The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-11

Under the banner of the fourth Lib
crty loan are enlisted one million WON.
en-. Like soldiers at attention they
await the coming drive, ready to talk
bonds and sell bonds and buy bonds.
Ever since the first bugle call sounded
the women have been mobilizing theil
forces. Through the National Wom-
ans Liberty Loan committee new Wis
tas Of activity were opened to the
women Of the country and marching
through three loans along previously
unexplored roads Of national finance
they have advanced to q significant
place In the front lines of government
endeavor.
In May, 1917, the secretary Of the
treasury staked his belief in the pa.
triotism and ability Of the women OF
America. At that time he appointed
the National Woman's Liberty Loan
committee the first and only executive
committee Of women in the history OF
the United States government. Two
days after their appointments were
made eleven women met and made
their plans in the treasury at Wash
ington. These plans were the inspi.
ration for an organization that has
spread all over the country, until to.
day 1t reaches into every city, every
town, every village and hamlet and
crossroads.
Fine Work on Former Leans.
Ubor TIM Arv< Ioou ueo announced
the committee decided that the work
done by its members during that cam
paign should be directed toward gen.
eral aid in the districts rather than to
intensive organization work of women
Nevertheless, in the two weeks al.
lotted to them, women from coast to
coast rallied to the colors. In this
short time the women in the New
York district raised more than eight
millions Of dollars; the women OF
Pittsburgh raised one-third of that
city's large subscription. excluding cor
porations; New England's hastily
gathered group of women swelled the
bulk Of the returns; and the women
Of southern California outdid the rest
Of the country by establishing ratio
Of seven women to every three men
buying Liberty bonds.
The original plan Of the committee
had to meet two conditions. The fed
eral reserve districts were the unit
Of financial organization but the states
were the unit Of the women's organi-
cations. These two had to be cor
related.
Hundreds Of Thousands Are Helping.
To accomplish this two sets Of chair
men were appointed, twelve to the
various federal reserve districts and
40 to the states and the District OF
Columbia. The federal reserve chair
men are regarded as ambassadors to
the federal reserve banks rather than
organization promoters. Under the d.
rection of the state chairmen, the ma
tional organization has been evolved.
so that In the second loan sixty thou
sand women were working as fiscal
agents of the government. and in the
third loan over five hundred thousand
women were augmenting subscriptions.
This new field Of endeavor has revo-
lutionized the American women. With
one million women making house-tO-
house canvasses, working in booths in
department stores, making automobile
campaigns, and talking bonds from ev-
ery street corner, the old idea has been
eliminated that the American woman
is a pampered. parasitic pet.
The machinery Of the National
Woman's Liberty Loan committee Is
already in action for the fourth LIB
erty loan, and in every federal reserve
district and in every state the million
workers stand ready to fusillade with
their energy and patriotism the ammu-
milton stores of wealth for the fighting
men Of the nation.