Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-25
P|.AN[0AN DRIVE
ON BROADl|NES
Managers WIN Garry Appeal
for Subscriptions to Every
Resident of Washington.
BUY MORE BONDS, SLOGAN

It will not be for lack of either in
centives or reminders il there is a
man. woman or child in the District
liberty bond of the next issue and
who fails to do SO next Saturday or
during the following three weeks of
the fourth loan drive.
The liberty loan committee Of the
District will undertake to reach every
enc. During the intense drive this
city will witness an unusual number
Of meetings. ralliea ~spellbinders."
street statesmen, house-to-house can
vassers. entertainments and various
other so-calIed stunts intended by. the
committee to stimulate interest in
the loan and to encourage the people
Of Washington to buy more bonds"
No opportunity will be lost by the
committee to keep before the resi-
dents of this city their paramount
obligation and greatest privilege.
Baslng their opinions upon the pre-
lfminary work in connection with the
loan, the committee confidently ex-
poets that the honor roll OF first-day
subscribers will be Of formidable pro-
portions.
Evidence Of Activity.
The city is today taking on all the
aspects OF a loan drive. Assisted by
hundred or moro volunteer workers
the poster committee started carly on
its task Of clustering the city with
the thousands Of fourth loan posters
of various designs.
These workers are taking advan-
tage of every available wall and bill
board space. They are not overlook
ing window and interior wall space,
nor the sides Of wagons and trucks
and the windshields Of automobiles.
Even the fronts of trolley cars are
being utilized for the purpose Of car
rying the nations appeal to the peo-
pie Of the National Capital.
Small cards. signs, pennants, stream
ers and other printed matter and lit
erature pertaining to the fourth loan
are being distributed throughout the
city. A hundred or more Boy Scouts
are assisting in this work. They are
combining their activities to the plac-
ing of "stickers" on vehicles.
SO successful was the honor roll
adopted by business houses and Offices
during the last campaign that the To-
cal committee plans to utilize this
lar greater extent during the coming
drive. Chris Gockeler. chairman OF
the subcommittee in charge, an
nounced today that all Of the prelimi-
nary work has been done and that
the honor rolls to be hung in the
stores and other business places are
being distributed.
Contain Spaces for Names.
These honor rolls contain blank
spaces for the names OF the individual,
contributors in the respective bust.
ness places and as an extra attrac.
ton and what is expected by the
committee to add much interest In
this part of the campaign, the com,
mittee is supplying stickers bearing
numbers indicating the percentages Of
subscriptions. For instance, il at the
end of the first week of the campaign
the honor roll hanging in a certain
store contains the names of 50 pei
cent of the total number Of EN-.
ployes in that store. a sticker bear.
ing SO per cent will be stuck in the
upper right hand corner of the roll
II at the end OF the second week the
roll contains the names of IS pei
cent of the employees. a sticker an.
nouncing this fact will be pasted or
top of the first one, and SO on unit
the store Is able to proudly paste the
100 per cent sticker on the roll.
Small honor flags, to be hung OF
pasted in the windows Of the homes
of bond buyers, have been received
by the committee and are being made
ready for distribution.
Will Be Star Attraction.
The committee is arranging for the
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