The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-26
Reconstruction Committee
of the Chamber of Com
merce To Get,Aid In Put
ting Over Big Plan.
ORGANIZE MOVEMENT HERE
Federal Agents of War Community Ser
vice Who Organized At Chester Pa.
Ready To Come To Lay Foundations
For Work In City.

The Reconstruction Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce under the leader
ship of w. D. Martin has revived the
plan for the organization of the "com-
munity fund.- in Kenosha with the
view of securing fund for the erection
of permanent and useful memorial as
a tribute to the men of Kenosha who
served in the great war and the COM
mittee has sent report to the Board
of Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce asking that board to give its
sanction to a plan by which agents
of the Federal War Community Ser
vice will come into Kenosha and or
ganize the big movement which is to
result in the securing of this commun-
.ity fund.
The government has appropriated
millions Of dollars for the use of the
War Community Service and with tie
asnses of la war ard the liz tatieA
the operation of this organization ia
the line of welfare work among the
soldiers the trained workers of the gov
eminent have been thrown into the aid
of big movements such as have been
suggested in Kenosha. These men are
now being utilized in making surveys
in cities and in completing the organi-
cation of movements for the collection
of community funds. The government
will not put up any of the money nee
essary for the actual operations of the
plan but it will give the service of its
experts, with the understanding that
the people of the city will furnish the
money for the carrying out of plans.
81 am convinced that the use of
these men of the federal bureau is the
solution for Kenosha in working out
these big plans" said Chairman Mar
tin of the committee this morning.
These men have made good in other
places and there is no reason why they
should not make good in Kenosha, They
know the ropes, they understand just
how to sell the proposition and they are
experts in organization. We have at
our command any of the men connected
with the War Community Service of the
government and it would appear to the
members Of the committee that this is
the real way to get the idea of Ke-
nosha on the proposed movement"
Notable work has been done by these
men at Chester and Bethlehem, Pa,
and it is said that the work done in
Chester is almost an exact counterpart
on the work which has been planned
for Kenosha. The War & Immunity
Service has promised to sene the same
man to Kenosha who successfully work
ed out the plan at Chester. Tt may
take him three months or longer TO
complete the organization necessary In
Kenosha but the Government is willing
to give the time of an expert for this
work if it is assured that the city will
give the proper backing to the move
men after it is under way.
Chairman Martin expected that Di-
rectors of the Chamber Of Commerce
to give sanction to the plan at once
and as soon as this sanction is secur-
ed the Federal agent will be invited
to Kenosha to start work.
The plans which have been suggested
would include the building of great
community center and the opening Of
camp which might be free for the use
of workers of Kenosha, both institu-
tons to be known as Kenosha Memoir
ials to the men who served in the army.