Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-26
BUY THRIFT STAMPS
AT POLICE STATIONS
Municipal and County Offices
Are rendered to War;
Saving Committee
FLAGS TO AID SALES
Emblem of Patriotic Cooperation
to Fly in Every Block,
Is Aim

Thrift stamps will be sold at the police
stations throughout the city and the
main tax office and its eight branch
Offices. It was announced today following
q conference held in the Mayors office
between Mayor Smith, officials in charge
Of the n tional war savings campaign
and the heads of the various municipal
departments.
Mayor Smith in explaining tho object
Of the conference declared that IL was
necessary to obtain the cooperation of
tho heads of the various departments
and their employees II the campaign 20
boost the sale of the stamps in Philadcl.
phia is to he a success.
In turn tho various department heads
offered their assistance. Receiver Of
Taxes Kendrick offered 10 place the
stamps on sale In his main office In tho
city Hall and at the eight branch Offices
throughout the city.
Director of Public Safety Wilson
stated that stamps might be placed on
sale In the various police stations. pro-
vided that the additional cost of outlay
to purchase the stamps be provided 10y
the savings committee. This Mr.. Cas-
satt agreed 10 and plans will he for.
muated to carry out the idea.
In addition Director Wilson agreed Ia
distribute literature explanatory OF war
savings and thrift stamps 10 each
householder throughout the city.
The Mayor stated that the cast and
west entrances to the City Hall could be
used. by the committee for placing thrift
signs and that the north and south en-
frances could also be used when they
become available.
The conference was attended by
Mayor Smith, Directors Wilson, Hrusen,
Twining and Datesman City Controller
Walton, Sheriff Ransley, Register Of
Wills Sheehan. Coroner Knight. Receiver
of Taxes Kendrick. Director of supplies
MacIaushlin, Harry +. Walton, Pro-
thonotary: State Director Robert kelso
Cassltt. Of the national war savings
committee; Assistant Director William
West and Samuel NJ. Clement, Jr., aud
Norman Macleod. representing tho
Philadelphia District.
4 war savings flag flying in every cit,
block is tho latest plan of the war
savings committee to boost the sale of
war savings and thrift stamps to swell
Philadelphia y share Of the $1,000, O00, =
600 war loan.
Three hundred of the flags have
reached the headquarters of the COM
mittee. al 1893 Walnut street. These arc
the first Of the three or four thousand
that will s"on reach here. The flags
,f.'l he distributed among the officially
e., hlishcd agencies for tho sale of the
stamps and will fly from poles and lines
in 'r-nt of the agencies.
The flags are blue with white CEN
ter bearing the letters "W. :. s." In
blue letters
Workers from the clerical assistants
association of the Philadelphia public
schools, through their president Miss
Lille +. Gregg, offered to furnish the
headquarters with volunteer workers
daily The offer accepted. ten of the
volunteers were on hand this morning
and proved a great aid in disposing Of
the volume of business. The corps OF
workers will change daily.
Five hundred circular letters have
been sent to Philadelphia manufacturers
urging them to boos. the sales of thrift,
stamps and war savings certificates
among their employees In addition, Jo
seph A. Janney, Jr,, chairman of the
industrial section committee, who sent
out the letters, reports requests from
the following firms that they be ap.
pointed agencies for sale of the stamps
the Iiess-Bright Manufacturing Com.
pany. the Atlas-Rall Company, Schaun
& thlingcr Company. IIaskell-Dawes
Machine Company, Stokes & Smith and
i. Wilkinson & Sons Company. All OF
these firms are located in the Frankford
section.
The William cramp Ship and Engine
Building Company applied today for 1900
primers of the war savings committed
to be distributed among its employees
Tho company also applied for 500 thrift
cards and 500 war-savirgs certificates
Assistant Postmaster John l.. Lister
today sent the committee one of the
proposed tags to be attached to the mai
bags of letter carriers. The tag reads
Il Sell War-savings Stamps. Help Ioui
Country. Save for Yourself"
With view TO obtaining the co-opera.
tion of organized labor, Mr. Cassatt late
today conferred with Harry Jenkins
secretary Of the Glassblowers' Assocla.
tion in the United States and Canada
and asked him to head labor committee
to boost the sale of the stamps through.
out the state.
The sale of the war savings stamps
reported by the Federal Reserve Bank
amounts to s427,7260f. and the con.
s'gnment to the second class agencies
$sl,37s,24. Tho thrift stamps sold
amount to sl2.2s975. The sales among
the agencies aggregate s63.olI75.