Council of National Defense
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The Council of National Defense was a United States organization formed during World War I to coordinate resources and industry in support of the war effort, including the coordination of transportati
Council of National Defense WWI
New Jersey suffragists helping the Liberty Bond drive in 1918
Nebraska State Council of Defense, ca. 1918
Franklin H. Martin
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Franklin Henry Martin was an American physician. He was the founder of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and established the American College of Surgeons. He was a member of the National
Council of National Defense
…Baltimore, Maryland), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Samuel Gompers (Washington, D.C.), president of the American Federation of Labor; Dr. Franklin H. Martin (Chicago, Illinois), a surgeon who founded the American College of Surgeons; Howard E. Coffin (Detroit, Michigan), head of the Committee on Industrial…
Martin, c. 1920
Martin and the Council of National Defense, 1916–17