The sun., 1919-04-07
$4SO,O0O,O0O LOAN
PLEDGES ARE MADE
Foreign Born Americans Of AZ
Nationalities Hold Rally
in Hippodrome.
GERMANS LEAD. THE LIST
Meeting Sends Message to
Wilson Asserting Unswerv-'
ing Loyalty to U. s.

Pledges Of loyalty. backed up by pre-
iiminary pledges amounting TO o.ooo.-
600 for the Victory Liberty Loan. were
made to the Government yesterday
afternoon during the rally Of the Amer
| leans All organization held in the Hip
podrome Forty-two nstionaiities Of
foreign born Americans were repre-
rented. The delegation Of Americans Of
German birth led tho fist with . pledge
Of $3.50 100000. representing 100000 in
dividual subscribers.
Carrier pigeons with messages TO
Vice. President Thomas r. Marshall were
released from the top Of the building
during the meeting. Thsy wste expected
to reach Washington Sarly In the eve
ming. The following message was cabled
to President Wilson in Paris:
Five million Americans Of foreign
birth and foreign pareptage residing In
the Second Federal, Reserve district,
through their representatives at the
Americans All manifestation in the Hip
podrome, New York eity. to-day send
greetings and pledge their unswsrving
loyalty to the United, States Of Amer
lea"
The cable was signed by Joseph i4arti-
gan. as chairman OF the meeting. Mr..
Hartigan 10 manager of the foreign Ian
guase bureau Of the Government Loan
Organization .'.
Banner for Each arouD.
II Is estimated that more than 5000
persons attended the meeting. The diff
ferent delegations were seated In the pit
and each was identified by banners an
| nouncing the countries whence they orig
inally came The German delegation
was the largest. t,..t.4
Resolutions werc adopted IN which
the organization pledged ''to support the
Victory Liberty Loan rs generously a.
our means will allow. and to encourage
the Governments War Saving, plan
among all people with whom We come In
contact"
Mr.. Hartigan said during his address
that "the Amerioanisation Of America
can safely he left to the foreign born
and their children. who came through
the portals Ut opportunity to serve and
contribute to the upbuilding Of . happy
and prosperous nation" IL,
Hans Rieg. chief OF the foreign Ian
suase division Of The Treasury Depart
ment. said In part:
Two weeks from to-day the greatest
campaign for patriotism the world has
ever known will open. II will last three
weeks I say a campaign for patriot
ism.' for 1t will separate the wheat from
the chaff the sincere from the insfncere,
the genuine from the false. tho real true
and worthy ones OF our people from the
unworthy and to be despised. Above all
1t win separate genuine patriotism from
mere passion, ~ '~ 'sss
o.. Service Men ON Stage. o..
Gov. AL Smith and Major-Gen. John r.
Organ. both OF whom were on the pro-
gramme for speeches, could not be pres-
ent because OF prior engagements. SOL
diers and sailors were banked upon
stands on the stage. Thirty girls bear
ing silk flags with gold stars in COM
memoration of the Americans of foreign
birth who died on the battlefield pre-
sented the banners 20 the chairmen of
theIvarious racial groups. There was q
musical programme rendered by volun-
teer artists and the Thirteenth Infantry
Band The pledges OF the different racial
groups follow: -
Russian division, s15,00o.Ooo. repre-
SEEMING lo,OUU lnulVldual SUBSCRIBERS;
German division, $3.50, 000.0 900, repre-
sentlng approximately 500, 900 individual
subscribers: Hungarian division. Sl6,-
100000. representing 10000 individual
subscribers; Jugo-Slaw division. $780,
900. representing 5000 individual sub
scribers; Belgian division. $7.500,000,
representing 5000 Individual subscribe
ers; Syrian division. 100000. repre-
senting 5000 individual subscribers;
Latin American division. $4,000. 900; rep
resenting 1000 individual subscribers:
Portuguese division. 100000. represent
ing 500 individual Subscribers. and Lith-
1000 individual subscribers: Italian d.
vision. s60,oOO.o 900 Ito ,be increased
probably to $4,000, ooO)i Polish division.
SIS, 000,000; !Czecho-Slovak division.
100000; Finnish division, 5000. 900. and
Danish division, $1,000. 600,