Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-11-20
Thanksgiving Day Chosen as Date for
Raising Remainder Of States Quota
Go to your Polling place on November 2S and
be prepared to pay cash for your full
Share Of County's or City's Quota
WEAR THE TAG OF HONOR"
100000 Worth of Stamps
Must be Sold
"For the Honor Of Iowa" is Slogan Of Drive
State must not Fail to Meet Demand
Made on Her by the Government

Residents of every city and town
IN Iowa will be given an opportunity
on Thanksgiving Day to make true
expression of the thanks they must
feel for the glorious victories that
have come to allied arms in the past
year.
The day has been selected as the
one on which Iowa will raise, the re-
mainder Of her quota Of War Savings
Stamps and every man, woman and
child Is expected to go to the nearest
polling place on that day and buy his
Or her fair share of what remains un-
Dold OF the county's or. city's quota OF
stamps.
Record Is In Danger.
In spite of the brilliant record
made by the state in other war &C
tivities, she has Jagged behind in
the War Savings Stamp campaign, 50
much so, that as the time for closing
the campaign draws near, there is
grave danger that-Iowa will fail to
meet the quota of s4S.oOO.O0O assigned
to her There is yet some SIS, 200
worth of stamps to be sold and these
must be sold il Iowa is not to go on
record as having failed to meet an
obligation placed upon her by the
Government.
In order to prevent such dis
grace, the Iowa War Savings
Committee, of which Homer A.
Miller Is chairman, has decided
to put on what has been designat-
Cd as "War Savings Stamp Cash
Sales Week." This will be the
period between Monday, Novem-
Der 25th, and Saturday, Novem-
Der 30th. The high spot of tho
weeks campaign will be on Now
ember 28th--Thanksgiving Day
when every citizen In the state
will be expected to 90 to the polls
which will be open for that pur-
pose and buy his or her share Of
stamps.
Cause for Thanks.
Thanksgiving Day has been chosen
because Iowa has more to be thank
full for this year than in any other
year In her history. Her gallant sons
have upheld the best traditions OF
the state on the battlefields Of
France; her fertile soil again has
responded to starving nations calls
for aid. pleas for money with which
to finance the war and for funds
with which to succor suffering hui
mainly have been answered In re-
sponses made to the Liberty Loan
campaign and the united charities
drive.
Assent to this plan for raising the
remainder of the states quota was
given by War Savings leaders from
every section of the state who attend
cd a monster meeting held in Des
Moines on November 18th. At that
time the slogan "For the Honor Of
Iowa" was approved and every coun-
ty chairman voiced the opinion that
the residents Of his county would re-
spond to the utmost to uphold Iowss
splendid record for war work. All
agreed 1t is unthinkable that 1t should
be said that Iowa failed to raise the
quota OF War Savings Stamps asked
Of her by the government.
Buy Stamps and Bonds.
While Il IL believed that citizens
Of the state will respond almost as
single man to the call to sustain
Iowa's honor. plan has been devised
to make those come across who do
not respond to this plea. A list is
to be made of every resident of each
locality In the state and the names
of those persons will be checked of
as they come to the polls to buy
their allotment of stamps.
In a recent statement made by
Homer A. Miller, State Director,
II 10 pointed out that people are
not relieved from the RESPONSE
biiity Of buying War Savings
Stamps because they recently
may have purchased bonds. Tho
government expects that the citi.
gems Of Iowa shall buy both bonds
and stamps. The purchase of ono
form Of security does not mean
that the purchaser Is relieved
from buying the other form.