Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19
LABOR UNIONS ALL
100 PER CENTLOYAL
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
Seven Thousand Workmen Willing
to Back Uncle Sam
Financially.
ARE WELL ORGANIZED

Organized labor in this city, accord
inc 20 present indications, will come out
for the third Liberty Loan 100 per cent
strong. William X. Seward, president
of the Central Labor Union, has an
nounced that the reports from the various
locals i'm this territory showed that the
men regarded the taking of bonds IN thus
Z loan sls "A patriotic service for their country
Mir Seward has appointed ono man as
speclal Liberty Loan agent IN each oi thc
u locals affiliated with the central body:
These men are the presidents Of each local
and they IN their turn have appointed
salb-comrnittees to comb their organiza-
ton so as to bring the total OF each sec
ton up tn the highest possible mark.
Some of the locals have made fiat con
trlbut,ons OF substantial sums. Ihc
house painters have subscribed $1,000:
the bricklayers union has subscribed
$1,000. and the hsrtendcrs local has
subscribed 81 600
At the nrcsent time, according 10 Mr..
Seward. there sTc APPROXIMATELY 1000
men in this czty direcuv affiliated with
the local union organization. There arc.
of course, thousands OF other union mon
who are working here but who belong
10 other locals The eject of the cam
nsign conducted for the Liberty Loan
by compact, unified body like the Cen
trsl Labor Union is expected bv Mr. Sew
ard and the other officials 10 result IN in
crcasing subscriptions To the loan.
TIE efforts of the presidents Of The
various locals and their committees will
hc directed towards getting Ne large
number nf subscriptions as possible IL
Is hoped that many of the locals. especially
those formed by men who are now profit
ing by the high wages viii take out m
dIvidual bonds of comparatively high
denominations The canpacD Will be
dircctrd towards these men rs loyal,
patriotic union members, who want their
organizations to figure high on the honor
roll Of the subscribers IA tho loan
This campaign. directed from the
head0uarssers Of the Central Labor Union.
Will lie in addition to the various cam
paigns now going on strenuouSly in the
shops. mills and factories of the city It
will b. another angie Of the intensive
work that IS now being effectively pushed
among the citizens Of every walk OF lfc.
and is net result will b. that every per
son Will have put up to him the necessity
of subscribing 10 IT least one bond
NEED TWO MILLION MORE.
With u hours more IN which to obtain
enough subscriptions - win tho honor
fac for this county. the chances today,
Judging from reports that have come 10
loan officials, arc about even. Some com
mttees have excellent reports ready 10
make tonight or tomorrow morning, while
some Others arc not 50 encouraging, On
the whole though, there appears to bc a
spirit of optimism prevailing that by
noon tomorrow will witness enough bonds
sold 10 meet the quota for this city
and county.
There were 2.132 nov subscriptions
reported on Tuesday and Wednesday
for total Of S572. 500 But there wa~
still difference Of about $1,000 600 he
tween the amount in hand and tho amount
necessary 10 meet tho quota. Whether
the subscriptions obtained Yesterday
TODAY and tomorrow VIII bc sufficient
to reach tho quota Is 3 question no ono
but the workers can decide II they
work today. tonight and tomorrow morn
ing with the determination to obtain
the necessary amount 70 win the honor
flag. then the result Is assured