South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-16
DRIVE
To OPEN SEPT. %
Plans Nearly Completed For
Liberty Loan Volunteer
Drive in City.

Arrangements are nearly COM
pleted for Mishawaka's silent drive
in the fourth Liberty loan campaign
which will officially open at o
O'Clock on the morning of Sept. IS.
The silent factory drive Will
begin next Friday morning. Sept. 20.
and continue for five days OF until
Wednesday. Sept % At a meeting
of all ward chairmen, block captains
and their assistants to be held at the
headquarters Tuesday evening at
7.3O o'clock final plans viii be COM
pleted whereby the city will be
thoroushly laid out in sections for
the convenience of subscribers.
Booths will be provided in each
ward SO that all subscribers may
voluntarily call and purchase bonds
Cards will be sent to all residents
Of the city early in the week inform
ing them where they are TO sub
scribe. only those who subscribe
voluntarily and entirely without So
licitation will be qualified 10 wear
the volunteer button No button is
TO ~ worn before Saturday, Sept
IS, Che opening of the city drive.
Factory Drive to Open Friday.
Definite plans for the factory
drive which will open next Friday
have not been made public as yet
but in all probabilities the campaign
viii be conducted along lines sim
liar % the previous loans except that
there will be no direct solicitation
made. While employees of the vari-
Gus plants may purchase bonds be
fore the opening OF the city drive,
volunteer buttons will not be given
out until the first day Of the general
drive. Cards will be given to the
factory subscribers emitting them to
buttons.
According TO the preliminary ar
rangements made by the committee
in charge of the drive. no resident
OF Mishawaka over is years of age
will be allowed to sidestep the loan
issue. While everyone is to be given
the opportunity of subscribing on
the free-will basis. those who refuse
10 do so will be called upon. In this
way will Mishawaka keep up her
high standard of patriotism and
Bonds Absolutely Safe.
The silent drive is 10 put an end
to the usual delay and difficulty oc-
CasiOned by solicitation, and to give
everyone an equal opportunity 10
lend his money 10 the government
without being asked TO do 50. 1t is
pointed out that the nature of the
investment is such that in ordinary
times such bonds would be at a pre-
MUM from the financial value
alone No better security can be Of
fered than that OF the national gov
eminent The bonds arr non-tax-
able and interest bearing and as
such the most paying proposition il
is possible to obtain at the present.
While ordinary stocks and bonds are
in "A more of less uncertain state be-
cause of the war. Liberty loan bonds
are absolutely dependable.
\ phase of the campaign which
is to be given publicity i'm order
that there may be no misunder-
standing is the reluctance OF many
subscribers 10 call at the booth TO
buy. 1t is felt by many that their
subscriptions will be made public.
This is in error. The men and wom-
en- who are 10 serve at the booths
Will be selected carefully and abso-
lutely no publicity Will be given the
amounts subscribed. All business
transacted will be of a confidential
nature so that no one need fear 70
talk freely 10 the persons IN charge