The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-30
Chairman State Council Defense
Addresses Letter to County
Chairman Soliciting Sup
port For France. .
LOCAL MACHINE READY
FORPROMPT WORK HERE
County Organized Says Report of
4. Hamilton, Chairman; Ex-
ecutive Committee Com
pletes Rural Districts.

That the machine is set for the
drive "For Devastated France" to be
waged throughout The United States
from July LIST to 9TH, inclusive, was
the announcement made this morning
by Eugene Hamilton, county chair
man.
The executive committee, Mrs.
Orin Ashton president; Mrs Oscar
Claycomb, secretary; Mrs, H, t.
Marks, publicity chairman; Mrs
Geo. Calvert and Mrs. M. S. Cralle
appointed by Chairman Hamilton
has made all the arrangements for
the drive in Grady county
Mrs Fern Elicit stenographer at
the Chamber of Commerce, has been
appointed county secretary and T H.
Dwyer, Of Dhe ChiclJasha National
bank, has been appointed county
treasurer.
District committeeman and treasur-
ers have been appointed in every dis.
trict in the county, says Mr. Hamil-
ton. These viii have charge Of the
campaign in their respective districts
1t is the plan of those in charge to
have several young girl solicitors on
the job in Chickaslla during every
day of the campaign. Those con
tributing to the cause will be
tagged. Extent of the contributions
have been fixed at what you feel
you can give to a worthy cause"
Speeches by ladies to be selected lat
or will be made in the Sugg and No
zy theaters ON the evenings Of Jdy
3rd and 4th
J. M. Aydelotte, chairman of the
state council of defense, has address
ed the following letter to all county
chairmen, asking that they take ac-
tive part in the For France" drive
slated for this week
"Appreciating fully the fact that all
cf the members Of the state council
of defense rendered valuable and
splendid service during the period of
the war, realizing that they were
honorably discharged shortly after
the signing of the armistice, and fur
ther realizing that the signing of the
peace treaty should release them
from all further service; l, however,
feel constrained TO call for volun-
teers from that vast army of splen-
did citizens to join me in one more
service.
81 feel free to issue this cali be
cauge aside from the need and duty
for this service, the Honorable j B.
A. Robertson, governor of Oklaho-
ma. has issued a proclamation set
ting aside the week of July Faurth
as For France Week." and calling
upon the citizens of this great com
monwealth to help the destitute
people of Frame. This service is to
help secure during the week of July
Fourth 100000 from the citizens of
ohr great state for the pressing
needs Of those destitute people in
cae war de-o!ated areas of stricken
but invincibe France.
q feel constrained to issue this
call for help, partly because Of the
needs of those reop'e and realization
that hundreds will die unless Ameri-
can generosity responds-but largely
from the fact that when we celebrate
this nations independence on July
Fourth this year we should couple
with that celebration the repayment
of a debt which las been a.anding
since the Revolutionary war
Had France nut come to our aid
then, our Declaration of Indepeud-
ence would have been nothing more
than a scrap of paper. They helped
Us then generously at a time wien
cur forefathers had to have help. Let
us help them now at time when
help will mean for their posterity
health, strength. generosity, kind
ness and lastly, because when we
celebrate our Independence this year
we are celebrating also tn return of
our boys from a glorious victory for