The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
COOPER APPOINTS
DEFENSE COUNCIL
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pared for such emergencies have
been turned into shambles. This
must not happen here. . There is
no time to lose. Let us go to work."
He appointed the council in ac-
cord with the recent action of Gov.
Clyde, R. Hoey, in naming a state
defense council, with R. B. Page,
a member of the state defense
council, being named chairman of
the Wilmington Defense Council.
Other members are Frederick
Willetts, the Rev. Walter B.Freed,
Louis T. Moore, and E. P. O'Crow-
ley.
Mayor Cooper said he, Commits
sioner of Finance w. Louis Fisher
and Commissioner of Public Works
J. E. L. Wade, will act as ex-officio
members of the Wilmington De-
tense Council and of the allied
subcommittee and that on Mon
day he would ask the county com
missioners to act in like capacity.
To act under the Wilmington De-
Tense Council, Mayor Cooper ap-
pointed 48 subcommittee, divided
into IA major phases of activity,
each charged with the responsible
ty of anticipating as far as possible
the problems which will arise in
each division, to plan solutions of
these problems and to work with
the council in achieving the solu.
ton, so that Wilmington's growth
may be in accordance with order
ly planning and on a sound and
permanent basis.
The IA major phases of activity
to be carried out by the 48-sub-
committees deal with transporta.
ton, housing, commerce, social ac-
Invites, health, county and region
al planning, home guards, new in.
dustries. new government defense
projects, labor, public relations,
schools, racial relations and religi-
Gus activities.
Transportation
Under the heading of transporta-
ton there are the following COM
mittees each of which will work
directly with the council and the
duties of each of which are in
dictated by their titles:
Highway construction B. B.
Cameron, Addison Hewlett and j.
A. Loughlin.
Highway transportation-W. A.
Hooker, E. B. Bugg and Sidney
R;venbark.
Railroad passenger traffic
George James, E. E. Hunter and
E. M. Berry.
Railroad freight traffic-W. H.
Henderson, A. j. Moore and E. E.
Hunter.
City bus lines-E. W. Mango, c.
H. Casteen and O. o. Whitlock.
Water transportation - T. D.
Low, Alex HUFFMAN, Peter B.
Ruffin John Carter, W. H. Pryde
and c. D. Maffitt.
Air travel-R., B. Page, H. C.
Rorison, Dwight McEwen, Jr.
City traffic problems-R. R.
Romeo, Joseph c. Rourk, I. J..
Sutton, John M. Snow.
Special automobile committee
j. Arthur Brown, L. A. Raney and
IC. B. Parmele. 3
safety-C. David Jones, John
Davis. Sgt. J. r. Smith and Chief
J. L. Groom.
There are six subcommittee
which will work on the housing
problem. They are:
Home construction Frederick
Willetts, o. G. Foard, Warren S.
Johnson, e. P. Goodwin and D. C.
North.
Homes for sale "a committee to
keep the public informed of homes
available for purchase)-W. A. Fon.
vielle, w. M. Hill and w. A. Nc
Girt.
Homes for rent Ia committee to
keep the public informed of avail
able homes for renteW. M. Hew-
lett, K. B. Marshall and R. C.
Cantwell II.
Public housing-Dr. W. Houston
Moore, the Rev. Walter B. Freed,
r. Stewart, C. B. Kornegay, Harry
M. Solomon and H. r. Emory.
Rental levels "a committee to see
that rentals r held to a proper
level1W. D. Jones, Walker Tay-
lor and E. r. Toms.
Hotels and rooming houses-S. G..
Rivenbark, E. B. Bugg, Whit L.
Brown and c. w. Morgan.
Commerce
There are five committees on
various phases of commerce.:
Retail. c. Williams, r. Stew
art, Louis Shrier, L. L. Mills, j.
C. Roe, L. S. Saunders and Lewis
J. Stein.
Wholesale-H. M. Solomon, Eu-
gene Edwards and John R. Muir
Gibson.
Agriculture-George H.. Hutaf, R.
w. Galphin, John r. Morris, Peter
Braak and J.. K. Bannerman.
Restaurant and eating places
j. P. Pretlow, Chris Rongotes and
Tony Roondos..
Financial-Warren S. Johnson,
Charles E. Taylor, Harmon Rori-
son and E.. A. Laney.
Recreation
Five committees are charged
with the responsibility of seeing
there are ample and suitable So
cial or r~ecreational activities:
Recreation center-J. H. Russell