El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-20
STAMP SLAGKER5 NO MORE SUNDAY
VERY FEW N0WWORk on AUTOS
Local Committee Does Not
Desire to Report Any If
1t Can Be Helped.

In some respects. the war savings
stamp committee has quite the hard
est piece of war work yet allotted to
any committee on war work. The
workers recently received a consign-
ment Of cards from the state war saw
ings stamp committee at Dallas. asking
that they be distributed to all persons
who nave not Joined a war savings
stamp society. The cards provided
space for "the reasons why ] refused
TO pledge and invest as president Wiz
son has asked"
AS the committee knew that a few
people still did not understand why
she government is making such q
point 10 have everyone join a war
savings stamp society. it sent out
these cards with some reluctance
Must Make Report.
But orders are orders. If we are
properly trained civilians today" said
Mrs. s.. S. Peatross. who is In charge
Of organizing neighborhood societies
IF the government wants every true
American in a war savings stamp So
ciety. IL is for a good reason she
continued "It knows that to this one
kind Of society everybody of every
class financially can belong. An or
ganization of which millions Of
Americans are members must mean a
powerful force for cooperation. and
the persons who express insubOrdina-
tion i'm the civilian ranks by saying
This is a free county and ] don't
have 10 belong 10 a war savings stamp
society unless I want TO; 7 buy stamps
when I want 10, where I want to-
should realize that this is the rankest
kind Of opposition 20 organization.
This is a free country, but these
are war times. and the person who
expresses too much opposition 70 or
ganizltion unconsciously plays into
the hands OF the enemy"
Willing but Unable.
Some of the people who have not
Joined a war savings stamp society
have written their reasons TO head
quarters. and some of the answers
wiring the hearts Of those in charge
of this branch Of the work. II will
buy stamps as soon as i receive my
allotment; my son Is in the army.
says one mother. This mother, who
has given her only son, is old and de-
pendent upon her allotment
Another says My husband has
Joined for myself and three children
in the society down in town. but 10
assure you that I have cause 10 be an
active member. / viii add that I am
the proud sister OF four brothers. ali
of whom have answered their cOun-
try's call
Compare these" said AIRS. Pea.
tross. Ito some able bodied person
st0rming. don't have to, IL I don't
want to- 40. they don't. but God
knows they ought 10 want 20 cooper
ate with every fiber of their being
in the big thing our country is trying
20 do We are keeping record at
the war savings stamp headquarters
Of those who call up and ask. Where
do ] belouEc 7 want TO join a war
savings stamp society That IS what
we call enlistings and an honorary
roll S kept Of these cases
Only n Few Who Won't.
do YOU know that there were only
about 1000 people i'm FL PasO who can
invest in war savings stamps through
a war savings stamp society and have
not seen fit to- 40; their names VIII
rot De published. They belong TO the
educated classes and the uneducated
and all one can do is hope they VIII
change their minds and join the regu-