The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-08

its members, was appointed Federal Food Administrator for Connecticut and upon the creation of the Council of Defense this committee became part of it's organization. By reason of the activities of this committee and with the loyal cooperation of the agriculturists of the State there has been an encouraging increase In the food products of the State.
 The State Council Of Defense.
 When the United States became q party to the war it became evident that if confusion, friction, duplica- ton, delay and waste would be avoid ed, there must be a central directing agency in this State to correlate eff fort and expedite activities. There had to be some agency to perform | Federal business and at the same | time deal with situations as they de- veloped in the State, Consequently, [ in compliance with the request of the 1 Secretary of War, in his capacity as l chairman of the Council of National 1 Defense, and pursuant to the author | ity vested in me by Chapter A be- | fore mentioned, on April 26th, 1917,I
 
 ! Defense to assist me in the war ac- | tivities which related to this State. In | sonaes tates these councils have a nu- merous membership, in one instance i as many as one hundred, but our i council has never been large and now numbers nineteen, three of whom are women, all serving with l cut compensation, meeting once | week, and some of them have given their entire time to the work of the council which has included all actiyi- i ties necessary to enable this State to l fully meet it's obligations In support ing the Federal Government and has 1 extended to subjects vital to the well fare of the State which were not | within the Jurisdiction of some exist ing State department.
 The cost to the State of the work undertaken by the council as report ed to me by the Comptroller's office has aggregated $151, ,204.75, which is Q conservative expense for the amount of work performed and the l splendid results obtained.
 Our Council of Defense has been l progressive in conception, effective in
  i been of great assistance to the gov- ! ernor. It has been recognized by | Federal officials as in the forefront of the State Councils in it's efficient conduct of important national pro- grams. It has organized war time activities within this State so wisely i that there has been a minimum of waste energy. There may be a dis position to criticize some things the : council has undertaken, but consid- : ering the impromptu character of the Organizations which 1t created the !. Commendable results of their efforts , are remarkable, and we owe a deep i debt Of gratitude to the men and women of our Council Of Defense who
 have 50 unselfshly given their time 7 and energies to make Connecticut the , leader of the nation in the business of the war
 , Conditions which were disclosed showed the need of certain activities , which the council sponsored and de- , veloped which have approved them selves so fully that. in closing up its business, the council urges their con- tinuance and further development. Tn , this I fully concur. These activities are Americanization, Child Welfare and the Labor Employment Service { Americanization.
 The prosecution of this war has ex-
 posed conditions heretofore too little } known or considered. It has reveal ) ed among us. an element alien not | only in birth but in speech and sen | tment At the moment when the United States most needed a united coherent people, with common ideals f and purpose, we discovered unassim- = Hated groups of individuals possess - ing neither American citizenship nor
 familiarity with American aims. The 3 existence of these groups was unfor- Q tunate and alarming. They served tc : enlarge the draft quotas we were l called upon to furnish and unjustly t burdened the citizen class of regis trants because a very large percent | age of the alien class of registrants g claimed exemption upon the ground r of alienage. This emphasized the
 unwisdom of our neglect in the pasl s to educate and absorb the immigrant , into our body polite. That he i; f capable of such absorption is obvious to anyone who glances over the cas-
 uaIty list and notes the foreign ex-
 traction of many of our finest citizen ] soldiers
 { Industrially this nnabsorbed alien ] class constitutes a menace. Radical } agitators, whose mission is to de- . stroy rather than to build rp, cannot make headway among persons i'm