The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-10-12
FOREIGNERS WILL BUY
Citizens Of Foreign Birth Ready
to Lend TO Support
Uncle Sam.

First to start active work In round
ing up subscriptions for the Fourth
Liberty Loan in the Third Federal
Reserve District are the people of
foreign firth. They have a fine or
ganization formed and promise that
they will produce The sensation of
the campaign.
Details have just been given out by
G. A. S~cienkiewicz, executive secre-
tary of the Foreign Language COM
mittee. Mr.. Scienkiewicz speaks sew
eral languages. He did not propose
that the Foreign Language committee
would be caught mapping In the cam
paign which starts September 18th.
Before tackling the foreign language
people for subscriptions he wanted TO
know how they were fixed for money
and how they felt about buying Liner
ty Bonds. To get the facts he made
a tour of the industrial centers
throughout the district, talking to the
people in their homes, in the mines
and shops, and in meetings.
"What I learned was a revelation
to me-" said Mr.. Scienkiewicz. 1.-THE
foreign-born people have money in
hand which should be a gold mine
for us in floating the Fourth Loan,
and they are more than willing TO
invest it in bonds if rightly approach
ed. | will give you some instances
to show what l mean. In Shamokin
the Hon. William McCullen told me
of a Pole who was injured while
working in the mine. When he was
brought to the hospital ii was found
that he had $454 wrapped around his
ankle. When questioned, he said that
he thought II was safer for him to
keep the money with him, but that
he would have put II into Liberty
Bonds If he had known what they were
/ for and what a good investment they
were.
"a man in Old Forge was endeavor-
ing for weeks to buy gold amounting
TO $1,000. When questioned where
he had his thousand dollars he said
he kept ii home, and wanted to get
gold because he believed ii was more
secure than buying bonds or deposit
ing money in the bank.
I'm Clearfield n Slovak priest told
me of a visit to a Slovak home where
he detected gold pieces in a bucket
under a table. Upon his persistence
TO find the purpose of keeping gold
at home he found that there was
$3.50. and the m thought it was
the only safe way of keeping her
money. Upon his persuasion she de-
posted most Of the money in the
bank, and we expect it to come out
during the next Liberty Loan cam
paign.
"The chairmen of those different
districts declared that they have no
trouble with foreigners The only
thing needed is Il vigorous campaign
among those people speaking differ
emf languages"
Mr.. S~cienkiewicz established effec-
tive committees Of different n%ationali-
ties which already are out rounding
up prospects" for bond purchase.
The Foreign Language Division in
Philadelphia is ready to start the
drive. A series of meetings has
been arranged for next week. The
Scandinavian people will meet on
Thursday night to discuss their plans
for the campaign. The H%ungarians
are getting ready for the first time
to take part in the drive, and show
their loyalty to this country. The
Polish committee notified the secre-
fairy that they are waiting for word
from the headquarters, and that their
force is ready to open the campaign.
]. B. Noyare, the chairman for the
German-American committee, wrote
to Judge Burlington "Our country is
calling us again; l am ready to re-
spond. 50 is our committee. We shall
be glad to serve again whenever you