Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-13
$4,000 IS !.
YOUR QUOTA
Each Individual to be. Told
Amountof Liberty Bonds
to Buy.

everyone IN tnesI>lnln FEDERAL re-
serve District will be told just the
minimum Of Third Liberty loan bonds
he should buy. ~
According to the general executive
committee. his will be exercising
good Judgment and equity. and the
platir il "Demoractic and pre-eminent-
~ American" -~,
This 'individual allotment PLAN"
according to 9the executive board has
been tried ain,senough communities to
be certain that it will work like a
worked outaain each county. may be
EsNr1llarized' as follows: -
Fifet--Chairman Rogers appoints
a.. state chairman,yswho will be re-
%sponsihlc to. the General Executive
Committee for the showing Of his
state.
second-rhe General Executive
|Cotnnnittee. with the advice OF. the
state chairman, appoints a chairman
for each county in the District.
Third-The County Chairman Sc
lects and appoints a county executive
committee large enough, but not too
large, to handle the territory. This
conlnittee must be. representative Of
the whole county.
F~ourth!A-The@ County: Chairman,
with the help of his Executive Com
mitee, studies the men OF his county
and appoints a local chairman for
local chairman. must, be 4 real live
Fifth--.The Local Chairman. with
the advice If the County Chairman,
appoints a local executive committee.
In ordinary towns and villages. a
| committee of SIX working. under an
1 Observation-Disclosures Isl large enough to
i dc. Observation-Disclosures assigned. In
reality, this local chairman and com
.'come through" h town, county
state district, and. nation cannot make
the. right showing. Therefore. toe
great care cannotS, be used ixn selecting
them: /.
Sixth-Each> county chairman and
executive committee. taking the Sec
ond Liberty Loan allotment as a basis
divides the amount to be raised
among the cities. villages and town,
general knowledge of communities
must be used in making these calcula.
tions, and after they are completed
eachslocal4 chairman is notified, of the
amount to ~ raised in his conamun'
ity.Ess sasaA ss :i as.,S
iseventh-lAfter this Organization
ms heen- effected comes. the most i'm.
portant wbrk-the apportionment Of
the individual %allotmcnts. The loca
chairman and his committee convene
and with the, aid of the bankers. the
tax lists. and personal knowledge
make a card for every citizen. show
ing his property and the minimum hi
should subscribe. to the. Third Liberty
Loan. In this way every man il
registAred and given a number in the
national army Of bond buyers.
%.s Ready for April Drive.
This done, everything is ready fol
the Third Liberty Loan drive ii
April. When the bond salesman
visits the individual next time. he will
not beg him to. buy bonds. but vii
into the Financial Army and is ex'
pected to buy not less thanr.a7certair
humber Of bonds. That will be al
there is to it IT, is. potsexpecteds thai
the Individual will refuse to take hi.
share. If he does. and unless the
committee has over-rated his ability
to buy Tin which case he can have hi.
allotment, chaneed) it will become q
cate for said individual. to settle. witt
hiss renscie'1ceH and public opinion.
This Is the Ninth District organiza.
tions.plan4 briefly stated. 1t Is being
worked out with slightly different de.
tails in different places. but every.
where there is or will be everybody's
business to see that the organization
is comprehensive and that the edicts
of local committees Are lived up to.
wesley c.. Mcdowell. who succeeded
l.. r. Hanna, will be in charge of the
campaign, as state chairman fol
North Dakota.
A. r. Hunter. has in charge. three
counties-Grand Forks, Nelson anG
Trail. e. j. Lander. will be in charge
Of the campaign in this county, a.
chairman Of the Grand Forks county
committee. 5