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1 Official U.S. Bulletin 1917

handle is hein.beal/offusbull0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (' At 'al Tiltr tin PUBLISHED DAILY UNDER ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMAION GEORGE CREEL, CHAIRMAN Vol. 1. WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917 No. 1. PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO STATES' DEFENSE COUNCIL The President to governors and repre- sentatives of State councils of national defense, the White House, 2 May, 1917: Mr. SECRETARY (SECRETARY OF WAR) AND GENTLEMEN: It goes without saying that I am very glad to see you and very glad to see you on such an errand. I have no homily to deliver to you, because I know you are as intensely interested as I am in drawing all of our efforts and energies together In a common action. My function has not of recent days been to give advice but to get things coordinated so that there will not be any, or at any rate too much, lost mo- tion, and in order that things should not be done twice by different bodies or done in conflict. It is for that reason that I particu- larly welcome a conference such as this you are holding to-day and to-morrow- the conference which will acquaint you with exactly the task as it is conceived here in Washington and with the ways in which cooperation can be best organized. For, after all, the task Is comparatively simple. The means of accomplishing the task are very complicated, because we must draw many pieces of machinery to- gether and we must see that they act not only to a common object but at the same time and in a common spirit. My fune- tion, therefore, to-day is the very pleasant function of saying how much obliged to you I am for having come here and asso- ciated yourself with us in the great task of making good what the Nation has premised to do-go to the defense and vindication of the rights of people every- where to live as they have a right to live under the very principles of our Nation. It is a thing one does not aire to talk about because a certain passion comes into one's thought and one's feeling as one thinks of the nature of the task, the ideal nature of it, of the opportunity that America has now to show to all the world what it means to have been a democracy for 145 years and to mean every bit of the creed which we have so long professed. And in this thing it ought to be easy to act and delightful to co- operate. I thank you very much indeed for your epurtesy in coming here. POST THE BULLETIN. Postmaster: Your particular attention is called to THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN which is to be issued as the official news medium of the Government under the direction of the Committee on Public Information appointed by the President of the United States for the purpose of disseminating official news during the present war crisis. All postmasters are directed to, post this BULLETIN daily in a conspicu- ous place in the lobby or other por- tion of their respective post-office buildings where the public can read it; and, without expense to the Gov- ernment, each and every postmaster is earnestly urged to see that this BULLETIN is made available to as many people as possible in the man- ner suggested. A. S. BURLESON, Postmaster General. OFFICIAL BULLETIN WILL GIVE PUBLIC DETAILED WAR NEWS. The OFFICIAL BULLETIN, of which this is the first issue, is designed to inform the public on the progress of the war and of official acts incident to its prosecution. It will be published daily by the Com- mittee on Public Information. This committee, consisting of the Sec- retaries of State, War, and Navy, with George Creel as the civilian chairman, was recently designated by President Wilson to inform the country as fully as military exigencies will permit on all subjects relating to the war. It is proposed to present in its columns all proclamations and Executive orders issued by the President; rules and regu- lations promulgated by the Federal de- partments; official bulletins and state- ments; statutes bearing on the war and their construction, and all other subjects related to the prosecution of the war, to which publicity may properly be given. The BULLETIN will be distributed with- out cost to public officials, newspapers, and agencies of a public or semipublic character equipped to disseminate the official information it will contain. It will be conspicuously posted in all post offices, and the committee urges all libraries and other public or semipublic institutions receiving this publication to make it available to the public whenever possible. TREASURY FORCE GIVING LIBERALLY TO RED CROSS There ha: been a general response to the call of the Secretary of the Treasury to the officers and employees of the Treas- ury Department issued April 24, 1917, to give liberally to the Red Cross, and to date $7,724.10 has been received and de- posited on account of this fund. Many of the offices located in the field have not yet made their returns and the final time limit for such returns is May 18. Sub- scriptions are coming in from the field offices at the rate of approximately $1,000 a day. The Secretary is very much grati- fied over the enthusiastic manner in which all employees of the department are responding to his appeal. The call was as follows: To the offleers and employees of the Treasury Department: Now that our country is engaged in a war which has been thrust upon us by Germany through defiance of our inter- national rights and the laws of humanity, It behooves every American citizen, no matter of what descent or shade of opin- ion, to give evidence of the most loyal and whole-hearted support of the Gov- ernment in the present conflict. I like to believe that there is not a man or woman among the more than 30,000 em- ployees of the Treasury Department, scattered throughout the Union, who is not willing to make any sacrifice, even if It be the supreme sacrifice, for the service of the country. It is not, of course, possible for everyone to shed blood in this righteous cause. It is just as important that many shall remain at their posts in cih il life in order that they may contribute to the effectiheness of those who must go to the front. The question is: What specific thing can those of us do who can not enlist in the military or naval arm of the Govern- ment? We can do this, at least: We can all contribute something to the Red Cross and through that agency aid in allevi- ating the sufferings of those who must make the great sacrifice upon the field of battle. I should like each and every employee of the Treasury Department who can not go to the front to set an example to the countrty of quick and effective service in a concrete way by contributing a small amount toward a fund which will be used for the purposes of the Red Cross and administered under the general su- per- ision of the Secretary of the Treas- ury and Mrs. McAdoo. I should like each employee receiving a salary of $1,000 or less to contribute 50 cents; each employee recei lng a salary between $1,000 and $2,000 to contribute $1; each employee and official receiving a higher salary than $2,000 to contribute $2. This will create v fund which can be used for the purchase p supplies and materials,

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