The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-16
Discuss Task Ahead in Liberty Loan
Drive; SIusher Stresses Importance
Of War Work
BE NO BUSINESS
IF GERMANY WINS
Urges Bankers to Give Time to Coming
Campaign; Boost Bond Sale to
Whip Kaiser

At the call of f L. Slusher, chair
man Of the Grady County Liberty
Loan committee, the bankers of tht
county held meeting last night al
the First National bank here, for the
purpose of perfecting plans to fur
ther the Liberty loan drive, starting
on April 6.
Those present were: F. l.. Slush
er, Ed f. Johns, VIM. H. Donahue, 7
H. Dwyer, Roy C. Smith, J. c. Wade
all OF Chickasha, and L. L. Laws
Alex; Chas. Lents, Ninnekah; Roy
C. Smith, Bradley; Floyd Kimble
Tuttle; Ben f. Baker, Tuttle; 0. e
Nuernberger, Verden; Jeff Potter, Po
casset. Alger Melton of Chickasha
represented the Grady. County Coun
Gil of Defense at the meeting. Talks
were made by f. l.. Slusher, Algel
Melton, T. H. Dwyer, Chas Lents
and Floyd Kimble.
Mr.. Donahue, chairman of the
Chickasha district, outlined the work
for the district, exnleining the ma
ture Of the Liberty loan organization
from the national head to the pre-
cinct commmittee, He also outlined
a meeting of the district and county
chairmen to be held In Lawton next
Monday and Tuesday at which time
they will meet B. S. Young, who is
giving his entire time to the hand
ling of speakers in districts No. s
and 7.
In explaining the work before the
bankers and the tremendous impor
tance Of war work at this time Mr.
Slusher said
"I presume you all know | have
been appointed chairman of Liberty
loan work for Grady county.
ut was my privilege to attend tht
convention of war workers of the
state of Oklahoma at Oklahoma City
Monday and Tuesday of this week
want to tell you right here that
while I thought ! realized the seri
BUSINESS of this war, I did not, unit
attended this meeting and hearo
the gigantic problems discussed by
men from Washington who are ir
close touch with everything that is
taking place daily, and tell yol
plans are being changed every day
to meet different conditions which
arise daily.
"I also heard Lieut.. Perigord tel
some Of his experiences as a French
soldier in the front line trenches
Gentlemen, want to tell you thai
this is a serious business. Whal
will your business and my business
amount to if we don't win this war
I have heard it said, oh, l am busy
can't leave my business. l will buy
Liberty Bonds, War Stamps, etc, bu
| can't give any time am here tt
tell YOU it is going to take something
besides money to win this war True
il requires an awful lot of money
Il can't read the figures any more)
but It requires an awful lot of time
energy and sacrifices in a great many
other ways. Think of the mother
who has given up her last son-don'
you think she has given up some
thing besides money? Now I know
you gentlemen will buy bonds, Wa
Stamps, etc, but are you going t
give it your time-in other words
your assistance. your presence at al
meetings in your community? Ar
you going to talk it to your custom
ers; are you going to ask them
they have bought bonds, if not, VIII.
not, ETC.? Will you call them aroun
to your desk and talk to them abou
the proposition?
"These are the questions I hav
called you here to answer. w
want to reach every man and woma
in Grady county. We want to q
least give them an opportunity t
tuy a bond. There is'no question /
my mind about the results if we civ
u oar best efforts"