Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1918 — PRESIDENT WILSON’S LETTER [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT WILSON’S LETTER

to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chairman of the woman’s committee of the council of national defense: “I do entirely approve of the action taken by the woman’s committee—namely, that a 3Inch black band be worn, upon which a gilt star may be placed for each member of the family whose life is lost in the service, and that the band shall be worn on the left arm. I hope and believe that thoughtful people everywhere will approve of this action, and I hope you will be kind enough to make the suggestion of the committee public, with the statement that it has my cordial endorsement”