Show DEFENSE COUNCILS TO CONTINUE AFTER WAR ViAR Problems of Peace Require Efforts of Organization I v J Is Assertion V Americanization and unemployment problems and the transference of or the war risk Insurance outstanding outstanding outstanding out- out standing from a war wat to a IL peace peace basis S has made the cooperation of or the people peo pIe of the United States State Imperative S and for tor that reason the council of or S national defense as the parent organization or or- and the State county am and community organizations to which i iWas It itS I S Was s given birth will vIll continue in inS S existence throughout the reconstruction S 'S tion period This information is conS contained con- con i tamed in a letter to the state council S 5 5 S of or defense from D. D M. M Reynolds as asI assistant as- as I to Grosvenor B. B Clarkson director of the council of national nationalS S d defense Jt t had not been the intention to continue the state council of or defense defenseS S system beyond the date of the signIng signS sign sign- S Ing or the armistice Mr Reynolds S S states but now it Is no less Imperative imperative imperative impera Impera- tive to meet the problems of readjust readJust- readjustment I ment than it was to prepare for war and for this reason at the request t of or 5 Newton D. D Baker secretary of or war S and 5 and chairman of the council of or naS national national na na- na- na S defense Mr Clarkson larkson will continue continue con- con v in office S In addition to the forty-eight forty state stateS S organizations built up during the 55 5 war the complete defense council s system stem now comprises county organizations women's di divisions dl- dl S visions and community and municipal units These units will be kept intact during the reconstruction period Mr Clarkson has written to the several states suggesting that a special nonpartisan nonsectarian buS bureau bureau bu- bu S reau or commission be created by bylaw law Jaw in fn each state which will wm draw drawS S from the council of defense system systemS S already created those dividends for peace which the war has entitled ItS it S. S S S to to receive |