Evening star., 1943-09-08
War Bonds
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one main objective-sale of War
bonds.
Everybody's War.
This is everybody's war, and
| every one has a stake in the out
come" Mr.. Reilly declared, Civil
ians are asked to lend money. The
flower of American manhood is
shedding blood. This is the cam
paign theme, the lending of money
contrasted with the shedding of
blood. 1t should be repeated often
enough to become a byword with
every Washington resident"
He went on to say he was under
no illusions about the difficulty of
| raising 94,000,0 900 here. But it can
be accomplished through commu-
nifty will to succeed, he added.
The war" Mr.. Reilly said, sis
costing the Government over S10,-
| 000. 900 an hour, or approximately
$3.50, ,000, 600 each day BY raising its
quota Washington will be paying the
war expenses for period of about
nine and one-half hours Yet it is
vital that Washington, the Nations
Capital, contribute its nine and one
half hours to our struggle for vic
tory. Failure by Washington means
piling its responsibility on the
shoulders of other communities.
Individual responsibility for the
success of the drive was stressed
by Mr.. Reilly.
Let us analyze the task before
u.s. he continued In the Second
War Loan Washington oversub-
scribed its quota by raising s7e,s87,-
422. In that campaign Series E
bonds were bought by individuals
in the amount of s14,308,3 1897. In
the Third War Loan individuals
are asked to buy s3o,00o,00O in E
bonds, or more than twice the
number sold in April. The F and
G bonds amounting to $4,000 900
make total of s50,000,00 WASH
| ington individuals are asked to
buy. Corporations and associations
are asked to buy the remaining
| $44, 600, 900 of Washington's $94,-
100000 quota.
ITO say this does not demand
the whole community's best effort
is to underestimate the nature of
our task. But we believe the drive
will be successful. The money isn't
being given away; it is an invest
ment in the best security on earth"
Challenge to Be Met.
Mr.. Reilly said the task is
challenge he believed Washington
would meet successfully In this
connection he pointed out that the
District Red Cross drive was
greatly oversubscrioed, and that
the Second War Loan campaign
also was an outstanding success.
"All of us feel the effects of war,
but civilians can help those on the
fighting fronts with their dollars, +"
he continued. BY making an extra
sacrifice, our $94,000000 quota can
be raised. Nearly every family has
some kinsman in uniform. The
casualty lists are getting heavier,
because the fighting is being waged
on an ever increasing scale. Our
dollars must be employed to speed
victory, shorten the war and save
| lives"
Sales here will be reported daily
by issuing agencies to the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond. The
parent bank there will announce
totals being achieved in the fifth
| district, which embraces Washing
ton and the States of Virginia.
North and South Carolina, West
Virginia and Maryland.
Thousands of Volunteers.
| No campaign in Washington his
tory has enlisted so many volunteer
workers, Mr.. Reilly pointed out. He
said he would not attempt to esti-
mate the number. but he added
that thousands of employers are
carrying the Third War Loan mes
sage direct to their employees and
| urging additional bond purchases
! through the payroll l-oeduction plan.
That plan, he emphasized, puts ci-
| villains in the war effort with their
dollars.
| MIR. Reilly, president of the Sec
ond National Bank, laid stress on
the fact that individual purchases of
War bonds drain surplus purchasing
power from consumer goods markets
and definitely stave off imitation BY
purchasing a War bond, the indi-
ViduaI achieves threefold pur-
pose, Mr.. Reilly said. He makes
splendid investment, he helps ward