Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-28
CHANGES IN LEAGUE
NST|TUT|ON URGED
BY SENATOR SMITH
Seeks Equal Vote for United
StateS-Ad Men Urge Cre-
alton of Milk Commission.
by City Council


ing club of Atlanta, at the Kimball
house Thursday afternoon, expressed
the hope that two additional amend
ments will be made to the proposed
constitution of the League of Ma
tions-one guaranteeing the United
States votes in the body of dele
gates at least equal to those of any
any other member and another pro-
Viding that after a certain length
of time any nation may withdraw
from the league at pleasure.
Senator Smith praised President
Wilson for insisting upon amend
ments to the league constitution de-
signed to preserve the Monroe doc
trine and also providing for control
by each nation of it's own internal
problems.
The senator told of the great part
the United States played in the war,
and, at the conclusion of his ad-
dress, expressed the belief that the
today will be only that man who
lacked vision, courage and conf
dence."
Resolutions Adopted
The following resolutions were
adopted by the ad men urging that
council pass the milk ordinance to
create milk commission in Atlanta:
Whereas, The Health authorities
agree that the three primary health
needs OF any city are the proper
sewerage systems, good water sup
ply and good milk supply.
Whereas, the Advertising Club of
Atlanta recognizes the need of the
continued excellent milk supply as
imperative, and
Whereas, The service of milk to
the city's population at fair prices
has been shown to be vital need
to the city; therefore be it
Resolved, That the supervisory
board composed of representative
citizens for the city of Atlanta in
Guiding in its personnel two repre-
sentatives connected with the milk
business of the city, to investigate
carefully the various phases of the
milk situation, is considered by this
club to be desirable; be it further
Resolved, That the Advertising
Club of Atlanta respectfully urges
the ordinance committee of general
council to recommend favorably the
passage of the ordinance creating
such a commission"
An address was delivered by Count
JAWS on advertising plans for the
Syrian relief campaign.
Senator Smith began his address
by enthusiastically commencing the
war work of the United States. He
said: ~ ''.~y 700 ----'---
America In the War
"1t has been two years since /
have had the pleasure of meeting. q
gathering of any of my fellow citi-
zens of Atlanta. So much has
happened during this time, can
scarcely determine about. what to
speak to you or what to omit. Dur
done things surprising in many
ways. anything before a part of the
worlds history.
I'm April. 1917, congress recognize
ed the state of war existing with
Germany and Austria, and we form
ally entered the war. While our
navy was in excellent shape, the
war was really to be fought on
land, three thousand miles away.
Relying up to that time upon the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans for our
protection, we had no army to speak
of, no cannon. no guns, no munitions
on land real war. We entered
none too soon, for the military
forces of civilization were really UNI
der the powerful blows of the cruel
Huns. 1t is scarcely to be doubted
that but for the presence and won
derful courage of our boys in
France today Paris would be in the
hands of the Germans, the English
army in France would have been
captured, and Great Britain probably
at the mercy of her enemies. In
twenty months the Germans were
forced to their knees and compelled
to beg for quarter.
LET us keep in mind what our
country showed it's capacity to do
during this period, that we may ap-
precite what may hereafter be done
during the years of peace ahead of
Senator Smith then called atten-
ton to the fact that the American
army in April, 1917, consisted of
only 100000 men, and to the further
fact that even this small number
were not pro per ,,n eq1Hi1pped with
'''' Describes Fight on U-Boats
"No provision" said the senator,
'had been made for substantial en-
Iargement in the line Of the ppoduc-
to build factories, to make machin-
cry to make many of the guns and
appliances needed for war. At this
work we went with tremendous
energy and force"
Senator Smith then showed that
before the armistice was signed we
had over two million men in France
and two million more about ready
to sail.
the Fernch and English hold the
Germans during 1918, and put the
full force of our strength to defeat
them in the spring of 1919. 10
country in the history of the world
performed such military feat as
moving two millions of men across
the Atlantic ocean and preparing
them for battle, as was accomplished
by the United States. We really set
tied the problem that we could whip
the Germans about the first Of June.
1917, when our first large fleet of
troop transports, strengthened by
convoy of battleships supplemented
with submarine destroyers, made the
a.
rines, sank three Of them and drove
off the balance"