The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-19
WORK TOGETHER
 FOR WAR FUNDS
Praise Given President Wilson's Plan to Avoid Division in Raising Funds for Welfare Work for
 Soldiers.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 16.-Praise for the plan suggested by President Will son at conference in Washington of combining the efforts to raise money in one United War fund drive for all the authorized agencies doing welfare work for soldiers and sailors, has been expressed by representative men. Catholics, Jews and Protestants will work together to make the campaign a success.
 According to previous plans four of the organizations were to have com bined in the campaign to be launched November 1, and the three others were to have conducted their cam paign in January. President Wilson urged that the services rendered by the seven organizations were of kind that called for the closest cooperation and as result of his urging, the cam pjaign in November will be for a total of $170,000,00O.
 The fund will be divided as follows: Y M. c. A., $l00, ,000,000; r. W. C. A, l5,000,000; Catholic War Council tKnights of Columbus), $30,000.000; Jewish Welfare Board. $3,500,000; American Library Association, $3,- 100000; War Camp Community Serv- ice, 5000, 900, and the Salvation Army, $3,500,000.
 Headquarters for the promotion of the United War Fund Campaign in the Southern Military department. comprising the six states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico and Arizona have been opened in the Southwestern Life Building with C. S. Bilheimer of New York in charge as the campaign director.
 "All the boys must De looked after, whether Protestant, Catholic or Jew. or whether holding to any particular creed or none at al," said the Rev. John G. Slater, pastor of the East Dallas Christian church. "The joint campaign is sure to be most accepta- ble to the people and most successful. personally am very glad it is to be handled in the way now proposed by President Wilson"
 The Rev. P. J. 0'Grady, rector of St. Edwards Roman Catholic church. who is prominently connected with the Knights of Columbus, said that the united war fund campaign will have a tendency to foster the spirit of coop eraton between the Catholics, Jews and Protestants, not only during the period of the war, but subsequently,.
 Our boys at the front are fighting :; common enemy and 1t is fitting that we, behind the lines. should show a united front in this campaign for funds to serve the soldiers and sail ors,n he said This is the American united movement that will show the enemy that we are standing shoulder to shoulder behind our boys at the front One big drive will win"
 Rabbi Jacob Bosniak, who ministers to the Congregation Shaarith Israel and who is the representative of the Jewish Welfare Board at Camp Dick and Love Field said that the consoli- dated campaign, aside from the fact that it makes for economy and etfi- ciency. will have moral effect which can hardly be estimated.
 T do not believe in any duplication of effort and am sure that the decls- ion reached to conduct the united war fund campaign was q matter of ex- pediency which will commend itself to the public" said the Rev. J. Frank Smith, pastor of the City Temple and the moderator of the General Assem- ply of the Presbyterian church, U. s. A.
 Brigadier George Wood, chief divis- ional officer of the Salvation Army, who has charge of the war activities of his organization in Texas. Okla homa and Louisiana, said that he had been advised from the Chicago head quarters of the Presidents suggestion l and had been instructed to act as the i Salvation Army's representative on the state committees in this territory. |
 State and city organizations for the campaign are being planned by the Southern Department campaign direc- t0r