The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-29
Labor Commissioner John P. Colpoys Here in Inter-
 est of Stamp Campaign
PRAISES EFFICIENCY 1 LOCAL ORGANIZATION
Speakers to Be Sent to Industrial Plants of the District to Speak in Interest
 of Bonds

ssWe must all make some sacrt- fice,' is the favorite expression or the people today" said John F. Colpoys, commissioner of concil- iation, United states department of labor, who will be in Birming- ham until tomorrow morning In the interest of the thrift stamp campaign. q do not believe n less truthful statement hns been made. for it isn't the people who stay at home that are making the sac rifice--it is the boys in the camps and those that have already gone to the bIood-drenched battle fronts in France"
 MT. Colpoys arrived in Birmingham yesterday and has been engaged with MT. Johnson in discussion of the thrift movement practically the entire time. He has been lent to the national war savings committee by the department of labor for the purpose of making a four weeks tour of the south to get the laboring men more interested in the campaign He is now on his re- turn trip to Washington. having vis- tied North and South Carolina, eastern Georgia, Florida and New Orleans. To- morrow Mir Co1poys leaves for Chat tanooga, thence to the Capitol City. MADE THE SACRIFICE Many of these boys who have known nothing other than peace and comfort will be called upon to lay down their lives upon the altar of democracy. I consider anything that we, whose lot it is to remain at home while others are fighting for us do is of paltry insignificance. What if we give everything that we possess to aid the boys at the front? We have left chance to regain fortunes, but the boys who lay down their lives have given all within their power.
 They have made the sacrifice-we have not done our duty unless we back them to the last penny and the last heart throb!
 "Everyone is on an earnest search for the most efficient methods in all walks of life. Conservation of food, fuel and man power is now paramount in the minds of all true Americans. The two liberty loans were heavily
  ceived the whole-hearted support of the entire nation, despite the attacks of some pro-German propagandists. A more despicable and unwarranted charge was never made upon any or ganization.
 ECONOMY AND THRIFT
 "The government has launched the present campaign, which has received
 universal recognition as the thrift campaign This was done for two equally important primary motives: to raise $2,000, 100000, and as a means of giving the citizens of this country a long needed lesson, that of economy and thrift. It Is a move that will not only be felt by the immediate results but will result in untold good after the conclusion of hostilities.
 ''The department of labor has lent my services to this camapign until this coming Saturday, when I will return tc Washington. My work has come under the direction of Otto Marx. fed eral director in charge of the il southeastern states, and I am now finishing up my tour of this terri tory.
 "In this connection want to say that there are no more loyal supporters of the country today than Is labor-organ- ized and unorganized. have found on my trip that they are with the admins tration teeth and toenails.' This last loan has been devised particularly for them. The stand the labor and labor or ganizations have taken, in Birmingham and vicinity. is very commendable MARKED EFFICIENCY