Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
CITY'S DRIVE PLANNB
IN THIRD DLIBERTYLOA
Speakers at Bellevue-str.,.
ford Meeting Say Need
Is Urgent
GERMAN MENACE SEEN
Workers Told America Womb n.
Attacked Next if Germany Con. "
quered Europe

'"''. '"o war Is not 5000 miles awavs
said W. \. Granville, president OF ~,
tysburg College, at the meeting a, !.
'hiru Liberty Loan workers at the Be,l.
yue-Stratford Hotel today.
III the Germans were Victorian.
Europe and could land forces M po,a ~
I more. they could get TO Gettysbur, na,u. .'...s
faster than General Lee moyea ,sn s,h
forces from Virginia TO that great h.,' as
tleiield," he continued. 's''
IF the Germans had 10o mn ~
| planes they could easily place Ave- ,a-
In each OF them and in less than t.a. .sh
eight hours they could land an arr,r
! 100000 in this country. '
IF all America could annrso,a,. a.,
/ there would be no question as 20 s's
outcome of the Liberty Loan camn,,.
into which we are about to enter" ~
He finished by suggesting tba, -.
Liberty Loan managers preach tbs.s
possibilities throughout the land.
! The first speaker John j. Hends,.,.
chairman of the committee on relIvio,s,
ana civic organizations, made severs,
, promising announcements.
'Flfty thousand subscriptions IN n.
third Liberty Loan have been guar
ahteed by Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf vbo
! has been n diligent worker for ~.
| Liberty Loans among the Jewish nonu.
lation OF the Third Federal District. Z.
said Mr.. Henderson.
'Forty-six men, representing 7s5,oOo
members or secret societies, such as the
tlKs, Moose and the odd Fellows, held
Il meeting recently and agreed 10 forr
] Z. I 4
SHOW a Liberty Loan button or hs
Stacker, ls the motto which has been
adopted by these clubs and lodges
An building and loan associations IN
! the Third District. of which there az
lsoo' VIII suspend all loans during April
ard the money which would have hssr
| used as loans Will be invested in Liberty
! Bonds. This has been made nossihls
/ by special Federal law recentlv nasssS
| allowing investment of surplus monsv
! of the building and loan associations n
| Liberty Bonds.
From this sourcs from six IN fan ,,,,.
| lions of dollars will probably be raised
! In addition to this, each association has
| formed voluntary bond club of which
! every member personally will Subscribe
/ to the Loan.
"A meeting and demonstration IL NOW
! being arranged to be held some TINA
/ during the Liberty Loan campaign. AZ
! which an address will be made BY sam.
uel fompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
Much murmuring has been heard
| among the police and municipal EN-.
! ployes because they will be assessed 81
week for the Liberty Loan. This il
probably the first time in the history of
Philadelphia that municipal employees
have been assessed by political leaders
and have gotten anything out Of Il for
themselves -
| Mr.. Henderson also announced that
| Liberty Loan organizations have been
/ formed among twenty-five nationalities
in the Third District including Chinese
and Japanese. Judge Burlington, Of the
/ United States Circuit Court Is chairman
of the committee controlling these or
CARNATIONS. N
Il. T. Passmore, governor of the FEEDER
al Reserve Bank, this city, opened the
proceedings. He was followed by a State.
ment by Lewis II. Parsons. director Of
the loan in the Third Federal Re-
serve District in which he said that
| the executive committee OF the Liberty
/ Loan organizations had indorsed the
!
| interest and 1t was his firm belief that
! there would be no trouble in raising
/ the entire amount in record time
Casmir Czienbievitz, executive secre-
tary of the foreign languages committee,
told how he had worked among the for
eign speaking organizations and did not
hesitate to say that when the total OF
: the work was known 1t would be sur
prise, as everywhere the committee had
been the members had found a great
willingness among the foreigners 10
subscribe. NN
Every shell dropped on Paris by the
new German long-range gun means
$4,000 for tho third Liberty Loan
This note of optimism and determina-
ton was voiced by =. VI. Chandler.
chairman of the department and cnain
stores committee.
Storekeepers cannot receive subscrip-
tions for this loan and deliver the bohos,
but arrangements are being made Tor Al
department and chain stores to receNs
subscriptions to be forwarded TO oanAs
Mr. Chandler announced.
Members of the central committee for
the third Liberty Loan in the Third fed,
] tTdl INtStlNt ulSliiII "NiS
today as follows:
| l.. p. PaSsmore. chairman X. H. Aus'
tin, vice chairman; f. NJ. Hardt, seere-
tary; David Baird, Camden; j. u. pnn.
mick, Scranton; Alvin G. Dinkey, PlerIs
$. du Pont, Wilmington; W. W. ui'est
Lancaster; NJ G. Kennedy. Chamoers-
burg +. NJ. Kirby, Wilkes-Barre Vanoe
Mccormick, Harrisburg; II. b. Morns,
G. la Rue Munson, Williamsport, he,'
l.. Rue, Samuel Rea, Washington -
Roebling, Trenton; Charles NJ scnwav.
Bethlehem William c. Sproul' CneS.s. yas,
L. 7. Stotesbury, Ernest I. Trigs' 'o"A
Wanamaker.
Announcement of the ten geograpnios'
district chairmen of the womehs 'y.. a.
mittee in the Third Federal Reser'e ~
trict also was made. They are ,,,,',ssr nwS.
Philadelphia committee. Mrs Mns
Krusen, chairman; Kensington eonmm
tee, Mrs. r. r. p. Bradford. cnan"1 Me-
Northeast Philadelphia committee sr -
John W. Meyer, chairman; derna h,.a,.n
committee. Mrs. NJ. B. Gurley, cha""W Wrs'
north rural district committee, s,nut
/ Charles S. Wurts. chairman ,SY,hsn.
! Hill committee, Mrs, Francis . MELEE, ao,,,.
nv. chairman; Falls Of SchuyikIi, ss
mittee, Mrs. Dobson Altemus' r,
west Philadelphia committee, Mrs,
Richardson, chairman; Soutn ,,asman
phia committee, Mrs. Walter j. r..s,,,.e
chairman, and central city con''