New Britain herald., 1919-01-31
l Usual "a Districts.

In the belief that the existing ma
chinery might we'll be used, the COM
mittee has decided to take advantage
of the foresight of the War Workers
drive and will use the identical "a dis
tricts into which the state was divided
last fall ALREADY many Of the dis
trict leaders have been chosen and in
a few instances q selection will be an
nounced at Fridays meeting. Gov
eTnOr HOlcOmb is state honorary
chairman and Professor Melancthon
w. Jacobus, of the Hartford Theo-
logical seminary, is the chairman Of
the executive committee.
Strong Executive Committee.
Besides Chairman Jacobus, the ex-
ecutive committee consists of: Rev.
John G. Murray. Hartford; Joseph w.
Alsop, Avon; Robert ScoviIIe, Sails
| bury; Henry w. Farnam, New Haven;
| John H. Goss. Waterbury; William II.
| Hall, Willington; George c. Hubert,
| Hartford; John c. Kebabian, New
| Haven; Prof. E. K. MITCHELL Hart
| ford; Meigs H. Whap1es. Hartford
! George w. Wheeler, Bridgeport;
| Judge Isaac Wolfe, New Haven
| Frank G. Vibberts, New Britain; Mrs.
u Belknap Beach, Hartford, and Miss
! Edith Woolsey New Haven.
! Prominent People Interested.
! With Governor Holcomb on the
honorary committee are the follow
ing: William Howard Taft, New
! Haven; Right Rev. John j. Milan,
Hartford; Right Rev Chauncey B.
| Brewster. Hartford; Arthur Twinin g
! Hadley, New Haven; William Arnold
| Shanklin Middletown; Flavel S. Lu-
| Their, Hartford; William Douglas Mac
| kenzie, Hartford Benjamin Marshall,
| New London; Hon. Sim con E. Bald
win, New Haven; Hon. Samuel O.
Prentice. Hartford: Charles Hopkins
Clark, Hartford; Clifford B. Wilson,
Bridgeport; Col Isaac Ullman, New
Haven, and Mrs. E. G. Buckland, New
Haven
United Endorsement.
The state headquarters Of the relief
| committee are at As Lewis street,
| Hartford, where a portion Of the Food
| administration offices has been taken
| over. Through President Wilson and
I Food Administrator Hoover, all the
J officials and agencies of the Food ad-
! ninistration have been ordered placed
| at the command of the Near East re-
lief work, and. in addition the man
| ayers have secured the hearty Coop
| GRAFTON OF the War Bureaus of the
state Council of Defense, the leading
| clergymen of all denominations, the
Chambers Of Commerce. Rotary clubs
Y. NJ. &. AS end various strong state
wide organizations.
State Officers.
| At it's first meeting, the executive
| committee elected officers as follows
Prof, M. W. Jacobus. chairman
Messrs. Joseph w. Alsop, Henry w
! Farnam, John H. Goss, Robert SEQ
Vile and George w. Wheeler, vice
chairn1en; Miss Eleanor Tudor Green
secretary. and Meigs II. Whaples
treasurer. Lowry w. Statler, an ex
| pert organizer with a brilliant recor,
of similar successes, has been Loaned
by the national headquarters In New
York City and will act as campaign
director in Connecticut.
Connccticut's Slow Start.
Connecticut because of the pecu
liar local problems of reha.bilita tiol
arising from the signing of the armi
stice and other causes, failed to ge
organized in time to put across it
quota along with OF her states and, lik,
Massa chusetts, will be several week,
Behind most of the other states which
have already, in most Instances gon
ernor HOIcomb and those ASSOCIATED