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Butler ENDORSE YMCA WORK Wilson Taft Roosevelt

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This original World War One poster is part of a large collection we are selling during this auction. The posters in this group have been carefully stored for the past century and form an impressive, unique collection. Browse other lots in this auction to view more pieces - buy more than one item and save on shipping. In this poster, an oval portrait of President Wilson is presented next to a YMCA facility at which many young men cheerfully gather. This poster was produced as part of the United War Work Campaign which brought together seven organizations--the YMCA, the YWCA, the American Library Association, the War Camp Community Service, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, and the Salvation Army--into one large funding drive charged with raising over $170 million for the war in 1918. In a public address in 1917, John D. Rockefeller described the War Work Campaign as "the greatest voluntary altruistic endeavor the world has ever known. For the first time in history, people of Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faith are standing side by side and working in closest cooperation for a great common cause."

Title: Endorse YMCA work
Artist: J. F. Butler
Printer: Globe Lithographing Company, New York
Year: c1918
Dimensions: 24" by 38"

Condition/Details: Additional main body text includes: Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse (sic) YMCA work. To "keep the home fires burning" in the hears of our soldier boys, the YMCA has pledged its service to the government. A national war work council of two hundred leading citizens has been organized to help direct Physical, Educational, Social, and Religious activities among enlisted men. Wherever American troops gather, and among French, Russian, and Italian soldiers, and in prisoner-of-war camps, the Red Triangle of the YMCA goes to help safeguard the home ideals. For the gravest danger of this war is that our boys may not keep true to these home ideals. 500 huts have been built - warm, cheerful centers of friendliness where the soldiers find pleasant social recreation and relief from the hard, cold, camp life. The cost of carrying on this work is tremendous. Already $5,000, 000 has been used. But the amount is insignificant compared to the unique service rendered and the present need. 35,000,000 needed. At least to conduct this work to July 1st 1918. YOU CAN HELP. National Campaign November 11 - 19 Write for free illustrated booklet giving further illustration. Quotations presented to one side of the main text: President Wilson who has issued a general order giving YMCA work an official standing in the Army and Navy: " May I now express the high value I have attached to the work accomplished by the YMCA and my sincere personal interest in the large plans of the War Work Council for the work still ahead of the Association?" / Ex-President Taft says: "We should feel proud of the YMCA work, which is directed so ably. Are we going to be backward in giving to our men the nearest thing they can get to a Christian home on the firing line?" / Ex-President Roosevelt says: "What the YMCA has been doing in Europe has been really remarkable; a now our citizens should aid them to do work of the same type for our own troops." / Secretary of War Baker says: "The YMCA's capacity for mobilization on a large scale and the readiness with which it has fitted itself to the needs of the troops make it an indispensable factor in any future military plans. Its influence in rationalizing the strange environment into which this crisis has plunged our young men has been and will be most beneficial." / Secretary of Nay Daniels says : " From every standpoint - military, political, moral - it is our duty to protect these youths, so we can say to the mothers 'We return your sons as worthy your family circle as when they left it.'" / General Pershing says: "The greatest service America can immediately render France is to extend Association work to the entire French army." Right-hand corner blue box caption reads: National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. William Sloane, Chairman Cleveland H. Dodge, Treasurer John R. Mott, General Secretary. 124 East 28th Street, New York City. Additional margin text includes: NA This bright, vivid poster shows beautifully and has some light creasing and wear concentrated at the edges. This poster has never been folded, nor has it ever been taped or pinned. Truly a remarkable find in this condition.The shipping cost (within the lower 48 states) will be: $8.50

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