The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-06-15
National War Savings Day
Must Be Made Big Success


The National War Savings Committee which is
carrying on, through its state and local committees
a nationwide campaign to get all the people or
before June 28 to pledge themselves to to the
utmost of their ability and to buy savings stamps
with their savings, has given out the following state
ment:
$"Tnose of us who remain at home while others do
the fighting have an ever-increasing number of op
portnltles to do definite and highly important work
for our country We wish to do this work as an ex-
preston Of gratitude feel in being privileged to
continue at our usual tasks, to enjoy the loving com
panionship Of our families to meet freely with our
friends and neghbors, to enjoy all the security of
life and most of the pleasures and the economic
privileges Of peace times while other men, who have
had to put aside all these things are lighting our
battles for us the sacred soil of France and the
high seas.
"Our new opportunity to serve comes as a result
Of designating June 28 as National War Savings Day.
a day on which all men and women and all children
OF sufficient years to appreciate the day significance
are called upon to pledge themselves to save to the
utmost Of their ability and to conserve all possible
labor and materials for the governments and to buy
war savings stamps with their savings. Our part is
to do everything possible to make this day stand out
among the great days Of this period OF the war
Gould any Of be asked to do less than this?
Could any one us refuse to do little thing to
win war for the worlds freedom? Could any one
of pit aside this plea for saving while all Europe
is crying out in its agony to be released from the
clutches of the monster that is befouling all it
touches? Could we refuse so simple thing and at
the same time ask other to give their lives that
our precious lives be spared and ourflresldes be
kept safe from the teTrors Of the Hun
Our duty IS clear our privilege IS great our sacrl-
fee little, our work is important:
sonal War Savings Day is to be the great
rallying day on which everyone in our country IS
expected to pledge himself or herself to save and
economize This saving and econonzing will first
Of all leave II The markets greater supply Of labor
and materials for the use of the government with
which to fight the war. And then the money savings
stamps.
1.What the government asks us to do IS to pledge
ourselves to buy at definite periods with savings
a specific amount Of war savings stamps The thing
to be accomplished is to get subscriptions which will
take care during the balance Of the present year of
the unsod portion Of the So, 10000 of saw
ings stamps authorized by the congress to be sold
during 1918.
"When one stops to think Of the matter it's really
small thing to raise So 100000 900 in country of
more than 1O0,OO0,0OO people. If everyone would
do his share it would be necessary for each person to
subscribe to only $40 worth of stamps
<The duty Of US at home is to see to that the en-
tire amount is subscribed We must work to that
end. We must add to our already great army Of war
savers. We must make more sacrifices ourselves and
urge sacrifices upon others. National War Savings
Day MUST be made the great success all of us
hope for