Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-01
NATION IS CALLED
| TO join IN FIGHT
| FOR LIBERTY LOAN
officials Set Goal of S5,OOO,-
100000 and Ten Million
Subscribers.
fAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS
FOR NEXT FOUR WEEKS
Gigantic Machine of Many Parts
Stands Ready to Be Set in
Motion To-Day.
|IcADOO ON COUNTRYWIDE TRIP
|'anks, Newspapers, Business Organi-
cations and Patriotic Societies
to Cooperate.
tcADoo ON COUNTRYWIDE TRIP
tanks, Newspapers, Business Organi-
cations and Patriotic Societies
to Cooperate.
tBy Associated Pre,s.1

ltSy ASSOCIATED PresSl
WASHINGTON. September 3o.-The
econd Liberty loan campaign will
pen tomorrow. For four weeks the
nitro nation will be recruiting
round for money with which to carry
"a the war.
To obtain $4,000, 100000 in subscrip-
Ions. the minimum set by treasury
4'ficials for the issue. n gigantic ma
nine OF many parts stands ready to
'e set In motion with the opening of
he campaign. Fifty per cent greater
han the first Liberty loan. the pres
mt Offering Is the largest the Ameri-
an people ever have been called upon
o absorb, and TO mako certain that 1t
Will be more than fully subscribed
'ficials for months past have been per-
Iecting the elaborate sales and pub
icity mechanism.
Five billion dollars and 100000
iubscribers-thati Is the goal to which
.phicials hope to drive the campaign
iuccessfully during the next four
weeks. The services OF virtually every
industry OF the nation havc been en-
isted TO bring about this result.
Secretary McAdoo will open the cam
|'aign formally with speech In Clcve-
and. Ohio. the first OF many he Will
[ieliver in transcontinental tour,
which Will take him into virtually
,very section of the country and keep
frim on the road until October &c. the
Hay before the subscription books
f:lose.
ENTIRE PRESS OF COUNTRY
TO WORK For IT'S SUCCESS
More than 2G.000 banks will CO.
pperate in floating 1sthe huge issue.
These. working under the guidance
B'f the twelve Federal reserve banks.
Regional headquarters for the loan.
E@ill be the treasury's first lieuten-
Iints. The entire press of the country
l-daily newspapers. weekly and
monthly magazines. trade papers, for
N:ign language publications and farm
contributed SO largely
10 the success OF the first Issue. will
work for the success of the second.
Chambers OF commerce. boards Of
trade. manufacturers associations and
kindred organizations have pledged
their active and unstinted efforts i'm
3the campaign. Patriotic societies b,
|the score have been enlisted. as well
las church and school organizations,
llabor unions, fraternal societies and
school children.
Boy Scouts, veterans of the last
campaign, are planning n heavier drive
for the second. Women's organizations
from coast to coast have been mar
shaled under the leadership of CEN
trail Women's Liberty Loan Commit
Itee. headed by Mrs. w. G. McAdoo.
land tens of thousands of local com
mittees Of both men and women will
laid in the chief towns and cities. g
The stage and the screen will dc,
their part. Leading theatrical and
moving picture stars have been filmed
for a special number. which will be-
displayed in virtually every moving
picture theater in the country, while
from behind the footlights of yaude.
VILE and other theaters speakers Will
utilize daily the time between the acts
Ito campaign for the loan.
CENTRAL BUREAU
TO FURNISH SPEAKERS
A central speakers bureau will send
speakers throughout the country to
tell the people what Liberty bonds are
for. Local committees Will supplv
thousands of speakers to campaign in
their respective localities.
Many cities have notified the Treas
ury Department that they have nre-
pared to open the campaign with dis
tinctive demonstrations. Factory whis-
ties will blow, aerial bombs will he
sent up, flags will fly and numerous
other features will be EMPLOYED to
arouse enthusiasm.