South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-29
FIRE FIRST GUN
IN VICTORY LOAN
George A. Davis Makes Ad-
dress in Opening of Fifth
Big Campaign.

The 10000 white crosses scat
tered over the fields of France and
the thousands of wounded men in
the hospitals in this country and in
Europe should be our incentive TO
subscribe and buy Victory loan
bonds. If the spirits of the dead
be permitted 10 mingle with those
OF the living they would cry out TO
Us prove that we have not died in
vain, " declared George A. Davis
Of the Seventh federal reserve dis
trict of Chicago. in mis- address at
the first meeting of the st. Joseph
county Victory loan committee neld
Friday night at the auditorium in
the Elks temple.
Besides Mr.. Davis speech, talks
were given by ". l.. Chandler,
chairman of the Victory loan COM
mittee of this county; his assistant.
Fred Woodward; +. A. Bryan,
chairman of the fourth Liberty loan:
viii II. Wade. OF Indianapolis
chairman OF the fourth Liberty loan
for the state of Indiana; j. a
Fish, a wounded soldier from the
federal reserve district in Chicago.
and J. E. Nen, of this city. The
First Regiment band of the Dodge
Manufacturing company furnished
music for the evening.
There were three phases in the
war" continued Mr.. Davis. First
came the preparation and mobiliza-
ton. second the hostilities, and
third the effects of the war We
have successfully passed through
the first two STAGES and now it Is
up to us TO prove that we are worthy
of victory. Proving our worthfness
is going 10 be the great task. as we
are free from war and free from
the spirits of war"
I'VE have another victory to win
and that victory is over ourselves
in the spirit Of relaxation. 1t is nat
ural for us 10 feel that now that the
hOstilities have ceased that we
should relax from the efforts already
put forth in making our other IN
dertakings a success. AS Napoleon
once said, Nothing is done as ions
as there remains something moro
TO be done
Much Depends on Success.
The restoration of peace, the
financing of victory and the revival
Of industry depend on the success of
this Victory loan. There is not one
of us that will not suffer in some
material way if this loan is not pu-.
over.
I'VE know the American spirit,
we know the fighting ability of our
| boys, but what we do not know is
the power of thrift Thrift in this
| country is All unknown quantity. To
be thrifty we need not be misers,
but we must ne able to manage our
! earnings. Thrift does not mean we
should not buy anything that we do
not need. but it means that we must
discripihate what our needs really
are" In conclusion Mr.. Davis
pointed out what great advances
thrift has made since. the beginning
of the Liberty loan campaigns.
Wounded Soldier Speaks.
George :. Fish, the soldier that
made the address, was with the
first troopship that arrived on
French soil with Pershing. He had
been in the battles Of the Somme,
Cantisny, Chateau Tnierry ard sew
eral other engagements until ne was
finally gassed and wounded. He
was returned to this country last
/ fall and helped in the work o. the
fourth Liberty loan drive.
Mr.. Fish related a few of the
hardships endured by the soldiers
at the front that 1t might renew the
spirit of the men in charge of the
work 10 help them in their big Job.
tougher than when they are really
| lighting, for now they are on the
pick and shovel job continuously
in the work of reconstruction But
the boys are going 10 stick until
their task is complete, so the least
the people in this country can do is
to work until the Victory loan is
fully subscribed. Remember, the
war IS not over till every American
soldier is returned TO mis- home and
job"
Mr. Wade in his talk warned the
men in charge of the work not TO
call the Victory loan bonds notes"
Z Although they really are notes.
they mean the very same thing as
bonds. The reason why they are
termed notes in this issue is be-
cause the law provides that four
and a quarter percent interest is all
that is allowed for bonds that do
not mature before five years. These
bonds are 10 mature at the end Of
five years and the interest on them
will De greater than the percent
provided by law, hence the reason
for calling them notes.
Mr. woodward in his speech
congratulated the audience on the
spirit Of enthusiasm shown and
said he felt assured that the SUI
preme job would be successfully car
ried out in this county. Mr. Nen
assured the meeting CT the backing
Of the banking houses OF The city.
AMERICANS ON MURNIAN COAST