Arizona republican., 1918-03-19
COUNTY COUNCIL. PLAN URGED BY. HEAD OF NATION
Executive Committee for State Council of Defense Holds An Important
 Meeting for War Work

The semi monthly meeting of the executive committee of the state Council of Defense was held yesterday morning at the state headquarters on North Central avenue. The following members of the executive committee being present: Mrs. Eugene Brady O'Neil. pr. D. T. MacDougal, Col. Epes Radnolph. pr. R. B. von kleinSmld, Thomas E. Campbell, pr. J. C. Norton, Thomas J. Croaff, Lindley B. Orme, T. J. Riordan and the chairman, Dwight B. Heard.
 The first new business presented was the report of the labor committee of its recent meetings presented by the chairman of the committee. Thomas J. Croaff. This report. which was pre- Niously been published. was endorsed Iy the committee and owing to its great importance it was recommended that it he forwarded by wire to secretary of Labor Wilson.
 In considering the question of the formation of community councils of defense which has been strongly urged upon the state council by the National Council of Defense The following let ter from President Wilson to the chairman was read, and plans were outlined for community organization suggested under the direction of the County Council of Defense:
 Letter from the President
 The White House,
 Washington
 Dear MT. Chairman:
 Your state, in extending it's na- tlonal defense organization by the creation of community councils, is in my opinion making an advance of vital significance 1t will, l be- ieve, result when thoroughly car red out in welding the nation to- gether as no nation of great size has ever been welded before. It will build up from the bottom an understanding and sympathy and unity of purpose and effort which will no doubt have an immediate and decisive effect upon our great undertaking. You will find it, think, not so much a new task as unification of existing efforts, a fusion of energies now too much scattered and at times somewhat confused into one harmonious and effective power.
 It is only by extending Your or ganization to small communities that every citizen of the state can
 
 inspiration of the common sense. The school house has been suggest cd as an apt though not essential center for your local council. It symbolizes one of the first fruits of such an organization. namely, the spreading of the realization of the great truth that it is each one of us an individual citizen upon whom rests the ultimate responsi- bility. Through this great new or ganization we will express with added emphasis our will to win and our confidence in the utter riqht- eousness of our purpose.
 Sincerely yours.
 WOODROW WILSON. MT. Dwight B. Heard, Chairman,
 State Council of Defense,
 118 North Central Avenue,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Whipple Barracks Plan
 A letter was read from Congressman Hayden. showing that work was wei underway for tranforming Whippl Barracks into tubercular sanitariun Arrangements were also made fo holding a public meeting for organiza tion of county councils under the di rection of the board of supervisors il the few counties which have not ye organized. and in compliance with tn suggestions of the National Council O Defense it was decided to hold a state wide conference at Phoenix and it wa suggested that it woudl be desirable t make of this conference a great patri otic mass meeting and to hold it a the date of Secretary McAdoo's visi on the eighteenth of next April. an on the following day day April l9. on year from the date of organization O
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