South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-06
OPEN CAMPAIGN
IN CITY SCHOOLS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

county CITY anu township orsdul-
cations Will be perfected as rapidly
as possible. The county committees
will consist Of seven members. in
GLIDING the chairman of the county
council of defense. county agricul-
turaI agent, county superintendent
Of schools and a prominent banker.
The township committees will CON
sist of three members, the ranking
school teacher or principal and TWO
others.
The entire second floor of the
Oliver annex is being fitted up for
the general headquarters of the exc
Cutive committee and the South
Bend and st. Joseph county COM
mittees A staff of paid clerks will
be necessary to assist in the work,
which will require several months.
call for that help will be made
IL the near future.
1t is the desire of the executive
committee TO enlist at least 5000,
600 school children of the state in
the savings plan by Christmas. The
states allotment is $5S,300, 600, and
the sales are all 10 be made before
Jan. 1, 1919. BY that time the gov
eminent expects TO raise $4,000, 000,-
coo. This will require the disposal
of 400, geo certificates. or $500, 900
25c stamps. No person can purchase
more than 500 worth at one time
or more than $1,000 in all. This is
to give the small investors a chance;
for the war-saVing's certificates will
always be worth their face value,
and are a better income investment
than either Of the Liberty bond
series.
The certificates are exempt from
all taxation, except inheritance tax
eS and sur taxes-that is additional
income taxes The latter apply only
when the bonds of all kinds owned
by the taxpayer exceed $1,000.
1t is believed that the war saw
ings certificates will mean the pass
ing of the old-fashioned penny bank.
Because of the passage Of the war
revenue act placing taxes on many
commodities. the demand for small
coins has increased. Government
officials believe that a handful of
small coins hidden away in a small
bank can be of no use, but where
the money is put into certificates
and stamps il will not only aid the
government, but will also cOmpen-
safe the owner. In short, the plen
is TO convert the small savings Of
the people into help in winning the
war.
Here is where the children come
in, and also adults with small in
comes-the unskined laborer, the
small farmer, the shop girl, the Of
flee boy, the housewife-who have
never felt that they could accumu-
late enough to make a respectable
savings bank account. one % cent
thrift stamp a week, would buy the
three bonds that would be worth
SIS in 1928. One caution is neces-
sary. The thrift stamps are not re-
deemable except by the war saving
stamps. Therefore. whoever starts
with them should fill his card of 16.
Wisdom of the plan.
The plan is pronounced by able
financiers as the most efficient
scheme ever devised for meeting
government necessities, and at the
same time furnishing people of
small means an opportunity for safe
and profitable investment 1t is in
charge Of a war savings certificate
committee. whose chairman is Frank
a. Vanderlip. president of the ma
tional City bank of New York, one
Of the largest in the country.
DR.. Horace Ellis, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, and
member-at-large of the executive
committee. has addressed the fol-
lowing letter 10 each of the school
teachers of the state:
indianapolis Dec. :.
Teachers of Indiana:
The real test Of the patriotic eff
fciency of our teachers and of the
school system of Indiana is upon
us. Shall we measure up to our
opportunity
Last September congress passed
an act providing for the raising Of
two billion dollars through the sale
of thrift stamps and war stamps.
lndiana's quota is S5S,3OO. OO0-$2O
for every man. woman and child in
our state. The campaign of educa-
ton began last Monday, Dec. 8. The
selling campaign begins Monday.
Dec. 10. It is the hope Of Pres't
Woodrow Wilson that every school
BOY and school girl in Indiana will.
by Saturday. Dec 10. have pur-
chased at least one 25-cent thrift
stamp and attached it 10 a thrift
card. This will be accepted as a sat
lIafactory evidence Of a patriotic de-
termination on the part of our
school folk. teachers and pupils, 10
help win this righteous war. by cara
ing. by saving and by lending our
money. at interest, 70 Uncle Sam.
Il know that not much time has
been given TO preparatory work: but
success Will be all the more crafty
ing. The enclosed explanatory lit
erature will put YOU in possession OF
such information as YOU should
have, intelligently 10 present the
plan. its purposes and its ways OF
accomplishment. 10 those under YOU.
Please read the pamphlets carefully
and then re-read them. With an
appropriate introduction, explain
tina r,fan - tho children f1frrc+ro +fr,-