New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Thirty Per Cent of New
War Bond Issue To Be
Districts Goal
Carnegie Hall Speech
Rouses Great Crowd
Quotas for Six Billion Drive
Are Given Out at
Washington

The Fourth Liberty Loan viii he for
100000 .000 OF this amount, the New
York Federal Reserve District will be
asked to subscribe S1,S00.000. .o00-3O
per cent of the total.
William c. McAdoo, Secretary OF the
Treasury, made this announcement last
night in his address before members Of
the Liberty Loan Committee of New
York IN Carnegie Hall.
The audience which listened to hlm
and to Benjamin Strong. governor Of
the Federal Reserve Bank. was Iii a
different mood than that which has
animated similar gatherings on the
eve Of other loan campaigns. Secretary
McAdoo sonsed this.
The audience rose and cheered
wildly FOR more than ten minutes.
Committee Gets Flag
Before the meeting began formally, a
detachme ent OF soldiers Of the 22d Reg
ular infantry marched down the aisle
and on behalf of their organization
presented The campaign committee with
anew American flag
There should be new name en-
blazonod on this banner" Secretary
McAdoo began. ~ should like TO see
s.. Nihiel' stamped upon it, 1t belongs
there, and two other names viii belong
there before we are through, Metz
ard 'Berlin.''
H address contained no fireworks.
!; was plain straight from the shoulder
talk There was no wild, boastful en-
thusiasm displayed by those who heard
il. They seemed TO have realized the
task tha lay before them and appeared
to be facing it with quiet confidence
and determination. Only when the
Secretary had finished did a real out
burst come
Before Mr. McAdoo began his address
Four Minute Singers sang several
songs, among them Were Going to
Lick the Kaiser If 1t Takes Us Twenty
Years"
This apparently pleased the Secre-
'eI! OF ehc treasury.
Hopes for Quick Victory
A. listened to that song just now "
ne told his audience, "it seemed as
though received wireless from Cen
eral Pershing 1t SAID, 1T won't take
twenty years, and it won't take two
years, If we only hurry up"
f, lr. NcAdoo made special appeal
lor more subscriptions to this loan
from men of moderate means-men
VINO can afford to subscribe for a
o'och Of $4,000 worth of bonds. Sub
scrptions of this sort were far too few
'H 'he last loan, he said
Inc platform was decorated with the
"@es OF the twenty-five nations arrayed
esa'rSt Germany, forerunner of the
uecofatlve scheme which is to be put
NO effect on Fifth Avenue during the
van dri.e. Among those who had seats
.aefe were Judge Ebert II. Gary.
,ncmas ". Lamont. former Senator
'"eodore (. Burton, c. Give Bayley.
,"' British Consul General; Supreme
0oui' Justice Victor j. Dowling, Dock
commissioner Murray Hubert, Frank
~, "nderlip, Jacob H. Schif, Felix NJ.
'sfoarg and others.
Mrs. McAdoo Is Present
Nteas the box holders were MIS-.
,,'V'aoo' Mis- Margaret Wilson and
~" = Rockefeller. jr
Mr. McAdoo said:
-, a great pleasure to meet the
r'0'''y Loan workers of this important
>"'''' feserve district. tho greatest
r. ,, reputation and "a resources of any
,4'rai Reserve district IN the country
a1 therefore responsible for the
&c s'.' part Of every Liberty Lean re
.5vo n,V OF The American people.
'ae fourth Liberty Loan IS ,bo
latest Yet offered $4,000 100000
,S'ossa' sum in itself sum So croat
,""' 1t Is Difficult, for the human n,nd
assure 1t or TO conceive of its vas.
'' "hen transmitted into Amor,c..