The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-15
WAR WORK
DIRECTORS HOLDA
CONFERENCE HERE
S. ]. BRENT, State Director of the
Campaign Here Left fer Dallas
Where He Will Continue His
Work.

I nitcd War work campaign for Sew
Mexico. left Tor Dallas Saturday
night Immediately after Ia, conciu-
son of the conference OF the several
directors OF victory Boys ana Vie
tory Girls" organizations. held az state
headquarters all daN saturday. Nj
BRENT goes to Dallas to attend a ION.
ference of the state directors of tho
~ states comprising tho southern
department AZ which there wlll be AN
interchange of ideas born ut the oN.
p%crionco each director has had IN the
administration OF his particular state
'hUs fat IA the campaign
Hops and Girls Ia Organize.
one of the results OF tho conference
held 900 Nlhupucrqu' saturday viii be
,h' coordination OF the work among
The bows ana girls OF the state with
iant witch be being md VIII continue
@ be done among TIC men and wom-
on OF Now McNico.
Ia a brief HGdr,sa 20 tho delegates
N the opening Of fNc conference State
Director BRENT ought 60 impress
upon tho assembled mon and ONE
who viii have charge OF the organi-
Iltlon OF the Youth OF both SEXES OF
the stat" that while, primarily, the
organizations are to be formed with
a view toward onlisiing the support
81 tho boys aud girls ir ,hc raising
Of the money witt which 10 finance
war activities of tho Y. NJ &. A., the
knights Of columbus. the salvation
Army. the y " e. 4 and others Of
the 4, recognized associations
and societies mentioned in President
Wilson's letter. the great work To be
done by the boys and girls in meet
iug the many problems which viii
come up Tor solution after the wal
should no; bc lost sight of.
Must Work for Future.
while u Is %importaI- mat the
boys who ARE oft,.ing their all over
there should be kept In fighting
trim 10y tho maintenance of their
morale aId Mr.. BRENT, IN the
coursc OF Of bIs brief Inspiration
al talks. 1T is equally important that
the boys aud girls as we'll as the men
and omen Of the land realize that
there viii he much TO be done when
the bows come home Organization
pt the forces for good viii be rcqutr-
ed as much then as now ! hope
YOU viii bear that IN mind"
Must Answer Criticism.
Mr.. BRENT called the attention Of
the boy and girl organizers 10 the
many CRITICISMS with which they will
meet as they go about the state and
suggested 10 thDm that they stud
the situation and De prepared 10 con
troNcrt or explain N adverse state
mcnty made in dcrogntion OF any Of
the seven ORGANIZATIONS Interested n
the Forthcoming drive Tor funds
We have been severely clticised,'
said Nj. Brirnt and In some IN
stances the criticism has been war
ranted. EvcrN % Of tho seven or
ga s,aV.sa.V.~ la H hNuntn, HVug NNFtnNt
manucu by humans no trccr from
human liability 20 err than are other
humans. but 81, are correcting Out
errors az fast Ak they are brought 10
our notice. II has been charged that
W. are prontcrIiug. That has been
CNplaincd and absolutely rofuted. II
mas been charged n "a we give moth
ing To the bows VINO pass nuts on
the way back from the front lines
THAT has been proven false. Many
other aud equally untuundcd charges
have been mad, and will be made
md Il is a part of YOU duty TO in
form yourselves 1s to the true condi-
tons and be prepared 10 meet those
Charrps
william J. Mulligan, chairman Of
the wnr activities Of the knights OF
Columbus. with headquarters IN Ncw
York. t%clographS "a message he had
iust received from France in which
IL Described the distrihution of 10000
packages Of Cigarettes among the
American soldiers lighting IN the VT
entity Of ~. Mined, The smokes
were dropped from alrplanes You
can imagine re JOY of those soldiers
who smoke cigarettes at indiag
themselves showercd from the skies
with packages ~ their faNoritc
brands
'"rhe cables toduy tell 81 y men
a. various sectors ~ the long battle
line. handing hot coffee ana choco-
late aud cigarettes 10 the soldiers
COMING from or gong 10 the trenches
In one battle one Y ssCatary was
killed and two others wounded while
srNing the boNs right up 40 the very
front The knights Of Columbus and
the salvation Army have had score
taties killcd ana wounded Post your
selves ON thos" matter and he ln 30.
reply 10 the Critisms with which Nou
sition Ia reply 50 the CRITICISMS with
which you will Dee met
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