The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-02-28
WAR SERVICE
COUNCIL FORMED
in SAUk CENTRE
MEETING WAS CALLED LAST
THURSDAY TO ELECT LOCAL
CHAIRMAN.
MRS. THOS. SULLIVAN NAMED
QUESTIONS CONCERNING WORK
DONE BY THIS COUNCIL
ANSWERED.

Mrs. H S. Halverson, County Chair
man, Womans Committee of the "Na-
tional Council of Defense" called a
meeting to order at the Junior high
school Thursday to elect local chair
man for a war service council. This
council is to act as means of getting
the women of the community into
close cooperation to carry out the re-
quests that come to us from the State
and National governments.
All work is voluntary. The United
States is a democracy, and therefore
asks women to volunteer as a civilian
army, giving their brains, their
hearts, their strength to the CONNER,
cause, not because they are compelled,
but because they want to. There are
certain things in which the govern
ment must depend on women. In
these it asks our help.
Mrs. Thomas w. Sullivan was
elected local chairman over Sank Cen
tire, Melrose and Ashley, Sank Centre,
Melrose, Raymond, Getty and Grove
townships. It is trusted that working
committees that may be named, will
appreciate the wonderful opportunity
to do their patriotic duty. More of
this Council will be heard later. Ittis
planned to have a mass meeting at
which the plans will be explained and
a committee elected.
What is the Woman's Committee of
the National Council of Defense?
Because of numerous inquiries, Mrs.
Winter has deemed it wise to give a
general answer to the following ques-
tons:
1. What is the National Council of
Defense?
Answer: 1t is special war service
body to conduct all necessary war
activities and consists of the United
States Secretaries of War, Navy, In
terror, Agriculture, Labor and Com
.merce, and advisory commissions.
2. What is the Woman's Commit
tee of the National Council of De-
tense?
Answer: The above 4 Council APP
pointed aWoman's Committee to take
the guidance of all war activities OF
women; to try to so correlate them
that they should be of real service to
the government along the lines that
the government recognizes as most
seviceable. 1t acts as the mouth
piece of the Government to all wo-
mems organizations of the country.
8. How is the Woman's Council of
National Defense Constituted?
Answer: The National Council
created a central committee of ten
women with headquarters in Wash
ington. These in turn appointed a
chairman in each state whose duty it
was to organize that state. With her
is. a Council composed of the presi-
dents of all organizations that have a
statewide organization. There is
also chairman appointed in each
county who bears a similar relation to
the organizations of that county. In
Minnesota we have: Ten District
chairmen and ten District Vice-chair-
men, Eighty-six county chairmen.
One thousand and sixteen town and
township chairmen.
4. What is the Relation of the Min
nesota Council of Defense to the State
Safety Commission?
Answer: In most states the mems
war organization bears the name of
Council of Defense, but in Minnesota
it was designated by the legislature
Minnesota Commission of Public
Safety" The Minnesota Commission
of Public Safety appointed the Wo-
mems Auxiliary identical with that
appointed by the National Council of
Defense. The two Woman's Com
mittees are therefore one and the
same and are authorized by both state
and United States governments.
5. What are the Special Duties of
the Women's Committees
Answer. To give effectiveness and
unity of purpose and administration to
the work of women in food conserva-
ton, Americanization, protection of
children, protection of women in in
dustry, Liberty Loan and Thrift
Stamp campaign, maintenance of ex-
listing social agencies, education in pa