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Show PlvNS TO CONTINUE WORK OF Y. M. C. A. ATI. A NTH" CITY. N. J., Hoc. 8. Plans for continuing the work of the Young Men's 'hrist ia r. ussoeia t Ion among the Amerien fighting forces after their return re-turn from the battlefiefds of France were discussed at a conference here today to-day of represent a I Ives of the interna-tional interna-tional committee nf the Y. M, C. A. state commit I ees and local assoeiat ions. It was decided that vital changes in the Y. M. A. "homo bnse" opera -Hons wei i! necessary if the work here in the future was to keep pace with the niagn i fieent result s a l ta iued overseas. Committees were appointed to formulate a. home-base extension program ' and were instructed to report tomorrow. Dr. John It. Mott. general secretary of the international committee, who presided, pre-sided, said the rehabilitation of the home base, "to make it fill a larger place In the lives of the boys who fought, as well as t hose who did their pa rt in the second sec-ond line of defense at home, is unite as important as the task of making the Y. M. C. A. a 'great force for uplift. |