Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
SEVEN BIG WAR
CAMPAIGNS ARE
MERGED INTO ONE
Harrisburg to Raise $180,000
For the Welfare of It's
Fighting Men

Having put across" the Liberty
Loan campaign for half a million
more than it's $4,000. 900 quota, Har-
risburg to-day is getting ready to
combine seven war work drives in
one; and raise $1S0,000 for the work
of these organizations among the
American soldiers at home and
abroad.
The combination drive means that
instead of putting on a campaign for
each of the Y. NJ. c. A. the Y. w. C.
A.. the Knights of Columbus, the
Jewish Welfare Board, the War
Camp Community Service, the Saliva
ton Army and the American Library
Association, one campaign is being
put on to secure funds for the future
work of all the organizations.
1t will be recalled that since Amer
lea entered the war there have been
numerous campaigns for these or
ganizations, singly; and that Harris
burg in each instance has met every
demand put upon it. The plan now
is to drive for $1S0,0O0, the city's
quota for all the organizations. 1t
is plan similar to that of the war
chest"
The local campaign, which begins
November IL and will continue for
one week, will be under the direction
! of well-known Harrisburg men and
women. The heads of the campaign
are:
City chairman. David e. Tracy;
vice-chairmen, Mrs. William Jen-
nings, ]. William Bowman, David
Kaufman. secretary, f. r. Ecken-
rode; treasurer, George w. Reilly.
This committee. with a number of
other workers, held it's first meeting
. yesterday. The campaign locally will
be distinct from that planned for
Dauphin county and the balance of
the ten-county district of which E.
j. Stackpole is chairman. While the
quotas for the balance of the county
and the district of ten counties have
not been announced, that for the
city is fixed at $1S0,000.
This" said Vice Chairman Kauf-
man this morning, lis not a large
sum of money, considering the sums
Harrisburg has been giving to war
work in the past. If all of these
seven organizations were to have put
on an individual campaign, each fix
ing its own quota for the city district,
it is very likely that the combined
totals would have far exceeded the
$1S0,00O now asked of Harrisburg.
In addition, much valuable time of
patriotic citizens would have been
consumed in these many individual
campaigns. 1t is now planned to put
the industrial committee to work
on the shops, mills, factories, stores
and other establishments, some days
before the drive proper begins, on
November II. During the week be-
ginning November / l the city will he
canvassed in homes and in other di-
S1S0,000 will be oversubscribed."
Chairman Tracy believes that the
work of the Allied war organizations
is far more important if peace is
soon to come than if the American
soldiers were to remain at war.
If peace comes" said Mr.. Tracy,
much of the discipline and restraint
may be relapsed. The soldiers will
look for entertainment and amuse-
ment. 1t is decidedly up to the vari-
Gus organizations for whom this
drive is conducted, to see to it that
the Americans are kept morally and
mentally clean. And it is our duty
back home to see that the organiza-
tions are given the money with
which to do this"
The organizations for which the
money is being raised. and the
amount which each will receive from
the funds secured from the nation at
large are:
National War Work
Council, Y. NJ. C. A. 800, 0OO, 900
War Work Council,
Y. w. c. A........ $4,000. 900
National Catholic War
Council, X. of Co.. 30,OOO,OOO
Jewish Welfare Board. $500, 900
War Camp Community
Service .:.... 5000, 900
American Library Asso-
citation .......... $500, 900
salvation Army .... 100000