Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1917 — The Minutemen of the Hour [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Minutemen of the Hour

"It it evident to every thinking man that our industries, on the farms, in the shipyards, in the mines, in the factories, must be made more prolific and more efficient than ever, and that they must be more economically managed and better adapted to the particular requirements of our task than they have been; and what I want tdsay is that the men and the women who devote their thought and their energy to these things will be serving the country and conducting the fight for peace and freedom just as truly and just as effectively as the men on the battlefield or in the trenches."—From President Wilson’s Proclamation, Issued April 15.