New-York tribune., 1919-04-24
.,rlSfNFSS NEWS BUREAU:
Tribune Building
l5i Nassau Street
Honor Flags for
Three Firms Inn
Loan Campaign
o;l Committee Takes Lead
IN Rainbow Division Can-
,ass. Banker Urges Work
ers to Greater Effort

on, Of more than 100000 business
..ms IN the city which are seeking
'asnstrial honor flags in tho Victory
r;herty Loan campaign, John Wana-
~.ksr NJ. c. d. Borden &Sons, 90
~'a..b street and McCawley & Co., Inc.
:, s5s Church street. were the first to
..s;ve the badge Of merit, the Rain
Aow Division announced yesterday.
Tha aae indicates that 100 per cent of
,so employees Of the organization are
hnvers Of Victory notes.
asked how the campaign was going
IN the trades, Craig Colgate, chairman
II the Raiubow Division, said; "fhe
,,mpaign amone the eitS's trades and
;aaustrIes is eaipg ia momentum as the
as,s 60 ny Hundreds et former eem-
aitteemen who believed they could not
.aon their time ts the Victory tAberty
lam eampaigp and thousands al work
AZ, ara new Volunteering then help Ia
As various committees
Wsfns AeatnsI uNereonndenee
warning eeplnat eVereenHaenee III
as suesess vf lNo campaign Was
suaded by Francis H. S,ssoh Viee
wesidsui Of lhe Guaranty rfust Com.
papy in speeth at the Hotel McAlpM
mder the auspees of the Confectionery
supplies and Chocolate Committee of
the Rainbow Division
I'VE are allowing ourselves" he said,
ITO fall under the illusion that we arc
again enjoying peace times. The banks
could absorb all the Victory Notes, but,
Il they did. they would freeze the
people out The great need is to place
the notes in the hands Of individuals.
The returns are slow. If we do not
give this work greater impetus, the
drive Will not be a success.
"Wc must pay the insurance OF those
heroes who lie in Flanders Field. That
is only one debt that we have TO face.
My only boy. who was in the flower Of
youth when he went overseas to fight
for America, lies in an unknown field
of Flanders. as he IS still among the
missing We must not break faith
with those who made the supreme
sacrifice"
After the speaking the committee-
men announced pledges amounting to
SS00,000.
Oil Committee Claims Lead
Howard f. Cole. chairman of the Pc
troleum and Allied Products Commit
tee, claimed the lead among the COM
mlttees in the Rainbow Division yes
terdsy after his committee had received
a subscription of $4,000 900 from the
Standard OIL Company of New York.
The Tobacco Committee is second,
with S3,00O,000 IN subscriptions and
pledges, and the Department Store
Committee follows closely behind, with
slmost S3.000.000 to its record The
latte. committee announced a subscrip-
ton Of 5000, 900 from Bloomingdale
Brothers aud one of $4,000 from Stew
art & Go.
The Women'$ Committee of the di-
vision, led by Miss Virginia Potter. is
lining up subscriptions in the hospitals,
hotels, schools and clubs. In the Post
Graduate Hospital $26,65O in subscrip-
tons was received. Non-federated
Eomen's clubs have subscribed for
s5,520 in notes. The subscriptions Of
TIE Merchants and Bankers CONNER
tial School totalled $3.50 yesterday.
John Sloane, chairman of the Interior
Decorators Committee, has completed
arrangements for large outdoor meet
Ing in aid Of his committees campaign,
to be held at the Plaza Hotel Saturday
az O'clock