Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-09-20
THE SLOGAN IS
500 OR MORE"


Loan drive be 500 or more" said
E. r. Mohler, chairman of the Lib
erty Loan meeting in Union hall
Thursday night, when dismissing
the gathering. Mothers announce
ment of this slogan no doubt was in
spired by the statements of previous
speakers who declared that in order
to complete the allotment of this
county of $75O,OOO it would be nee
essary to have a subscription equal
to 800 for every man, woman and
child in the county.
The meeting was to launch the
campaign for the Fourth Liberty
Loan in it's relation to the industrial
division, which is a new feature of
Liberty Loan campaigns. AS very
clearly stated by Secretary McGilli-
vray of the State Industrial Division,
past practices in the handling of the
subscriptions of wOrkingmen have
been the subject of criticism. In
many instances labOr-hating corpora
tions have subscribed for large
blocks of bonds, secured public credit
for super-patriotism and then imme-
diately resold the bonds to their en-
ployes. Very naturally such prac-
tees had a tendency to cool the ardor
of the men WIZ really put up the.
coin.
The meeting was successful one
and much valuable information was
given by the speakers.
w. w. Ladd was the first speaker
and he outlined the plans OF the state
industrial branch and illustrated the
way the campaign was being conduct
ed in Seattle and Tacoma. Working
through union committees and Great
ing a friendly rivalry between crafts
bin the big plants of the cities, the
outlook even thus early, was good
for 100 per cent subscription
among the union men of the state.
Secretary McGillivray spoke along
the same lines, also covering the ar
rangements for honor certificates
which will be awarded by local and
state campaign managers. The in
dustrial division managers have Sc
cured the active cooperation OF the
business heads of the big employers
of labor, while holding in the hands
of the committees complete control
of the campaign This guarantees
full credit to those who in reality
support with their funds the program
of the government.
The addresses of Ladd and McGil-
livray were the most pertinent to the
subject in hand and of greatest value
to the local people, though all the
talks were good.
Chairman Thomas l.. O'Leary out
lined the steps that had been taken
and those proposed in connection
with the county campaign and en-
phasized the fact that the respon-
sibility of the industrial division had
been unreservedly placed in the care
of the union representatives of the
community. He expressed his be-
lief in the certainty of satisfactory
results and offered full assistance of
the general county committee.
MIR. Stacy. a campaign leader OF
Tacoma, spoke on the operation OF
the campaigns in his city and pre-
scented some points that cen be used
to advantage by the local people
Each of the speakers touted Billy
Short as the card of the session and
Short measured pretty we'll to the
mark set for him by his predecessors
on the platform. He spoke for about
three-uuartcrs of an hour, and while
his references to the effect Of this
war on English snobbery were some
what overdrawn and his idea regard
ing the motives which actuGted Eng
land in the conflict were strained,
his remarks in the main were fine
and calculated to inspire his hearers
with full realization of their duty to
support the war aims of the United
States unreservedly.
Short spoke of the experiences OF
past Loan campaigns and referred
to the sending of high-brows into the
industrial plants to harangue and
criticise the workers. He said such
practices had resulted in feeling OF
resentment on the part of the work.
ers. Comforting with the loan cam
paign leaders labor leaders had con-
WINGED them that such a policy was
wrong and productive of bad results.
Out of this conference grew present
plans of placing in the hands of the
men themselves through their elect
ed representatives control of cam
paigns among workingmen and wom-
en-. The new plan promised great
and good results.
Short said that only militant
union man was a good union man,
and that while the workers were OPP
posed to wars they were not pacifists
To- tho ooooptod sonso Of the term