Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 3 [PAGE 8]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

Cannot lectin fattof charge. But main existing ayencir .ml instrumentalities may be turned to account for this puipo.e without greater expense* Street! and public places may be utilized for purpose of display, parade or demonstration, public buildings may be used for mass meetings, the schools may be utilized a> a means of reaching parents as well as children. Chinches, clubs, theatres and newspapers are usually willing to cooperate in providing effective means of publicity, if the city will call upon such agencies and tell them what to d a It is unnecessary to discuss or even fully to enumerate the kinds of propaganda which the City might well further through the various means just mentioned. Whether it be helping Uncle Sam to recruit men for the army or navy, or persuading its citizens to buy a bond, or raise potatoes, or cut the loaf at the table, the municipality may render exceedingly valuable service to the nation by acting upon the principle that it pays to advertise. 3. The Mobilization of Municipal Property and Labor

In the third place, the city may place at the disposal of the national interest such municipal property and such time and energy of municipal officers or employees as may be so utilized without prejudice to the work and welfare of the city. Cities have only begun to realize, for example, how useful the public schools may be made for war service. As agencies of publicity they have already been mentioned. Municipalities here and there have found that school buildings are conveniently located and well equipped for meeting places after school hours, for various patriotic gatherings, that they can be effectively utilized for headquarters for registration or draft, for administering relief, for assembling and dispatching war material or for the conducting of work among aliens. School gymnasiums, playgrounds and parks have been put at the disposal of organizations, official or private, who have wished facilities for military instruction and drill. Other public buildings have been made available in like manner. Vacant land owned by the city has been thrown open for the cultivation of war gardens. Not only have buildings and property been enlisted in war service, but the municipality has in some instances set its officers and employees at work to the same end. With careful planning several kinds of work may be turned over to the police department without perceptibly interfering with

4