Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-06-29
WAR SAVINGS DAY
WILL Be SUCCESS
June 20 Fixed As Date When All Vlr.
ginians Who Stay At Homo Win
Have Definite Act or Patriot
Ism To Perform.

It's county and city committees. its
portion of the great nationwide cam
palgn to get all people on or before
June 2S to pledge themselves TO save
10 the utmost Of their ability and to
guy war Savings Stamps. Tho follow.
ing statement has been issued by the
National War Savings Committee at
Washington:
Those OF us who remain ut home
"hlie others do the fighting have an
e'er-lncreasing number of oppor-
tunities to do definite and highly i'm
portant work for our country. We
wish to do this work rs an expression
OF the gratitude we feel in being
privileged to continue at our usual
tasks, to enjoy the loving companions
ship Of our families, to meet freely
with our friends and ncighbors, to ell,
JOY all the security of life and most
or the pleasures and the economic
privileges of poace times white other
mon, who have had to put aside all
these things, are fighting our battles
Tor us on the sacred soil OF Franco
and on the high seas.
| our new opportunity to serve
comes as a result of designating June
Is as National War Savings Day. Il
DAY on which all men and women and
all children Of sufficient years to ap-
preclate the days significance are call
cd upon to pledge themselves to save
10 the utmost of their ability and to
conserve all possible labor an. ma
tcrials for the Government, and to buy
@ar Savings Stamps with their saw.
ings. Our part Is to do everything
possible to make this day stand out
among the great days OF this period OF
the war.
Duty Is Clear.
Gould any one of us be asked to
do less than this? Could any one of
ns refuse to do so little thing
to win the war for the worlds
fredom, could anyone Of us put
aside this plea for saving while
all Europe Is crying out in It's agony
to be released from the clutches Of the
monster that 10 befouling all It's
touches? Could we refuse so simple
4 thing and at the same time ask
other men to give their lives that our
own precious lives be spared and our
dresides be kept safe from the terrors
Of the HUMP
Our duty Is clear our privilege is
great, our sacrifice Is little, our work
is important
National War Savings Day Is to be
the great rallying day on which every
one In our country is expected to
pledge himself or herself to save and
economize. This saving and economic
ing will first Of all leave in the mar
kets a greater supply of labor and ma.
terials for the use OF the Government
with which to fight the war. And then
the money savings Of the individuals
are to be invested in War Savings
Stamps.
what the Government asks us to
do is to pledge ourselves to buy at
definite periods with our saving q
specific amountof War Savings Stamps.
The thing to BIO accomplished is to get
subscriptions which will take care
Of the unsold portion OF the 1000 O00,-
600 Of War Savings Stamps author.
lied by the Congress to be sold during
1918.
when one stops to think of the
matter, 1t Is really a small thing to
raise $2,000,000,00O. in a country Of
more than 100,000,OO0 people. IL
everyone would do his share, 1t would
be necessary for each person to sub
scribe to only $40 worth of stamps.
"The duty Of us at home is to see
TO 1t that the entire amount is SUBJ
scribcd. 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 lis hope for"
W. S. S..
Save for your country's sake.
W. S. S.
Thrive by Thrift.
W. S. S..
A war saver is q life-saver.
W. s. S.
He also serves who stays and saves,
w. S. S.
When you buy War Savings Stampa
you do not give-y0u receive
w. S. S..
Give up your luxuries that the
Kaiser may BIO made to give I'D his
ambitions.
W. s. S.
National War Savings Day is only
one day; our mon in the Army and
Navy have their day every day.
W. S. S.
You may not be able to fight, but
you can save and buy War Savings
Stamps.
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