Evening star., 1943-05-04
DC. Bond Sale
AT t$66,332,208,
Reports Show
Campaign TotoI
Exceeded Quote
By So Per Cent

War bonds amounting to $66 ,332,-
208 were bought by District resi-
dents in the Second War Loan
Campaign which ended May /. This
sum represented So per cent excess
of the local quota. The national
drive for $4,000 100000 was over
subscribed by s4,000,000,000.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau and H. L. Rust. jr., chair
man of the District War Finance
Committee, issued statements ex-
pressing appreciation of the pub
lies response. The Secretary's
statement, addressed to the news
papers of America. follows:
THE second war loan drive has
ended. The final tabulations have
not been made, but it is evident
that the goal has been exceeded by
a substantial amount, more than
$4,000, 900, ,O0O
Thanks Due to Many.
Our thanks are due to manv
people-workers. advertisers, adver-
tlsing media. retailers, theaters-all
who devoted themselves so whole
heartedly to this vital cause. I wish
to express to the Allied Newspaper
Council and to newspapers gen.
orally our sincere gratitude for the
part they played. The support they
gave us in the handling OF news,
in compelling and imaginative fea-
lures, and in the promotion of spon.
G.,
as it was unparalleled in promo
tional history"
Mr.. Rust, elated over the Districts
showing, said:
The unprecedented purchases Of
War bonds by Washingtonians dur
Ing the past three weeks results
from magnificent response bv our
people to the Governments call for
funds with which to finance the ;
war 1t is evident that investments
by countless individuals have helped
swell the Districts total to a point
that is far above any excess of quota
thai was ever anticipated. Credit
for this extremely gratifying sue
cess goes to our citizens, and they
may well be proud of their achieve
ment"
Volunteers Continue Drive.
Many volunteer workers are con-
tlnuing their sales effort this week,
inasmuch as sales of E, F and G.
bonds reaching the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank by Saturday will
be included in the local campaign
total. The s66,322,208 figure was
exclusive of purchases made by
banks and dealers.
Dale Carnegie, author of How to
Win Friends and Influence People"
advised guests at the Four Freedoms
War bond show at the Hecht Co.
yesterday that they could be de-
feated by worry He suggested they
remember a line from an old hymn,
One step enough for me-" Honor
guest at the Hecht Co. today will be
Robert L. Ripley. cartoorist and
world traveller. The War bond show
ends at Hecht's on May and moves
on to Philadelphia.
A combination War bond rally
and Mothers Day program last
night at Adas Israel Synagogue,
| Sixth and I streets NV, resulted
in purchase of sl15,O00 worth of
War bonds, Rabbi Solomon Metz an
| nounced. Speakers were Senator
Davis. Republican, of Pennsylvania
and Representative Celler, Demo-
crat, of New York.
Meanwhile. women of Virginia
have set s120O0.o00 War bond goal
for themselves during May. The
opening feature of the campaign
will be exercises Sunday at Ken
more in Fredericksburg. where
tribute will be paid to the mother
of George Washington. Mrs. STAN
ley Reed, wife of Justice Reed OF
the Supreme Court. and Mrs. George
c. Marshall, wife of the Army chief
Of staff, will be speakers A wreath
will be placed on the grave of Mary
Washington. Each city and county
will have two quotas-one in money
and one in the war materials that
money will bllV