendaDle enterprise
has been reported from Fayette
county where the reserve agent has
organized a womens motor corps
which has agreed 10 furnish trans
rOrtation for every COnnersville
man who is willing 10 devote "a part
OF his vacation period 10 farm
work The back 10 nature move
ment" in Fayette county is occupy
ing the attention of the Corners
lille chamber Of commerce and
there is an assurance of a very
Generous contribution To the farm
labor supply in that community.
In connection with the farm la
Dor reserve, the state director au-
thorizes the following
II one part of the western front
fails 10 hold no matter at what cost,
when the command has been is
sued that no ground must be given.
the freedom Of the world your
freedom. your famuy's security. are
imperiled
II one state fails 90 hold its part
CT the line back home-fans TO pro-
duce its part of the food crops need
ed for war purposes-the strength
cf the battle front is weakened. And
as 10 is weakened Your home be-
comes less secure. That is the per-
sonaI meaning OF the situation
The grlvcst period of human
history may be described I'M terms
az popular American oppression
and practice Civilization endures
cor declines. freedom hourishes or
fails just as that line on the west
ern front delivers the goods" Just
as the production line back home
delivers the goods" just as you
deliver the goods"
Will You Deliver
The western line IS making de-
livery. What about your state. your
county your tUwn-you
IL is necessary i'm every county
and community for emergency farm
labor needs this summer and fall
60 be supplied by emergency work
ers from the towns OF that county
and community as far as possible.
Which means that you--a town
man OF past farm experience
called. as a patriotic duty. 20 work
on nearby farms this summer and
fall at such intervals and for such
reriods as local conditions may re-
guire
Which means that you-a farm
sI-must make the best Of this
emergency help as n patriotic duty
we can't pick and choose and snnl
hairs over niceties OF preference
now. IL we do the Germans may
win while we are Quibblmg. Every
earthly question is secondary 10 the
one supreme consideration OF win
ming the war. We can't win the
war without food, we can't produce
food without farm labor. we can't
have sufficient farm labor this year
unless hign school boys and town
volunteers are used TO the utmost
in every community, idlers forced
90 30 90 work. every community'S
entire energy turned TO farm work