The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-03
HARRISON TALKS ID
 THE ROTAR|ANS ON
 THRIFT STAMP ISSUE
Government Needs More Money to Prosecute War
 Successfully, He Says
ELIMINATION OF NON-
 ESSENTIALS URGED
Rotarians Will Attend the Community Sing in a Body on Rotary
 Day" Next Sunday

The Rotary club made an excellent beginning for the new year when prac- tically 100 per cent of it's members, with a number of visitors, were present at the luncheon held yestrday in the ball room of the TutwiIer hotel at 1 o'clock. Mil ton w. Harrison of the educational de- partment of the war savings committee made the address of the occasion on baby bonds and thrift stamps.
 Mr. Harrison urged the people of Bir- mingham to awaken to the fact that the United States is at war, and to carry on a war the country needs first, money; second, more money, and third, still more money This money cannot be taken from the banks, and the people of the United States are called upon to buy thrift stamps, baby bonds, liberty bonds and many other issues to furnish money for the prosecution of the war;" said MT. Harrison, ''and many our our soldiers a2e- drilling now with sticks, having no rifles, while some of our machine gun companies have never seen machine gun Money to furnish these things TOT our soldiers must be given by the people, and the only way the people can loan the money to the government is by making sacrifices. We must learn to do without the nonessentials and with this in view we are trying to educate the American people"
 COSTLY NONESSENTIALS
 Z "Billions of dollars are spent in this country annually for the purcnase oi nonessentials-toba soft drinks, cos intnyjcatnQ IUuOrS and hundreds of other things, and our markets are being flooded with articles devised to get the small change from the American people. As a result of this our nickles, dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars go as if by magic. The greatest step toward the successful conclusion oh the war is the elimination of the desire for these nonessentials which are dis played so as to make the people wish to have them.
 '.The war cannot be won by the Presi- dents proclamation or by an act Of Congress, but by the people or the na- tion supporting the President and Con gress Thrift stamps or baby bonds are sold to aid in the prosecution of the war and the people of the nation are urged to save their small change and lend It to the government, and then acquire , closer connection with the war. This will make us feel a more personal inter- est Tn the WlnnlHS Ol IL. Hc LII II L stamps and baby bonds have been issued to establish in the people of the nation a much needed trait and at the same time the primary reason to get the peo- pie of the United States more solidly be- hind the administration in its needs. We cannot win this war unless the people are behind the government and everyone is urged to buy these thrift stamps and baby bonds and thus back the govern nent in this great war"
 ANDREWS PRESIDED
 E. IT. Andrews vice president, pre- sided in the absence of President Val Nesbit and introduced MT. Harrison.
 Rotarans accepted an invitation from Robert Lawrence, director of the com munity. sing to attend the sing Sunday in body as the occasion will be Rotary day. John Sparrow, Herman Beck, Gen. eral McCleery and Bert Jacobs were in vited to sing, but were not allowed to accept as other Rotarians refused to att tend the community sing if the above mentioned Rotarians were going to ap- pear on the programme. Secretary Clar- ence Lloyd was invited to sing a solo, but was forced to refuse
 The Rotarygram for this week contains a picture of Ferd and Sol Caheen, made in 1874, in Morgan City, La, just before they ran away with the C. w. Moves circus. likeness of Frank Rushton. made when he was quite small, is also contained in the issue.