The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-12
Victory Loan
"Over the Top"

ATLANTA, Ca, May 12.-The
work of putting over the Fifth Liber-
ty Loan, the Victory Loan, is fin
ished and it proved the most diff
cult undertaking of any of the five
big drives for selling the United
States to its people"
In the first loan, the banks took
most of the bonds, Off the American
public knew nothing of such securi-
ties. This was largely true of the
Second Loan. But by the Third Loan
campaign, a great system of showing
the public the advantages of buying
stock in the nation was under way,
and in that and the Fourth Loans the
imam on the street" put his money
into the war chest.
But in the former loans, the peo-
pie had the inspiration of the war
to stir them to investments. In the
Fourth Loan campaign the Huns
were hammering almost at the gates
of Paris. Things looked gloomy for
the Allies. America was aroused as
she had never been aroused mefore,
and her PEG "came through loyalty
and her people "came through" loyol-
ly and literally.
The Victory Loan was distinctly
different. The victory had been won,
the boys were coming home, the
peace terms were being debated in
long-drawn sessions, the country was
tor nwith street-corner debates over
the wisdom or unwisdom of the Will
son policies. The public knew the
war bills must be paid, but the gen
eral attitude was to "let George do
it," All the arguments in the world
did not fill the place of the war spir-
it.
In the face of this situation, the
Liberty Loan organization set to
work, undaunted. 1t called upon the
same captains who had led their
;eam sto victory in former campaigns
and most of them responded. 1t
called out a great deal of new blood,
too. There were thousands Of men
who had never done public work be-
fore who rolled up their sleeves and
went out to sell bonds, and sold them
These workers never gave up. The
esult was that nearly every unit in
he Sixth Federal Reserve district
met it's quota, though most of them
lid no come through" until the last
day.
Tribute to the magnificent eff
forts of the zone and county chair
men and the armies of valiant cam
paign workers who served with them
was paid today by Haynes McFadden,
chairman of the executive committee
in direct charge of the district or
ganization. And to the newspapers
Of the South the most sincere thanks
was rendered in statement by st.
Elmo Massengale, director of pub
lefty and the only official that has
served in the same capacity through
out the five campaigns. Mr.. Massen-
gale, Mr.. McFadden, and all the ex-
ecutives, served without any remu-
neration throughout all these drives,
giving to their country services which
could hardly have been purchased at
any price.
| shall carry with me all my life
feeling of deep gratitude to the
thousands of workers who carried
through the Victory Loan" said
Chairman McFadden tonight. at
was tn man in the ranks that put this
through. l feel pride in the pa
triotism of the Southern business
men when | think of the thousands
Of them who quit their own work,
shut up thei rdesks, and went out
% show other men their duty to their
country. 1t was not always pleas
ant task for them, and they met with
obstacles that would have discour-
aged men less courageous and de-
termined. They deserve the thanks
of their communities and the whole
country"
Mr. Massengale, who has directed
the publicity of five campaigns, is a
veteran advertising man and has
been in intimate touch with southern
newspapers for rs years. He be-
lieves the newspapers and the report.
ers who looked after the news Of the
Liberty Loan campaigns are more
than any other medium to be thank