The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-09
Figure 1t Out Yourself
New Nationwide War Bond Drive Presents Chal-
lenge to All Freedom-Loving Americans
Victory Insurance Calls for Maxi
mum of Effort, Sacrifice.

Plans for Connecticut's partici-
patton in a new nationwide War
Bond drive that gets under way
June Is to increase purchases
through Payroll Savings were out
lined today by Colonel Thomas
Hewes, state administrator of the
War Savings staff.
Figure 1t Out Yourself" will be
the theme Of the drive as chal-
lenge to everyone to reach the maxi
mum a family can save out Of week.
ly income for War Bonds. 1t will be
carried on in every place Of employ
ment now operating the Payroll
Savings Plan, or capable OF using
the Plan, and every person will be
urged to compute family income and
family living expenses to determine
the maximum amount that can be
invested through periodic deductions
from pay envelopes.
Spearhcading Drive
Labor, management and a new
Payroll Savings unit of the War
Savings Staff will spearhead the
drive under the direction Of a State
Payroll Savings Advisory Commit
tee, which is composed of Charles B.
Cook, vice-president Of the Royal
Typewriter Co.; Leslie M. Bingham,
director of development OF the State
Manufacturers Association; James
J. Clerkin. president Of the Connec-
ticut Federation Of Labor; Clarence
r. Wyman, president Of the State
CLIO Council, and Herbert G.. Behan,
chairman of the Payroll Savings
unit.
Individual quotas will be estab-
liShed for the first time for each Of
the 5000 firms In Connecticut now
operating the Payroll Savings Plan.
In no case will the established quota
be less than 10 per cent Of the gross
payroll.
IN reality. this Is not sales pro-
gram but a crusade to secure the
financial support of our people to
meet the costs Of war and to absorb
the excess billions of dollars in the
battle against imitation" Colonel
deWeS declared.
1t will have the tWofold purpose
Of acce!erating participation in the
/. Payroll Plan and emphasizing the
Importance of the individual de-
termiping on the basis of his fam
lily income and family expenses the
! maximum amount for weekly invest
merits in War Bonds. Family pur-
chases are advised because Treasury
surveys indicate that one out OF
every two workers is a member OF a
family in which two or more men,
berS are wage earners under war
7 conditions in Connecticut.
Promotion, Publicity
Accompanied by widespread pro-
motion and publicity, the drive Will
attempt to personalize the Payroll
Savings Plan on a scale heretofore
, unprecedented. For one thing, every
/ worker in every place of employ
ment using the Payroll Plan vii
be given a descriptive booklet thai
/ contains a chart for simple, easy
compilation of living costs and fam
lily income, as we'll as an authorize
ton card filled in with the worker!
name and the amount to be deducted
from his weekly earnings with II
/ per cent as the minimum deduction
IF everyone will use this chart
list all monthly expenses for LIVING
and subtract them from the tota
monthly income of the family, tn
difference in the two amounts vii
represent the dangerous dollars tina
today constitute the gravest DANCE
of Initiation" Colonel Hewes OK
planned.
The new Payroll Savings unit vii
operate as a part of the War Saving
Staff and its immediate task will b