Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-09
Subscription Of Little More
Than Seventh Of Its Quota
on First Day Disappointing.
to Leaders.
ONLY 2 BOND PURCHASES
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Victor Sais Lends Uncle Sam
$4,000 and Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New
York $4,000,

- Is Albuquerque 60
WA ing over the top in
A the Third Liberty
Loan campaign?
This was the question of
paramount importance at the
campaign headquarters at 10
o'clock last night when the
smoke of the first days battle
had cleared away and the add
ing machines had developed
the fact that only $153,150
had been subcribed of Bernal-
lilo county's allotment of $780,
$50.
The men behind the guns in
the Bernalillo county CAM
paign, who have done nothing
and thought nothing for weeks
but the success Of the Third
Liberty Loan campaign, were
disappointed last night be-
cause Of the showing made by
Albuquerque during the first
day of the campaign
Announcement made at the
luncheon at the Y. M. C. A. at
noon yesterday, that a total of
S107,650 had been subscribed
up to that hour, served to send
a wave of enthusiasm through
the ranks of the workers. The
prospects seemed bright for
an easy victory.
Big Offensive Today.
Campaign managers were frank TO
say last night, while preparing to
launch a big offensive today, that
some of the biggest men, financially
and some of the Biggest institutions
financially, had not responded with
subscriptions of the size that had
been anticipated. IN fact there were
only two subscriptions of any size out
of the ordinary-one for $40, 900
made by the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York, through J. H..
Coons, agency manager in Albuquer-
que, and one for $4,000 made by
Victor Sair, wealthy stock grower,
both of which were included in the
noon report.
Mr.. Victor Sais was the first big
individual subscriber. He voluntarily
handed a committee certified check
for $4,000 as his subscription, there
by setting a mark for other stock
growers to shoot at.
I'VE are bit disappointed with
the final net result of the days
work" was the frank admission of
General Chairman NJ e. Hickey last
night Mr.. Hickey had put in a
strenuous day, following numerous
strenuous days and equally strenu-
Gus nights that had gone before.
just Beginning To Fight.
Tired, but just beginning to fight,
Chairman Hickey issued call from
headquarters at midnight last night,
for every single worker on every
committee, to be ON the job at the
Y. NJ. G. A. without fail at o'clock
this morning.
I'VE don't propose to back up a
step in this fight was the emphatic
declaration of Chairman Hickey.
I'VE are going over the top with a
bang that will 10 heard all over New
Mexico. The officials in Washington
have made our allotment $3.50, $50
and we are going to dig up that sum,
every penny of 1t. We went over the
top with bands playing and guns
booming in the Second Liberty Loan
campaign, with san allotment almost
as great as in this present campaign.
We will do it again.
That the failure to reach the OBJ
jective in the first offensive yesterday
was not due to any lack Of enthus-
asm on the part Of the workers, was
plainly obvious at the Headquarters
last night. On the contrary there
was nothing but praise for the men
and women who had given their time
and serious attention. to the work
OF obtaining subscriptions.
The sentiment manifested by the
campaign managers last night was in
a word, that Albuquerque had failed
to respond, haid failed to do its bit.
Little Subscribers DO Their Bit.
As one man, keen observer OF the
entire situation remarked, those who
could afford to subscribe for fifty
dollar bonds, for hundred dollar
bonds, BY making big sacrifices al
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