Arizona republican., 1918-01-07
ORANGE PLAN FUR
 THRIFT STAMP SALE
 EXPLAINED BY KIRK

The Orange plan" of campaign for the sale of thrift stamps in the war savings stamp campaign, was described by R. A. Kirk before the meeting of county chairmen Satur- day. This plan was the one devised 1 in Orange, New Jersey, and proved of such success that it has been widely advertised and copied throughout the country.
 MT. Kirk is publicity director in the war savings campaign in Arl- zona and has given the "Ora1ge plan" much study, as will De evinced by his address at the meet ing. It was one of the most interest ing addresses at the meeting. MT.
 Kirk spoke as follows:
 The village was first districted by streets and each canvasser was given 20 homes to cover. He was | furnished with two record sheets on which to keep a record of the indl-
 vidual people canvassed and the re- l suits obtained; he was also provided
 with a pamphlet entitled: Thrift
 stamps in every home before Christ
 mas" which contained much infor-
 nation concernings war savings and
 thrift stamps. The canvasser was
 also given the blue postal cards,
 on which further orders for stamps
 could be forwarded to the local post
 master, who made delivery, and q
 sufficient amount of thrift cards, with a twenty five cent thrift stamp
 attached, to meet the requirements
 of each days work. These cards
 were paid for in advance by the
 canvasser and his money returned | hyI
 he visited, the committee agreeing
 to take back any stamps that were
 left unsold.
 The canvasser was urged to pro- : mote the sale of as many thrift and war savings stamps as possi-
 ble by first selling to the head o1 the house at least one twenty-fi five , cent stamp for every man, woman and child in the household, includ ing servants, and have their promise
 to distribute these to the differen , members; while doing so explain il , detail the war savings plan. Printed matter was left in every home, ant f one very important thought impress . ed by the canvasser was the neces 7 sity of consistent and regular say . ing as a duty to our goverlmen I during the war.
 f IIi this particular campaign, Treas l l ury Circular No. 94 was mailed thre 2 days in advance. and Treasury Cir f cular No. mailed one day in ad e vance. Also the local banks secure
 beforehand, by deposit of collatera s 10000 thrift stamps and 2,000 wa n savings stamps, together with thcil = cards for every person in the com n munity and a war savings card fo
 every third person.
 In an official letter from the fed
 eral director, it is stated that in
 plan as above outlined by the cit
 zens of Orange, New Jersey, wa
 very successful. In a six-day cam 7 paign, over so per cent Of the en tire population of the town becanl
 holders of war savings stamps an
 thrift stamps, and were started 0
 the road to conservative citizenship e After a careful perusal of th IS comprehensive plan adopted by tt IT citizens of Orange, it is realize It why such successful results we:
 obtained. If this plan, in its CT y tirety, could be used in every cit 10 of Arizona, similar results would I le doubt be attained, as in Arizona V es give way to no man or cOmmunit l. when it comes to patriotism an er support of our government.
 y It is quite possible that some of the country chairmen may be ab n to follow out the Orange plan in i s; entirety. It is likely, however tn .g others will find it to their advantas re to adopt a plan along similar line w which will not require so much q s. tail work. To these, it is suggest' to that all cities, villages and sms ir communities be divided into block l- that every one of these blacks ts turned over to a volunteer, or volu al teers, who will agree to faithful re canvass the subdivision assign Id and make a full report to the cor
 mittee of the results obtained. IT m work would require large numb it's of workers, but the governmen at idea is to get as many interested IT, this cause as possible. The ca
 vass can be made every evening,
 necessary, and there should be
 trouble in securing volunteers. It is suggested that each work
 be furnished with sufficient thr
 cards, with a twenty-five cent thr lal stamp attached thereto, and supI b. all persons in his district with t ral same. Also, he should have one ter two war savings certificates, w on s war saving stamp attach thereto, in order that he may - able to explain the plan in full.
 should be an easy matter for " county chairman to provide nd initial supply of stamps for the se ,av eral canvaSserS.
 iss A wise idea would be to eql 2t the canvassers with literature 10