Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — NO EXCUSE FOR HOBO, SAYS DEFENSE COUNCIL [ARTICLE]

NO EXCUSE FOR HOBO, SAYS DEFENSE COUNCIL

« Sacramento, Cal. —The tramp J and the panhandler came under i< the official ban of the state counJ ett of defense. —■ i» A letter was sent tojaHeounty £ councils of defense requesting S’ the co-operation of citizens to en- £ _force the vagrancy laws as a war N measure. It said, in part: J “Housewives and every- loyal i> American citizen can give im|J measurable aid tn eliminating (• chronic loafers by using keen. £ relentless judgment «nd decision ? in giving food and alms. Every £ supplicant for food or alms i* should be required to give an . honest return in work for what r he receives. It is unfair that any ’ person should exist in shiftless j J idleness, particularly at this ; « time.” , ■ , 3 . >