Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-14
ALL INTERESTS TO
AID WAR SAVINGS
Bank Employees to Meet This
Afternoon to Help
in Drive.

Enthusiastic responses are being re-
ceived To the appeal for workers in the
War Savings drive which is to eliminate
with meetings in every school house IN
the United States on June Is. In Will
minqton the bankers, manufacturers and
other business men are organizing teams
and preparing Tor vigorous campaign 10
pledge Delaware 5 quota OF Sl,bOU.OUO.
John RoSsell who was the local leader
in the Liberty Loan drive, had meeting
of the combined banking interests yes
erday afternoon and as result there
will I've mass meeting OF all employees
Of the banking and brokerage institutions
in Wilmington. in the Grill Room Mt the
Hotel du Point at five O'Clock tins alter
noon. Todavs meeting will be tor the
purpose of thoroughly organizing all
banking employees. ,,,,.-
Eorncr Governor Charles K. Miller,
ss chairman for New Castle county
has called a meeting of manufacturers
for tomorrow afternoon when slinuar
organization work will be done Nit'h-
b of the Manufacturer Association
are To have a meeting OF their own next
Wednesday 10 further the cause
For SATURDAY. morning Governor Ailler
has called a meeting of representatives
Of every hundred in the county 10 DC heid
IN the rooms of the Chamber OF commerce
when the organization OF the rurat dts
ricts will he affected. i,
Frank A WANDERING. National halr-
nan. has telegraphcd 10 the state IL
vcfor the following encouraging report (.
Reports from all sections indicate
hic success Of campaign for pledges
am depending on your state not 70
u
florence 10 national plan with empha-
81 an large pledges and other essen
t,al features backed Nv thorough
commemorative organization and un-
ceasinp effort will insure success
Insist OF, every community piedg-
inq is Quota. We are doing every
thing possible at Washington TO back
you M. Can | count on you TO go
over the top!
s snecial effort will be made in advance
# the meetings to secuIe pledges Tor the
MAXIMUM amount Of $1,000 DIR. q.
LAYTON Grier OF Milford. and Hervey +.
Hall of SMYRNA who will conduct the
camnairn in Sussex and Kent counties
report that their organization will drive
ahead in a way which promises complete
success. They have fixed S9OO,OOU rs
the Quota for Sussex and 100000 for
Kent These amounts have been sub
divided and appor toned 10 every school
district.
RANK MEN PLEDGE 81 100000
Tho workers in Wilmington banks 81 a
meeting Yesterday afternoon in the grill
room OF the Hotel du Pont, pledged them
selves TO secure war savings pledges OF
81 600 900 before the end OF the cam
Daign on June Is In doing this they set
pace for other organized workers TO
follow and their action gave every promise
that Delaware viii not fall behind II
this great campaign OF savings and service
John S. Rossell, president OF the
Security Trust and Safe Deposit Com
panv. who had accepted the captalncy
81 a team to be made UP Of bankers and
brokers. had arranged for this gathering
which was a mass meeting OF the en-
ploves OF all the Wilmington banking
institutions 70 discuss ways and means OF
making the campaign a success
Delaware has failed up 70 this time,
Mr. RoSsell said. But she must hoI
fail in the end Our people have gwen
wonderfully we'll TO all other causes ana
believe we are lust beginning 10 realze
our capacity for giving and saving. We
now have q duty presented 10 US and TINS
OiIlN II ~ GSktOLlNA ~ VII
call for money. TO carry on the wal. G
should all feel the responsibility and by
earnest. ceaseless. tireless work back up
me men in the front line trenches where
We cannot be.
Mr.. Rossell then discussed what the
banking interests could do and he pro-
posed that they work as unit and, as q
body. pledge themselves to secure the
purchase Of one million dollars or one
quarter of Delaware's quota IN the wal
savings fund. This proposition was agreed
to and II Is understood to have had the
sanction beforehand Of the city's leading
Henry P. Scott, State director Of the
carnDalgn. discussed the war savings
from a financial standpoint and pointed
out that the government must ralst
twenty-four billions OF dollars for wal
p1rposes next wear. this amount being
double the normal surplus Of the Amen
can people each wear He emphasized
the urgent need for the American people
to save. to cease their foolish purchases
and lavish expenditures OF money Tor non.
essential things Otherwise, he said, the
nation NAV be forced into resortIng TO al
inflated currency, something TO be avoid
ed at all costs He urged the bank worker:
TO carry the message OF thrHt 70 every
depositor and to make special efforts L
secure pledges for the maximum sum Of
one thousand dollars. lie SAID the pur
chase OF these stamps should be urget
upon everyone as duty and he explained
IN detail the value Of the stamps IS i SUD
stantial investment.
There was general approval Of th'
nlan and many questions were aske(
which indicated that the workers wantet
10 be ready TO meet any emergency tina
might arise in their campaign.
II was arranged that pledge caI
shouId be sent to all the banks this mCr.
ing and that the active work Of securing
pledges to make up the million dollar
promised shall be begun at once.