Republican farmer., 1919-01-10

its members, was appointed Federal
 Food Administrator for Connecticut and upon the creation of. the Council i of Defense this committee became part Of it's orEanization. By reason of the activities of this committee
 and with the loyal cooperation of
 the agriculurists of the State there
 has been an encouraging increase in
 the food products of the State.
 The State Council oG Defense.
 When the United States became a
 party 10 the war it became evident
 that if confusion. friction, duplica-
 ton, delay and waste would be avoid
 ed, there must be 8 central directing
 agency in this State 10 correlate ef-
 fort and expedite acivi -tes. There
 had t0 be some agency to perform ederal business and at the same
 me deal with situations as they de-
 Teloped in the State. Consequently, ' in compliance with the request of the Secretary of War, in his capacity as i chairman of the Council of National 1 I'eferse, and pursuant to the author ! fly vested in me by Chapter 4A be- ] fore mentioned, on April 18th, 1917. l l appointed the Connecticut Council of : Defense to assist me in the war &C., 1 tiTlii2s which related to this State. Tn 1 somes ta+es these councils have a nu- i meroua membership, in one instance
 as many as one hundred. but our 1 council has never been large and l now numbers nineteen, three of l ytrh i cut compensation, meeting once a { week, and some of them have given ! their entire time to the work of the council which has included all activi- , ties necessary to enable this State tc fully meet it's obligations in support [ ing the Federal Government and has ! extended 10 subjects vital to the wei.
 fare of the State which were no within the Jurisdiction of some exist. ing State department.
 The cost to the State of the worl l undertaken by the council as report ed to me by the Comptroller's office
 has aggregated $15l. l.204T5, which ] is a conservative expense for thc amount of work performed and thl l splendid results obtained.
 Our Council of Defense has beer
 progressive in conception. effective il
 action and wise in counsel, and has 1 been Of great assistance to the gov.
 9rnor. It has been recognized by i Federal officials as in the forefron
 of tho State Councils in it's efficien
 conduct of important national pro-
 grams. Ii has organized war time
 activities within this State so wisely that there has been Q minimum o.
 waste energy. There may be q dis position to criticize some things ,ht
 council has undertaken, but constd
 ering the impromptu character of tht organizations which it created tht
 commendabie results of their efforts
 are remarkable. and we owe a deel
 debt Of gratitude to the men ant women of our Council Of Defense wht
 have so unselffshly given their tim, and enersies to make Connecticut th, , leader Of the nation in the bushes
 of the war.
 Conditions which were disclosed , showed the need Of certain activitie. which the council sponsored and de Toloped which have approved them
 selves so fully that. in closing ID 1t
 business, the council urges their con tinuance and further development. Il , this I fully concur. These activitie are Americanization, Child Welfare
 ana the Labor Employment Service { Americanizatiou.
 The prosecution of this war has ex
 posed conditions heretofore too littl , known or considered It has reveal , ! ad r al t only in birch but in speech and sen . timent At the moment when tn [ United States most needed a unite
 coherent people, with common ideal 2 and purpose, we discovered unassim
 Hated grcrps of individuals possess - ing neither American citizenship no
 familiarity with American aims. The , existence of these groups was unfor 2 tunate and alarming. They served t ; enlarge tho draft quotas we wer ! called upon to furnish and unjustl | burdened the citizen class of regis trants because a very large percent age of the alien class of registrant ? claimed exemption upon the groun, ' of alienage. This emphasized tn
 unwisdom of our neglect in the pas g to educate and absorb the immigran 5 into our body polite. That he 1 f ] capable of such absorption is obviou : to anyone who glances over the cas
 ualty list and notes the foreign ex
 traction of many Of our finest citizel l soldiers.
 { Industrially tt s unabsorbed aliel ] class constitutes a menace. Radica 3 agttators, whose mission is to de s stroy rather than to build up, canno f { make headway among persons i'm