The Washington herald., 1918-10-06

Liberty Sunday" in Washington is
expected to take the capital city over
the top in the liberty loan campaign.
The most impressive far-reaching
demonstration ever prepared in the
district has been planned by the loan
committee for today.
Ever Washing gtonian VIII be given
chance to invest in bonds that may
mean bullets for the Kaiser. Each
household will be visited by some
member of the army OF canvassers,
armed with arguments and subscrip-
ton cards.
The curtain on the great drama
will be rung up on the stroke Of l
this afternoon, at which time more
than $500 actors-all volunteers for
the great liberty loan canvass-wiu
simultaneously ring $500 door bells
Of homes in all sections of the city
and start the movement OF the play
which will continue without inter
mission. and without change OF
scenes. until every house has been
visited and every inmate has been
given opportunity to add his or her
name on the nations honor roll by
buying bonds.
McAdOo a Canyasser.
Included among the 200 team cap
tains and the several thousand vol
unteer workers are men and women
high in official. business and profess
sional life in the National Capital.
and hundreds of less prominent but
no less patriotic and earnest men
and women who responded to the call
OF the liberty loan committee and
made possible the carrying out OF the
great plan. Secretary OF the Treas
ury MCAdOo himself will be among
the canvassers-not however, as Sec
retary of the Treasury MCAdoo, but
as William G MCAdoo, citizen of
Washington. who wants to see his
home> town lead the country in lib-
erty loan subscriptions. There also
viii be bank presidents. prominent
business leaders. lawyers. doctors,
insurance men, government workers,
representatives of organised labor,
merchants. mechanics, and, in fact,
representatives Of every class Of the
more than 10000 people who make
up the population of Washington.
The drama-for it will be a drama,
with not a line OF comedy in twill
be in marked contrast with the other
great liberty loan demonstrations
There will be no bands no oratory. no
waving of flags and ringing Of bells
Except door bells) and no effort
toward the spectacular The drama
will be serious, very serious. for,
added to the influenza menace which
threatens the city. is the deeper feel
ing in the minds and hearts OF the
people of the District who realize that
while 1t is being enacted young men
from these same Washington homes
are laying down their lives on the
fields of France as a supreme sacrifice
in the great cause for which the
money is being raised
Put SquareIy TO People.
Added to this is the further fact
that Washington as the Capital OF the
United States is expected to set the
pace in loan subscriptions for the en-
tire country. and that the record Of
Washington in the Fourth Liberty
Loan will be interpreted by Berlin as
indicative of the spirit of the United
States of America 1t was this added
responsibility that caused the lib
erty loan committee forty-eisht hours
ago to abandon altogether plans
which It had taken months to pre-
pare, anu leo 10 lhelr ueleTlhlndllon
to place the problem squarely before
the people of Washington for their
serious and conscientious action.
The wisdom of this course and the
success of the plan already are as
sured. No stronger evidence of this
is needed than yesterdays record of
bond sales of any one Of the forty
three Washington banks. Friday
afternoon the appeal was made to all
to go to the banks and enter their
subscriptions at once, so as 10 make
the work of the canvassers easy, and
with II came an announcement from
all the banks that they would remain
open until 6 O'Clock to receive sub
scripuons-