Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-02-07
GOVERNORS
PROCLAMATION
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS: In this titanic strug-
gle of the Nation to overthrow auto
cracy and militarism and to vouch,
safe our liberties, there has been
a demand for the loyal support of all
the people in every vocation of life
that speaks with one voice, that this
War must be won and that the Stars
and Stripes must be triumphant in
the cause to which It has dedicated
itself:
We are mobilizing our armies and
our young men have responded well.
ent crops, if properly husbanded,
tc ed our armies and our allies.
w have forged ahead with war
preparations at a rapid pace and tn
way We have modified our war ma
terials will be a marvel in the his
tory of the world.
What We now need above all else
is ships; ships to carry our boys to
France; ships to haul our shot, shell
and food supplies to our men who
are fighting our battles, and the only
way to do this is to have a con-
slant line of ships from the shores
OF America to those of France.
The crying need today is ships,
ships and more ships.
At this time comes an urgent CALL
from the United States Shipping
Board for immediate enrolment of
250,0OO artisans and skilled mechanic!
for service in the shipping yards to
b. enrolled under the name of'THE
UNITED STATES SHIP YARD VOL--I
UNTEERS OF THE PUBLIC SER
VICE RuSERVE." In response to-
this call in order that our success
in this war may not be menaced by
failure on account of lack of ships.
NOW, THEREFORE,, l, MOSES
ALEXANDER, Governor of the State |
of Idaho, hereby appeal to the loyal
skilled workmen of this State to-
lay aside all considerations for per-
sonal profit and convenience and
respond to the Nations call and
enlist in this great unit of the Ship
builders of the Nation, and thereby |
place themselves on the same plane |
with the boys who have gone to
the battlefront. Il
This appeal is directed particular!
ly to the labor organizations of the
State who have shown such loyalty
in the past and upon whose shoul-
ders now largely rests the duty Of
assisting the Government to pro-
cure the necessary artisans for the
proposed service so the activities OF
War may not be interrupted; and
While this appeal is made to the
artisans of our State, it Is also
made to the State Council of De-
fense, to every citizen and to every
organization whose activities can be
directed towards this goal and as
sist the Nation in this particular ac--
tivity Of supplying ships to carry
on our warfare to successful con-
clusion.
Every community is urged to hold
PUBIC meetings anu 10 perfect oT-
ganzations in order that the State
of Idaho may be prepared to furn-
ish it's quota of men in this most
important of activities, to keep the
line of transportation between the
battlefields of Europe and the store
houses of America open and there
by realize the hope of the Nation
Chat this contest may be speedily
ended and autocracy and despotism
be banished from the face of the.
earth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my hand and
have caused the Great Seal Of
the State of Idaho to be hereto af-
fixed.
Done at Boise, the Capital Of
Idaho, this Fifth day of February
in the year Of our Lord One Thous
and Nine Hundred and Eighteen,
and of the Independence of the
United States the One Hundred
and forty-second.
M. ALEXANDER,
Governor.
Attest: w. T. DOUGHERTY,