The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-01
Men and Women to Join Hands
in Work of Common Nation
al Defense All Share
Honor Alike.
SECRETARY LANE is
HEAD NEW DIVISION
Works Through State and Coun-
ty Councils to Heart of Nation,
the Small Community; Will
Probe Sentiment.

NEW FIELD 7123456 12345
Washington, Oct. Franklin X,
Lane, secretary of the interior, issued
the following statement today:
THE new field division of the
Council of Defense begins It's duties
today.
This section as created by the
Council of National Defense is to or
ganize and arouse the opinion and
the energies of the country upon war
work 1t is to move through the
state councils and subsidiary organi-
cations down to the heart of the ma
tion, its core, the small community
1t is an amalgamation of those organ
izations which have hitherto made
this effort-the state section OF the
council and the Women's Committee
and all the far reaching agencies of
both are incorporated as a part of
its machinery. 1t is intended to be
the connecting link between tho Ma
tional Council and the citizen. Since
the war began this connection has
been maintained through the two or.
ganizatiOns which are now merged;
but it has become more manifest
with each passing month that there
was no sense in supporting two dis
tinctive agencies, one of men and one
of women; and this was recognized
earliest by the state councils which
took the women of the country into
their drectorates and gave them full
part In their work In all states this
is not true, and in one or two it is
perhaps legally impossible at present,
but it is hoped and expected that this
policy of Joint action shall be, where
ever possible, adopted. The part
which women are playing in this war
and the increasing part which they
are taking in making it possible to
maintain it, make this consolidation
no more than the recognition of a
facial men and women are making,
and are to make, common sacrifice
and effort
Under the new plan of organiza-
ton, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw be-
comes vice-chairman, Grosvenor b.
Clark, secretary of the Council of Ma
tional Defense and the advisory com
mittee, being director of the new
field division, with Miss Hanna ].
Patterson, resident director Of the
Women's Committee, associate direc-
tor.
THE work of the field division wifi
fall under six heads
THE federal agency section, under
John S Cravens, will have charge of
all work relating to government de-
partments and federal agencies re-
quiring the aid of the field division
and the nation wide defense organiza-
tions that reach out into every com
munity in the country.
THE organization and information
section, headed by Elliott D. Smith,
will have charge of general planning
and the advising Of state councils as
to organization emthods and the best
methods of carrying on their work. "
There is also being created a field
staff, the members of which will be
the executive link between the field
division and the particular group Of
states allotted to each member of
this staff
Under the direction OF Mrs. NJ. E.
Martin, there is being created the
Americanization section which will
handle the dissemination of educa
tional information, paying special at
tention to the problems Of American
ization. This section will also take
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