The Robesonian

GIVE UNCLE SAM
YOUR VACATION

Government Will Receive More Than
192,300 Years of the Time of Men
and Women if All Who Take Va-
cations Will Give That Time to the
Service of Their Country as a Pa-
triotic Duty

New York, May 19—The United
States government will receive the
services this summer of nearly
5,000,000 men and women, if the
"Va-
Cation Service" movement started
here is carried out according to the
plans originated by Prof. Francis B.
Crocker, formerly of Columbia uni-
versity and a past president of the
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers. The movement means that
the government will receive about 192,300
years of the time of these men and
women, who will give their vacations—
two weeks more to their country as their patriotic du-
ty.

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 Lib-
erty 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, wo-
man and child is needed to bring it
to a successful conclusion. 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, and it
is estimated that there are five mil-
lion such, can do his or her bit by
giving their two weeks to govern-
ment work.

"Thousands, perhaps hundreds of
thousands of these are specialists in
their 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 prob-
lem of the world. Think what it
would mean to the farmers if they
were able to avail themselves of 192,300
years of the time of willing work-
ers, 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 govern-
ment depot or arrange to spend their
vacations on the farms. Organiza-
tions should be formed in every city
and these should enroll the vacation
workers and assign them to their
tasks."

In this district the lead has been
taken by the Crocker-Wheeler com-
pany, electrical machinery manufac-
turers of Ampere, N. J., whose engi-
neering and clerical forces are en-
thusiastic over this chance to serve
their country. Other large manu-
facturing concerns are falling in line
and it is expected that thousands of
their employees will give their vaca-
tions to Uncle Sam.