Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
woNlEN EQIAL PARTNERS
Mrs W g. NrAdoo Writes to neiaw ware
Red Cross Women

4lal Iartirrs uith the treasury
ponart,ront IN financing tho nation
war il Uhaf the women workers nt 'o
Third ,rertv Loan afo ron7'deted 'v
the hoads nt the nation his ls shnun
Ia lottor of allret lati"n lsaued hN Alfs
William a. Nj Aduo wife oi the ST"fetHt'
III tha Iroa=ur, and chairman ~ the
National " olnanR fhitd liberty l"an
Committee Who hes iszued 4 letter Il
a,,t,rrclattou ~ county AMI cltV chafmrn
1'h,s letter wa rccoivrd hv Mrs 'Hho
<opland chairmpn of the Third ihCrtv
| nau IL, Wilmington and 4 points nHt
that tho .llo of Tho women work tics
not NJ much IN thr grcat amount of bonds
sold and tho lla subscriptions they Sc
cured FL iu ihc aalr ~ bonds ~ th"Rr
who arc hnfdcaf IL irah and ~ ~"
au qkcplne 1T natfoual epiut they achieN
"a The letter f,lluws
To tbr Count, ChaTmcn at tho NationHl
Woman Ilncrt, IAN Committee
Dcer Madam Chairman am Whiting
tn ,ou AZ this time to express - Nou TIE
a,,3rc,atlon 81 the National Nuuan
IGrrf, nan Committee for fhc sctNt'c
that you have rendered. ~ the liberty
| oan campaign Just closed VII IHu
p,f also evterd the congratulations and
apprccIation Il Tins committee (" the
LEGAL chalrmcu whom >u'i app"lnfed tor
7l,c ThIri iuerty loan end who have
so faithfully carried out the palt assigned
them
The members of Che National Com
mi;lce want vml "a kunw that NC realize
the many sacrifices which women make
IN devotlnr their time and energy To tn"
Liberty Loan campaigns, aud that We
fully appreciate thc splendid sfnut IN
winch lhc<e sacrifices are made hat
he faithful and untlrlng efforts al the
members az this uatlun-wldo orRGniza
tion have borne frut q thousand told IS
evidenced hy the return, received from
our state charmnn
The reports ~ the amount at bonds
sold hv the women ~ tho various states
arc not complete. but such figures rs are
available at this time show the results
of The women 5 work IN the Third Liberty
Loan to have succeeded the highest cN-
pCctatiuns of our State and Federal lie
serve Chalrmcn
In this campaign. as IN the two pre-
ccdIug ones he fact has again been
brought out that the greatest glory OF
the women $ work lies not IN tho amount
Of bonds sold proportionately high though
this is but IN the large number ot sub
scrlptlons secured While the women $
committees throughout the country have
some of the largest individual subscrlp-
tions 70 their credit. they have been
very largely instrumental N securing
the smaller subscriptions the ones which
are hardest 10 get, but which, mean the
most from the standpoint of the awaken
ing of a national spirit And II Is. per
haps. in this awakening Of the people
| to the necessity Of their support OF the
| government IN this crisls that the value
| Of women's participation ~ financing
| the war is most clearly demonstrated
| The results Of the last campaign have more
than justified the belief Of the Treasury
| Department in the ability of women to
stand shoulder to shoulder with the men
in organizing and conducting the cam
paigns for the sale Of Liberty Bonds,
| and in their right 10 the title. Equal
/ Partners
With the personal appreciation of my
self and the members If my entire com
mittce for your devotion to the cause
for which we are all striving, ! am
Yours most cordially,
Eleanor W McAdoo
Mrs w G. McAdoo, Chairman
National Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee