Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
WAR SAVINGS
STAMP SALE
SETTING PACE
Week Ending March 80 Was
One of the Best of
Campaign

Philadelphia. - Reports beginning
to come to the headquarters of the
National War Savings Committee in
this city for the week ending March
so indicate this to have been one of
the best weeks for the sale of War
Savings Stamps since the campaign
began in December Lebanon county
made very decided advance, due in
part to a local competition among
postmasters, and Philadelphia had
the largest sales of any week thus
.far. In this connection, Robert X.
Cassatt, director for Eastern Penn
sylvania, has sent a letter to the
county chairmen in his district, urg-
Ing them to renewed effort. Mr.. Cas-
satt told the chairmen frankly that
the campaign is tagging in Pennsyl-
vania and that other states are far
ahead of it in per capita sales of
stamps. He said he felt that this
condition should not exist and he in
sisted upon concentration of effort in
order that a better showing may be
made by the grand old Keystone
state.
Sell Stamps With Bonds
A statement has been issued by
William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury, urging the prosecution of
the sale of War Savings Stamps
alcng with the third Liberty Loan
drive, which begins next week. Mr..
McAdoos statement, which is ad-
dressed to the executives and work
ers of the Liberty Loan and War
Savings campaigns, says:
LAS the time for the opening of
the campaign for the third Liberty
Loan approaches, it seems advisable
tc set forth in definite way plan
by which the activities of these two
organizations shall be brought into
union for the period of the cam
paign.
The war savings organization
should have for it's primary object
the education of our 100000 of
people to the idea that at this time
of war and national crisis the prac-
tice of thrift is not alone a matter
of personal wisdom or advantage,
hut is vitally necessary to the well
fare of the nation. The United
States Government, in it's prosecu-
tion of the war, requires the use of
the products of labor to the extent
of billions of dollars. while at the
same time it has been necessary to
remove from productive employment
100000 men. This demand for ma
Jerial cannot be met if the normal
needs of our population are contin-
ued. To a reduction of these needs
the chief activities of the war saw
ings organization should be directed,
and, as a complement to this work
the savings thus effected. when
translated into terms of money
should be invested in United States
Government securities.
Campaign Intensive
"On the other hand, the Liberty
Loan organizations are confronted
with a problem of raising within a
short space of time billions of dol
lays to meet the immediate require
1uents of the Treasury Department
The campaign must be intensive and,
while pointing out the necessities of
solf-denial in expenditures, must be
directed toward amounts of subscrip-
tions, as we'll as number of sub
scribers, the needed amount must be
raised, even though present savings
are not sufficient, and even though
ii becomes necessary to pledge fu-
ture savings through the use of
credit facilities.
I'm the coming Liberty Loan drive
therefore, the war savings organiza-
tions should continue their efforts in
the formation of war-savings soce-
ties, educational work in the schools
and general thrift propaganda. Their
actual selling organizations should,
however. be combined and co-ord-
mated with that of the Liberty Loan
organization, to the end that during
this period sales of Government Sc
curities, both Liberty Loan Bonds
and War Savings Stamps. should be
made in the largest amount possible
TO each individual buyer; but the
purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds,
rather than War Savings Stamps
should during the period be made the
main object.
The first effort of both the Lib
erty Loan and war-savings organi-
Zations during the coming drive
should be to sell Liberty Loan Bonds
and no member of the war-savings
organization should endeavor to di-
vert a purchaser of Liberty Loan
Bonds to the purchase of War Saw
irss Stamps. On the other hand,
there are persons who are unable to
ouy Liberty Loan Bonds, and all
those persons should be urged to buy
War Savings Stamps.
Encourage Partial Payments
with regard to the partial pay
ment subscriptions to Liberty Loan
Bonds. these should be encouraged,
but where employers of labor or 9TH
ers have formed efficient war-sav-
ings societies which are actually OBJ
tanning systematic and adequate sub
scriptions to War Savings Stamps
this work should not be interfered
with by any endeavor to supersede
the war-savings societies by the in
PRODUCTION of the partial-payment
plan for subscriptions to Liberty
Loan Bonds. Such war-savings So
cieties should make every possible
effort to promote the sale not only
Of War Savings Stamps, but of Lib
orty Bonds during the coming drive
THE loyal army of workers in
both these organizations must real
i2e that they are working for COM
mon cause, though by different meth
o6s that each is a part of the
Treasury Department force. and that
each is under Treasury Departmental
control
Complete harmony and unity of
purpose helps both organizations in
the attainment of the purpose of
each--the successful financing of the
war on a sound basis. We must have
complete and cordial cooperation be-
tween the two organizations, and I
IN sure that l may count upon ev-
cry member of each organization for
that kind of patriotic work