Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
NATION TAKES FRMER
GRIP FOR BOND DRIVE
Entrance of Minneapolis Dis
trict Into Campaign Spurs
Workers to New Zeal
M'ADoo's STRONG PLEA
Every State Responds to Clarion
Call, Urging oversubscription
of Quotas

Subscriptions to the third Liberty
& Ioap upon which the initial deposits
Z aetnpiiys have beon paid. now total
se@og94s 550i the Treasury Department
.Announced today, These figures include
fbleven Federal Reserve districts. the
t,AlinneapoIis report not yet having been
fceiVed.
" y Treasury Department officials were
3piainly disappointed with the total to-
fday which Is an increase Of only sG7.-
100000 over the amount announced SAT-
istrday. It was pointed out. however.
ftttiat in previous campaigns the drive has
ssfnvariably slowed up over Weekend,
and tina there were still millions IN out =
ssAtandlnE pledges that have not yet been
recorded.
~ Wltft the entrance OF the NIinnea-
polls FeSetal Reserve district into the
drive today, the entire nation has ssct
70 work In putting the goal to $4,000
100000 In the background as soon as
possible in order to go over on Nav
Secretary McAdoo's call for $4,000 600
Every stat. has responded to the
.,;eeeretary's request that no slow ng
down be allowed. Unless the out
standing pledges amount to a consider
able sum, the loan campaign will have
10 so at high speed or fail short of the
10 report "a large subscription today,
having entered the lists on the crest OF
an extensive nine-day drive in every
part Of the district
The tendency of many committees to
slacken their york after having OBJ
tained the honor flag. is looked upon by
treasury officials as the greatest element
against oversubscription, and the Fed
eral reserve committees are pressing
Forward I'm these districts for the maxi
mum number Of Individual subscribers
10 Per Cent of Quota Subscrihed
An analysis of progress made in the
eleVen districts reported. shows that 19
per cent OF the national quota has been
3Subscribed. This Is based on the returns
i,fled from banks and trust conpanies
and docs NOT represent outstanding sale
o pledges, on which the treasury has
no definite Information. More accura tie
iuetermination Of the progress Of tho
campaign viii he possible with the fig
ures from tho Minneapolis district ex-
pected today
The TroaSlry Us deciding TODAY
whether 1t vii have to reverse its d.
cision which nana' the state of Oregon,
as the first to reach IT, quota. Support
ling affidav'ts fon The Chicago Federal
plcted Its quota about Ave hours bcfor,
Oregon. reported to the San Francisco
district. Should this be definitely con
ceded by Oregon, Iowa will be awarded
the first place on the national honor flag.
Though 'Oregons name will go on at the
same time.
Thus far in the campaign no other
States have subscribed their quotas and
only three cities have claimed their
quotas. They are Lynn, Mass. Port
lanr. Oregon, and Toledo. Ohio. the lat
ter cnty. having claimed it's quota a few
hours before Portland. Rivalry is to
keen affongl these cities that the Treas.
fry has asked for afiidavits before max.
ing an award ~,
Successful Week Expected
Treasury officials look forward 10 this
week as being even more successful than
the initial period. Secretary AIcAdoo is
spurring large districts into greater ac-
tiyity, and many towns have been util-
izing the first few days in the direction
of sales organization, starting their
actual campaign with a speech of the
Secretary. Rural districts are falling in
1ine and the growing casualty lists
which are invading town after town with
their grim message, have acted as an
eloquent appeal for the Liberty Bonds
Unabated efforts in the Industrial
communities show that the war has its
grip on the people, and every factory
gate In the country Is the scene of noon
day meetings between Liberty Loan
Workers and employees II is estimated
that every industrial plant in the nation
has instituted the easy-payment plan for
the purchase Of Liberty bonds by the em-
ipioyes.
Secretary Mcidoo is speaking in Beu-
mont, Tex, today and Houston tonight