The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-30
PREPARING FOR THE
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN


Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 229.-In prepara
ton for the third liberty loan, which
probably will be authorized within the
next few months, the executive COM
mittee of the Sixth federal reserve
district is perfecting an organization
and inaugurating a great education
al campaign.
At the recent national conference
of liberty loan committees in Wash
ington, treasury officials expressed
the belief that the next loan woulo
be the largest yet organized. This
conference was attended by VIC.
Wardlaw, chairman of the executive
committee and st. Elmo Massengale,
chairman of the publicity committee
and others representing this district.
Realizing the. magnitude of the un-
dertaking, machinery was put in mo-
tion Immediately upon their return
for establishing an organization ca
pable of handling this districts al
lotment of the next bond issue.
In connection with the educational
campaign forty trained organizers
will be put in the field tomorrow to
build up the county units of the lib
erty loan organization. These men
were carefully selected and given a
course of intensive training for this
special work. They were selected
from all parts of the district and
brought to Atlanta to study this work
ate the expense of the government.
The three-day course, which was fin
ished last night, covered every detail
of organization and salesmanship as
applied to the liberty loan. Joseph A..
McCord, governor of the federal re-
serve bank was among those who lee.
tured to the class.
The district managers will be- as
signed to certain territory throughout
the district. Each manager will have
charge of several counties.
They will study conditions of their
territory, cooperate with the county
committees in supervising the work,
carrying on liberty loan propaganda
throughout the campaign. 1t is re-
allied in the remote sections there is
a lack of appreciation of the serious
ness of the crisis confronting this ma
tion and of the purpose of the liberty
loan. 1t is believed that by personal
work of this character in each COM
munity the people can be brought to
a realization that America is menanc-
ed by the strongest military machine
in history and that only billions ana
billions of dollars spent for food and
equipment can save the United States
from invasion. The district manag-
ers are under supervision of Mr..
Wardlaw and the executive commit
tee. Mr.. Wardlaw was chairman of
the executive committee during the
two other campaigns when the allot-
ments for this district were over sub
scribed. w. j. Rudland, sales man
ager of long experience in southern
territory, is actively in charge Of the
district managers.
The minimum allotment for the
Sixth district in the last campaign
was $4,000, 900, and the subscrip-
tions aggregated approximately $685.
000, 900. The issue was for five bill
lion. In the event larger issue Is au-
thorized it is believed the allotment
for this district will be increased and
greater effort win be required to make
it success.
The entire liberty loan machinery
in this district is being reorganized
In preparation for the next campaign.
In each county the local committees
are being checked up and those who
were successful in handling the work
in the last campaign are being re-
quested to undertake it again.
In reorganizing the county commit
tees the executive committee will be
given the benefit of the observations
of the district managers in assembling
a force capable of effectively handling
the work.
The scope of the publicity work
will be greatly broadened. Mr.. Mas
sengale successfully handled this fea-
ture of the work in the first two
campaigns and vii again have charge
of. it. Bruce Hall, formerly an At
lanta newspaper man, viii assist Mr.