The Washington herald., 1918-10-04

Liberty Sunday" plans were COM
pleted last night at a meeting OF vol
unteer liberty loan workers at Lib
erty Hut.
The house-to- house canvass by
which the committee hopes to bring
every household in the city into touch
with the ideals and aims OF the loan
will be conducted by 200 team cap
tains chosen last night
The captains pledge themselves and
the workers under them-twenty in
each group-to make sure that every
man and woman is approached by
some worker Sunday afternoon in the
interest OF the loan.
Assigned to Sectors.
The work OF subdividing the city into
200 sections will be completed today
at Liberty Loan headquarters. l41S Ii
street, and each team captain has
been instructed to call at headquarters
at o'clock this afternoon for his as
signment.
The meeting last night was IN
marked contrast to the other great
meetings which have been held ~
Washington in behalf of Liberty
Loans. There were no bands, no ora
tors and no effort was made to appeal
to the emotions.
John Poole, chairman Of the Liberty
Loan Committee, explained that be-
cause OF a grave crisis which threat
ems the city all indoor meetings had
been called of, and that to insure the
success OF the fourth Liberty Loan In
Washington a complete change would
have to be made in the sales cam
paign. He said that a personal can
yass had been decided on as the most
effective method OF quickly raising INC
! Districts quota, and that the only
| thing needed u insure the success OF
| the plan Nas ;he earnest co pPe a
! ton Of several thousand energetic men
and women Of Washington.
Response Is Unanimous.
When an appeal was made for all
those to stand who were willing to
undertake the work with a deter
minat ton to put IT through irrespec-
tive of the personal sacrifice that
might be involved. all the men and
women in the building rose to their
feet.
Many Of the teams were completed
at the meeting last night. and il
was decided that the captains could
add to them such additional workers
as they might fin necessary. In or
der that each team may be provided
with its full quota of workers, a spe-
cIal reserve force Is to be mobilized
| at Liberty Loan headquarters al
1870 Sunday afternoon. It will be
prepared to rush men in automobiles
to any captain in any section of the
city on a minutes notice
This reserve force Is to be COM
posed OF members of the Home De-
| fense League w. P. Emo. director
/ Of the league has issued a caH tC
each Of the eleven leagues to send
twenty picked men to the H street
! headquarters OF the Liberty Loan
/ Committee at 1890 Sunday after
noon.
To facilitate the work of the
volunteer Canvassers in every way
possible. the Liberty Loan Com
mittee has issued an appeal to all
| who possibly can to go to the banks
and enter their subscriptions i'm
mediately. Every subscriber will
be provided with an honor roll flag
! by the bank, and IL every bond
owner will display this flag in his
window or on his door, the can
vasser will be saved the time re-
/ quired to ring the door bell and
make the appeal. and much dupli-
cation OF effort will be avoided.
Banks Open Late.
In order to offer every encourage.
ment to the mond buyers. every banE
| in Washington will remain open to re,
| ceive bond subscriptions until 6 O'Clock
| tonight and tomorrow night
Buy your bond today and encour
age others to do likewise b placinl
your honor flag in your window" il
the slogan adopted by the liberty loar
| workers.
The canvassers will be provided will
| special subscription blanks. with de-
tachable coupons, which will be giver
| to the subscribers as receipts for pay.
ments. A cash payment of at least II
per cent of the amount of the bono
| will be required with each subscrip.
tion. Every bank in Washington will
accept subscriptions to $50 and $40
bonds on basis of 10 per cent cast
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