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Show children; s year Second Year of War to Be Educational Campaign to Reduce Deaths. WASHINGTON. April 3. President Wilson today gave hearty approval to the plan of the Children's bureau for making tho second year of (he war a "children's year" at home by an educational edu-cational campaign which It Is hoped will reduce at least one-third of the annual total of 300.000 preventable ... , . mnons children less th.:n fl years old. "Next lo the duty of doing everything every-thing possible for the soldier at tho front." President Wilson said, "there could be. It se -ms to me, no more patriotic pa-triotic duty than that of protecting the children." Tresident Wilson's letter addressed to Secretary Wilson who transmitted It to Miss Julia Lnthrop. head of the children's bureau, fjllows: President's Letter. "Next to the duty of doing everything every-thing possible for tie soldiers at the frunt, it seems to be there could be no more patriotic duty than that of protecting pro-tecting the children who constitute one third of our population. "The success of ihe efforts made in Enpland in behalf of the children is evinced by the fact that the Infant death rate in England for the second year of the war was the lowest in her history. Attention U now bein? given to education and labor conditions for children by the legislatures of both France and England, showing that the conviction among the allies is that the protection of childhood is essential lo winning the war. Heartily Approves Bureau. "I am very glad that the same. processes pro-cesses are being set afoot In this country coun-try and 1 heartily approve the plan of the children's bureau and the Woman's committee of the council of national defense for making Uie second year of th.i w -., r une rif imili-d :irliifv on hp- half of children and in that sense a children's year. "I trust that the year will only see the goal reached of saving lOO.ooO lives of infanta and young children but that the work may so successfully develop as to set up certain irreducible minimum standards lor health, education educa-tion and work of the American child. rri |