Skip to contentCouncil of National Defense. State Councils Section. "Attitude towards new enterprises or undertakings during the war:" [form letter] (1917, Oct. 4) signed by W.S. Gifford and George Porter. The folder also includes a letter (1917, Oct. 1) from Newton Baker, the Secretary of War, to Will Hays, Chairman of the Indiana State Council of Defense. 2 items | Collections | The Huntington