He went carefully over the ground to see what these would be, along what particular lines women's activities would be most likely to go, and then went back to Washington.
It was now March.

He conferred with the President, had his fears confirmed, and offered all the resources of his magazine to the government.

His diagnosis of the situation was verified in every detail by the authorities whom he consulted.

_The Ladies' Home Journal_ could best serve by keeping up the morale at home and by helping to meet the problems that would confront the women; as the President said: "Give help in the second line of defense." A year before, Bok had opened a separate editorial office in Washington and had secured Dudley Hannon, the Washington correspondent for the _New York Sun_, as his editor-in-charge.

The purpose was to bring the women of the country into a clearer understanding of their government and a closer relation with it.