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Show GIVE UNCLE SAM YOUR VACATION NEW YORK, May 16. The United Unit-ed States Government will receive the services this Summer of nearly 5,-000,000 5,-000,000 men and women, if the "Vacation "Va-cation Service" movement started here is carried out according to the plans originated by Prof. Francis B. Crocker, formerly of Columbia University Uni-versity and a past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. En-gineers. The movement means that the Government will receive about 10,000,000 weeks, or more than 192,-300 192,-300 years of the time of these men and women, who will give their va nations to their country as their patriotic pa-triotic duty. Prof. Crocker expects that his plan will be adopted all over the country. "Realizing that there are many who cannot enlist," he said, "and who are unable to participate in the Liberty Loan as heavily as they wish, this means of national service was evolved. "This war is the most serious crisis the United States has ever faced the work of every man, woman and child is needed to bring it to a successful conclusion. conclu-sion. Every hour given to the Government is an hour gained in bringing the war to an early end. Understanding this, the 'Vacation Service' movement was started. Everyone in the United States that takes' a vacation, vaca-tion, and it is estimated that there are five million such, can do his or her bit by giving their two weeks to Government work. "Thousands, perhaps hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of these are specialists in their various trades or professions they can give the services of experts. Others can put in their time on the farms helping to solve the vital food problem of the world. Think what it wnulri Trifnn tn the farmers if they were able to avail themselves of 100,000 years of the time of willing workers, who worked because they were patriotic! There are hundreds of other tasks in which these patriots could help their country. "Every person willing to do this should apply to the nearest near-est Government depot or arrange ar-range to spend their vacations on the farms. Organizations should be formed in every city and these should enroll the vacation vaca-tion workers and assign them to their task." in this district the lead has been vaken by the Crocker-Wheeler Company, Com-pany, electrical machinery manufacturers manufac-turers of Ampere, N. J., whose engineering en-gineering and clerical forces are enthusiastic en-thusiastic over this chance to serve .heir country. Other large manufac-uring manufac-uring concerns are falling n line and it is expected that thousands of their employees will give their vaea-.ions vaea-.ions to Uncle Sam. |