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Show THE CHILDREN'S YEARJGAMPAIGN Utah has another opportunity to go 'oyer the top' with colors flying. The opening drlre of the Children's, Year Is the Weighing and Measuring Measur-ing Test. It Is proposed to weigh and measure every child In the United Uni-ted States under fire years of age. Iu Utah alone there are probably 65,000 children of this age. This Is a tremeadoua task, one which will " " require the co-operation of every influential in-fluential person and every parent In the state. , Nothing of this sort has ever been undertaken before In this country. Moreover, the task must be completed before June 6. But the Child Welfare Committee appointed by the State Council of Defense is confident that the work will be done and done well. They argue ar-gue that a state which has carried to such a successful conclusion the three Liberty Loan, campaigns, the two Red Cross drives, the Y. M. C. A. drive and others will not fall to make an equally brilliant record In this ode. The purpose of the Children's Year is to conserve the child life 'of the nation for the Bake of the national na-tional welfare. The slogan adopted for Utah is, "For the security of the nation, save the child." Miss Julia Lathrop, Chief of the Federal Children's Chil-dren's Bureau, says: "All that is Important In the country depends on how we are able io take, care of the children." The saving of the young children from unnecessary death and sickness and moral Injury is Just as essential to victory and the future of our country as Is the conservation conserva-tion of food. The Children's Year was Inaugu rated by the National Council of Defense De-fense and the Federal Bureau and Is being organlied in every' state in the union. In Utah each County Council of Defense will be responsible responsi-ble for the work of its own territory. terri-tory. The first activity will be the weighing and measuring test. This, however Is but the beginning of the campaign and upon its thoroughness will depend the success of the many other features of the year. |