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The War Savings Campaign
(By Theodore Roosevelt, of the Kan
saS City Starr


(By Theodore Roosevelt, of the Kan
sas City Starr
OF course the primary factor il
deciding this war is and will be the
Army, But there can be no great ar
my in war today unless a great Ma
ton stands back of it. The most i'm
portant of all our needs is immensely
to strengthen the fighting Tine at the
front. But it can not be permanent.
ly strengthened unless the whole Ma
ton is organized back of the front
We need increased production by all
We need thrift and the avoidance OF
extravaganza and of waste of money
upon nonessentials by all. We need
the investment of our money in Gov
eminent securities by all of us.
The Government, through the War
savings campaign, offers the oppor-
tunity to every individual in the Ma
ton to join in a great national move
ment to secure these ends. The
treasury Department proposes as a
means to achieve these ends that all
Our people form themselves into
thrift Clubs, or War Savings Socie-
us. This is the peoples war. The
F.; responsibility for the Government
ress on the people as a whole. The
Army is the peoples Army. 1t can
be supported only if the people invest
In he securities of the Government;
anc this investment by the people
snold be as nearly universal as pos
slol. All the men, all the women,
andhalf the children of the land
| shotd be active members of Uncle
sam; team. The War Savings cam
palg offers them the chance to be
| actlV members. This campaign
| mea1 the encouragement of thrift
and reduction. But it means much
morethan this. 1t also means to
! makeour people realize their soil
! darlt!and mutual interdependencs
and make them understand that
! the Gvernmen1 is really theirs.
, Iher0re, it is a movement to fuse
all GU different race stocks into one
greatInified nationality 1t is en-
| phatldly movement for national
ism ad patriotism.
Beteen thirty and forty millions
OF gu people today own Liberty
Bondand War Savings Stamps. All
OF us no come in this class have an
| tncread sense of loyalty and re-
! sponsll1ty to the Government. The
IreaSy Department has offered
throu. the War Savings plan a
great }portunity for the entire Ma /
tlon group itself into War Saw I
! lngs Sieties or Thrift Clubs and I
thus bof immediate and direct ser
vice tthe Government.
Neler through Government pro
gram d traditions nor through the .
habitsf the people were we in any
way ppared for this struggle. We
were spendthrift Nation. One of
the ros to national unity and ma
tional rec in this war is through
thrifttsing the word to include
both Teased production in every
field, also the conservation of
those ngS which are so DESPERATE
| ly need for the winning of the
war. lie conscientious thrifty man
today II conserve food as reques-
| ted byte Food Administration; he
will c9rve fuel as requested by the
| Fuel ministratiOn; and he will
conserto the best of his ability the
labor materials which the Gov
ernme needs by not using his mo-
ney fPurchasing any of the non t
essenta and thereby using up ma {
terialsd labor needed by the Gov $
ernme He will, by purchasing (
Goyerent securities, intrust the |
spendl of his money to the Gov I
t ernmein order to speed up the c
war alto secure the peace OF the t
oyerWhing victory. a
Let of us Join in this move f
ment. he success of the War
Savlngimpaign means an immense b
additloo our war strength. 1t also
means first step in economic pre-
paredn for what is to come after 4