Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-25
NJ 'ADOO MAKES
hit WITH ALL
At FOOD MEET
Secretary's Plea to Buy Lib.
erty Bonds Responded to
by Five-Sixths Of
Big Crowd.

Secretary McAdoo captured the Ne
braska State Conservation congress at
the Auditorium yesterday afternoon.
He was listened to attentively by
$500 men and women, who were so
pleased with his plea that fve-sixths
of them promised, by showing Of
hands, to buy at least one Liberty
bond each. ,......
c. f, Burnham of Norfolk, a mem-
ber of the board of the local reserve
bank, presided and introduced Mr..
McAdoo as the "premier bond sales
man of the world"
Represents Best Customer"
"This is an honor, indeed said Mr..
Burnham. "An honor to introduce to
you a man who will speak on the pa
triotic sale of the Liberty bonds. 1t
is an honor to bring to you the repre-
sentative of the best customer in all
the world. He is the credit man of
the United States government. He will
tell YOU why each of you should go
home with the avowed determination
to give your government your best
assistance. ..
Just as he entered the big building
Secretary McAdoo was accosted by
Mrs. Beulah Dale Turner, dressed as
Red Cross nurse. won't you buy
Red Cross button?" she asked, with
a smile.
Buys Red Cross Button.
"Sure I will--for the smile, il for no
other reason" answered the secre-
tary. But you must pin it to my
lapel"
The scheme must have been put
up job" for a movie machine man
had his camera trained on the exact
spot, and while Mrs. Turner was PIN
ming the button on Mr.. McAdoo, the
opera u 51fntd his crank like fury.
fts audience foss 10 its feet as
Secretary McAdoo took the platform.
Cant some Of you people start
American" asked Dr. Condra, head OF
the Conservation congress.
Somebody could--and did. Mr..
McAdoo joined in. singing a rather
pretty tenor, just like he was used to
going to church and singing in the
choir.
Board Governor Speaks.
After Mr.. McAdoo's address, w. p.
Harding governor of the Federal Re-
serve Board, was called upon and
said:
1T does me good to stand here and
look into the faces of so many
earnest, intelligept-'o bondhold-
ers-for within thirty days every one
Of you will be a bondholder. You
can't resist after the wonderful appeal
TO which you have just listened.
In the past the people of the west
and south didn't know what a bond
was. They have always stood aside
and permitted the east to look after
the bonds OF all kinds. But now the
western people are learning some
thing about bonds themselves.
Appeals to Patriotism.
"It's going to cost us, | fear, much
American blood and much American
money to win this war. But did YOU
ever stop ard think what it will cost
us to lose the conflict? How would
we feel, if with the English and
French fleets turned against US, we
are asked for subscriptions for an in
demnity to Germany instead of for
Liberty bonds for Uncle Sam?
1--WE are going to send 100000
men abroad. Surely for each one
who goes to the trenches there are
ten men who remain behind, but who
will help equip him to fight. Since /
have been in the great west l have
learned to call our Liberty bonds our
Victory bonds"
At the close of the meeting. lead by
DR.. Condra. the audience yelled Hes
all rioht" for Secretary McAdoo, for
President Wilson, for Nebraska and
for the doctor himself. Then. in an
swer to the appeal of DR.. Condra that
all those, who would pledge them
selves to buy at least one bond. raise
their hands, fully hve-sixths of those