The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
Commanders Declare Coun- ty Must Produce Amount Believed to Be Necessary
 for Organization
BESSEMER TO HEAR
 FAMOUS NEW YORK
 BANKER WEDNESDAY
Perkins. In Letter to Stallings, Points Out Why Large Over
 subscription to Fund Is Deemed Necessary

A 6V per cent NChSupSSi ApSASs'' added to Jefferson county's quota of s250,Ooo making total of s375o.ooo. the task which the allied armies have set as their objective in the united war work campaign.
 The commanders of the armies have made it clear that this is case of must; that there can be no hesitation. doubt or question until the last dollar tof this sum has been subscribed or re- sponsibility pledged.
 The opening address of the campaign, which will be delivered at the First Methodist church Monday night at o'clock by former Ambassador to Tur- key Henry Morgantheau, is expected to arouse local enthusiasm to high pitch, and preparations are under way to give the diplomat rousing welcome when he arrives In this city from Raleigh, N. C., on that day. Br. Bonham, coun- ty chairman stated Tuesday evening that MT. Morgenthau will not speak at the dinner to be given him Monday evening by the allied armies. but will reserve his address for the public meeting at the church,
 SPEAKS FOR BESSEMER
 In recognition of the splendid work done by the citizens of Bessemer in all the patriotic campaigns. A. NJ. Harris. the New York banker. who Is touring the country in the interest of the united war work campaign, will speak in that city on Wednesday evening, instead or at Birmingham, as was first announced. He will address the citizens of Bessemer at their high school at o'clock Wednesday evening, after speaking to Birmingham Rotarians at l o'clock in the afternoon. He comes fresh from the fighting fronts in France, where he rendered valuable service to the soldiers as Y NJ C. A. man, and is one of the strongest of the force of interna- tional speakers now in the field.
 When Dr. w F. Holmes became i'll with Spanish influenza, southwestern headquarters sent pr. Harry IL. Mc- Keen into this territory and a rapid fire programme of speeches Is being outlined for the former religious direc- tor at Camp Greene, N. C., who was drafted by the government to work on one af it's war relic spe cial trains during the fourth Liberty Loan drive, and led the train workers of the coun-
 
 on his tour with Train No. l of the Sixth federal loan reserve district. The doc tor Is booked for 10 days In this state.
 PERKINS WRITES STALLINGS
 George w. Perkins of New York. chairman of the finance committee, united war woxk campaign, has writ ten personal letter to w. $. Stallings, state campaign director. in which he says that s170.5o0.oOo seems like great deal of money but to those of us who are in close touch with the needs of the men 1t does not seem at all ade- Quate.
 We know that our government now has 2,00O,00 men in Europe and more than 1000, 900 rpen In camp here. When the new draft Is called we will have at least 4,O00, 0o0 men under arms.
 If only 25 cents a day was spent on each man through the yariouslactivi- ties that the seven organizations carrt on 1t would mean the expenditure of s1 900, 900 a day or total of $366.- 'v00, 900 in year. Yet this 25 cents day per man is very little when you consider that it mnst provide substi- tutes for the home and church. the club and theatre, and supply reading matter, writing materials, necessary equipment for outdoor sports, and the administration of the canteen service.
 OyERSUBSCRIPTION NEEDED
 "A statement will be issued by Dr. Mott before you receive this letter saying that the central committee in charge of the work now believes that there should be an oversubscriptton of at least 50 per cent; in other words, unless this campaign yields $250,0O0.009 in place of ;175,000.000 we must be pre-, pared to have another similar campaign in the late spring of next year"
 Mir. Perkins has been closely asso- ciated with all of this work since tho beginning of the war and tells MT. StaYlings that he Is thoroughly con- yinced that 1t is of the utmost value to the men individually and to the ef- ficiency of the army and navy as a whole. He expresses the hope that MT. Stallings will be able to give the max imum amount of his time to this cam .paign. Many here in New York are arranging to do this,' he says.
 Millions for Morale" Is the title of pamphlet recently prepared by George w. Perkins for distribution during this campaign. After reviewing the work of the r. NJ. c. A, he says: ITO do this work for 1,5oo,o0o or 100000 men requires t vast amount of money. The Y. M. C. A. organization, which is the oldest and largest of the seven on the other side has today over 4000 men engaged in thfsN work. It has over 1000 buildings of one kind or am other. either owned or leased, that 1t is using as substitutes for homes. churches. clubs and theatres for our men. The seven organizations. up to date, have put over $60,000.000 into this work.