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Show W0MENJGIVIN6 AID j THEY ARE BEING MOBILIZED FOR I ALL WORK THAT WILL I HELP WIN WAR. I UNDER COUNCIL OF DEFENSE I National Committee, Headed by Dr. I Anna Howard Shaw, Co-ordinating I the Activities of All Organizations I Matter Like Suffrage Laid Aside. I By EDWARD B. CLARK, I Washington. The presidents of all I the natlonnl organizations of wmiirn, I hundreds In number, recently gathered I In Washington to confer on the mold- I llzntlon of women for the war. In the I meantime every state, as well us the I Philippines nnd the 1'anama zone, has I n chairman who Is sending In reports I of tho machinery now In process of nil- I lng up for the carrying out of tho I pliuis of the committee In Washing- I ton. I For the first time In tho history of I the world, the women of n nation are I being mobilized for war, under tho I leadership nnd direction of women and I directly under a natlonnl goverumnt. I In the nlco llttlo pint of squares, and I lines that represents the nctlvltles of I tho council of natlonnl defense, new I fcciunre appears. It Is entitled "Worn- I en's Defense Committee." Sitting fcU- I preme In that squuro Is tho aged but' I still peppy dean of nil tho Women of I America, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. I With her ns k'e chairman is one of I the lending woman publicists of the I United States. SlKs Ida Tnrbcll. Other I members of the committee are Sirs. Jo- I Kepli R. Lniuar of Atlanta, Sirs. An- I toluettu Funk of Illinois, Silss Minnie I Wetmoro of Rhode InIiiiuI, Sirs. Philip I X. Sloore of Sllmourl, Sirs. Stanley I SlcCormlck of SIiiHsaehusetts, Sirs. I Jolah R. Cow I en of California, Sths I Agues Nestor of Illinois, and Sirs. Cur- I rlo Chapman Catt of New York. I Suffrage questions nnd questions of I personal Interests hne been thrown I Into the discard. Tho leading sulTru- j gist of the country the other day went I off nnd left the leading uutlbuffniglHt I to write a letter for her. Agnes Nex- I tor, the glovo worker, nnd Sirs. Cowles, I the club woman, und Mr. Laiiuir, the I Colonial Dame, aro throwing every- I thing else aside for the sake of the I one Issue: "The successful prosecution I of tho war." I Ten Main Divisions. I Tho plans of the women lire divided i Into ten .main illusions representing I the most Iniportunt Interests and actlv- I Itles of women. Rueh division will be I under the special charge of one expert, I while the committee ns u whole will I nit on general questions of policy. I Food production and consecution c-cupytwo c-cupytwo divisions, woman In Industry another, child welfare n third. In all these fields tho committee will luir- I inonlze the woik dune tu vntlous gov- I ernment departments nnd committees nnd unify the women of the country In ,1 them Hues. Liberty loans (In the plural) will form another division, and home und farm relief, In co-opcratlon with the Red Cross. Social welfare work, such as work for crippled children, chil-dren, tuberculosis hospitals, settlements, settle-ments, which will be hard hit by the war, will be encouraged. Women are to be urged to feel that America must bo n good place for our soldiers to Rome home to. To give to the war needs their last penny and their htRt ounco of energy, not by taking everything away from existing charities, but by taking ever thing away from personal luxuries. In connection con-nection with this, but oecupjlng another anoth-er division In the scheme, Is the plan to help sufeguurd the morals of the jouug boys everywhere In cantonments canton-ments and on duty In camps und on guard. Work of Co-ordination. Rut the great work of this vast machine ma-chine will be co-ordination of the women's organizations nlreudy cnguged In war or defense work. Letters nnd telegrams by tho thousands have poured In upon the council from women's wom-en's organizations all over the country. They are especially keen to bo Instructed In-structed upon the wur Itself, Its causes, und the historical phases of It. They .also require training for efficiency In vurlous lines of service. This training will be done under the various organl-71UI011S organl-71UI011S now In existence, tho committee simply preventing Inefficient overlapping overlap-ping and duplication. When tho casualties casu-alties come In the women of the country coun-try wilt understand genuinely understandwhy under-standwhy their boys hnvo gone. They will realize that tho womep whom the government has chosen as leaders do not fold their hands nnd say "Why?" ' In can.vlng out tho plans for work, tho whole country Is divided Into distill dis-till ts according to tho federal reserve scheme. Hitch state 1ms Its own chairman chair-man and Its own locally provided ma ohlnrry. And tho Ilrst step In till mobilization Is the registration ot women, the card for which Is In preparation prepa-ration under the lidvlcu of government e.perts. The women's committee Is an Integral In-tegral part of the Council of National Pefense, responsible directly to the vvpr cabinet, and as Mich It Is the great gov ernmelitul agenej for organizing organiz-ing women for defense. Whether en-,. en-,. gaged In Red Cross or other wnr relief work, or whether going Into an office or a factor) to take the place of a "inn. or whether cnrrjlng out tho Hoover committee plans In her own home, every woman In tho United States will have tho opportunity to do her Lit under the mobilization scheme of the women's committee, BBflflflflflflflflKflflflfl |