Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-11
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Special to Times Republican:

Special TO Times Re publican:
Des Moines, Aug. il,-Fonow.ns IL
letter addressed by Homer \. Miller,
state director of the war savings cam
paign in Iowa, to the members of the
war savings organization, relating to
the change in management and SUPER
vision of the campaign in the future:
1T is my privilege TO inform all Of
the men and women. who are serving
on the Iowa war savings committee
and state organization. of the plans
recently formulated by the United
States treasury department to central
ize in the future, in the twelve federal
reserve hanks of the country. the work
of carrying on the war savings edu-
cational campaign.
Since the conclusion of the liberty
loan campaigns 1t is said that the
federal reserve banks are more ade-
quately able to handle the war saw
ings work from the federal reserve
bank as a center for each district and
thereby reduce the duplication Of the
same work in the headquarters which
each state heretofore has maintained
On and after Aug Is. 1919. the d.
rect control and supervision of the
war savings campaign in Iowa will be
handled from the federal reserve bank
in Chicago.
The Iowa headquarters will not be
entirely discontinued. The office force
and headquarters space will be ma
terially reduced and move into q new
office. the address of which will he
mailed to you later. John E Shaw
Van, who has been associated with
this work for the past year and one
half. will be put in direct charge, and
will maintain the Iowa office for the
federal reserve bank of Chicago That
each of YOU may know - -'av be said
that IN the future Mr.. Van will
handle ally correspondent" from the
Iowa office in the war SAVINGS work
on behalf Of the federal reserve bank
Of Chicago.
with the Capitalization of the war
savings work in the federal reserve
bank, the men who have heretofore
served as state directors Of the work
in their individual states. will now
Join in constituting an advisory board
for the district. 1t is my added pleas
ure to say that shall be identified in
the future in the war campaign in
that capacity. My office as state di-
rector of the Iowa war SAVINGS cam
paign, however, ceases after the date
above mentioned.
"In the drawing near Of the con-
clusion of my active charge Of the
war savings campaign in this state, I
could not inform you of the new
changes without expressing to each Of
You my sincere and profound graft
tude for the manner in which each of
You have performed the W. s. S. work
under your local charge. 1t has been
most splendid. and Notwithstanding
the vicissitudes which we all know
have been many and varied in putting
before the people of the state the ideas
of this new campaign, the two prn-
cipal ones Of which were an educa-
tional thrift campaign and the raising
of funds. it is singularlv gratifying to
me and should be to each of you to
note the wonderful record that Iowa
made in this new campaign. No state
in the district and none in the nation
except one or two. anywhere near
equaled Iowa in the amount Of sales.
in the number of selling agencies or
In the number OF war savings societies
established during last year. To You
men and women who formed the Iowa
organization, thru, your persistency.
aggressiveness and deep sense OF
loyalty 70 and patriotism for the gov
eminent. the success of this campaign
is owed. wish 1t were my oppor-
tunity at this time to thank you per-
sonally and tell you how much your
work means and has meant. Lacking
the opportunity of doing so I wish that
each of you might consider this COM
munication as a personal thanks to
you for your magnanimous Corpora
ton with me in this greatest OF all Of
the governments war financing cam
paigns. the w. 8. s. campaign in
Iowa.
above all means remember that the