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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 3
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1. Coordination of Societies and Or gam.m inns First, there is the task of coordinating the patriotic work of societies and organizations. All kinds of private groups, clubs and associations, social, professional, political, religious, philanthropic and propagandist, are endeavoring to contribute in some degree to the succeSvsful prosecution of the war. Sometimes they arc trying to do the same thing when there .should be a division of labor; sometimes they are attempting different things when their energies and resources should be pooled; sometimes they arc seeking to accomplish the same end by a variety of different means. Many municipalities have successfully arranged for a central agency, a local committee or council of defense, in which these agencies may be directly or indirectly represented, and through which their efforts may be coordinated so that the multiplication of overhead expense, the duplication of machinery and the wasting of effort may be largely eliminated. The energies of all the private agencies can thus be marshaled solidly behind a community effort, such as the promotion of the liberty loan, in which concerted action is necessary, while at other times each one can be assigned the particular kind of work which it is best fitted to do. One of the serious problems produced by the war has risen from the repeated, competing, multifarious and sometimes ill-advised campaigns undertaken in so many cities by self-authorized persons or groups for the raising of money. One or two states have felt obliged to deal rather drastically with this problem, and passed legislation making it illegal to solicit war funds of any nature without first securing a permit from the state council of defense. It is believed that such stringent action would be unnecessary if in cities as well as in counties and states the patriotic activities of societies and organizations were coordinated by the creation of some central agency which could act as a sort of clearing house and directing force. 2. Publicity and Education In the second place municipalities can make themselves most efficient agencies of publicity and education on matters relating to the war and its problems. Its work in this direction may be either direct or indirect. To begin with, the city may, of course, pay for such advertising facilities as are necessary for its work and which it 3 •
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