Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-09

Band Together
For War Work

defense workers.
The agencies cooperating are
the Salvation Army, the Y. NJ.
C. A., the Y. w. c. A, the Ma
tional Catholic Community Serv-
ice, the Jewish Welfare Board and
the Travellers Aid.
The group now becomes the
United Service Organizations for
National Defense, Inc.
The group has enlisted the aid
of civil leaders for their work and
bring TO it the experience of their
various organizations in their ac-
tivitieS in World War /.
TO RUN CLUBHOUSES
The USO, as the new organiza-
ton is called, is TO operate the
great clubhouseS which are to be
built by the government adjoining
camps where there are no present
facilities for soldier and defense
workers recreation.
1t is to help give decent recrea-
ton. proper lunchroom and rec
reation facilities. hold religious
. services for all faiths and act as
counsellor and guide when needed.
The clubhouses will furnish recre-
ational space for soldiers and for
industrial workers, will provide
meeting places for soldiers and
their visiting families and friends.
All canteens will be run on a cost
basis.
Detroit officials are: Hugh
Dean, manufacturing manager of
Chevrolet Motor Company, presi-
dent; James r. Atkinson, real
estate man; Mrs. William f.
Mathews, chairman of the Detroit
Y. w. c. A; Fred M. Butzel, at
torney and Mrs. Henry Wineman
of the Travellers Aid Board, vice
presidents; Neb Young, vice preSi-
dent of the National Bank of De-
troit, treasurer. and Miss Carol
Roehm, general secretary of the
Y. w. c. A, secretary. The De-
troit Community Fund is the
fiscal agent.
SEEK S450,00O
On June 3 the USO, through its
campaign chairman. Leo j. Fitz-
patrick, head of WJR. will ask
Detroiters to donate $450,000 for
the work. That money will be
spent to man the recreation halls
around camps, take care of De-
troitS problems as a recreation
center for an army of defense
workers, for Selfridge Field, Fort
Custer, Crosse lie and Fort
Wayne.
Howard Coffin first worked with
soldiers back in the Spanish
American War. He and Butzel
served in World War I, in camp
work. and are now working on
draft boards. Said Coffin:
"If you knew how lonely the
boys get, you'd see that letters
came more often than they do
TO camp. The youngsters need
helping hand. l remember the
first religious service 1 held in
camp in the American
War, every man in the place
turned out.
II was fiabbergasted. They
admitted to me they came be-
cause there was no other place
to go. And our religious services
turned into a kind of get-to-
gether with talks. We've a duty
TO perform. Every person in
this city must help"
CAMPAIGN SPLIT
Part of Detroits S45O.OOO will
go to the national fund for camp
work. part To Detroit's enlarged
and increasing problem.
The general committee includes
such persons as Charles V Van
DuSen, II. B. Wallace. James +
Atkinson, Harvey Fruehauf. A. G.
Sluder Herbert j. Woodall. Harry
w. Anderson, eameS Dickson. Viii
Der Brucker, Mrs. w. K. Gregory
Mrs. William V. Connolly. Hugh
Dean, Joseph p. CHASER. Charles T
Fisher Jr.. Hugh Ferry, B. A
Seymour. Mrs. Alfred G.. Wilson
Mrs. John F. Linehan, Theodore
ID. Bull. Henry T. Ewald. William
5. knudsen, Alfred c. Marshall
Guy Moore.
Mrs. J. J. O'Brien. Mrs. Ward
Detwiler. Mrs. John Mackay Mrs
Stuart C. Bates. Mrs. Heinrich
Pickert, Mrs. A. B. Knight Miss
Emma Butzel, Mrs. Joseph A
Welt Mrs. Aaron DeRoy. Mrs. s
K. GloCower, Nate Sha.ero. Never
L. PrentiS. NJ. A. Enggass. Max
OSnos. William II. Frank. Mrs
Fred r. Johnson. Mrs. Samuel !
Lewis. Mrs. Stephen T. Stackpole.
These men and women are ac-
tive in the SiX organizations which
comprisc the USO.
The organization was founded
las month in Washington at the
request of the President. Score
tary Of War StimSon and Secre-
tary of Navy Knox.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS