Evening star., 1944-11-19
Roosevelt Talk
Tonight 70 Open
9th Bond Drive
Districts $ Quota Is
"a Million Of y. S.
Cool Of IA Billion.

~. .00O, 900 In the District and 4l4,-
900. .000. 900 In the Nation begins to-
morrow and w. j. Waller, District
chairman Of the War Finance Com
mittee, said last night he Is sure
the drive viii be . success.
I'VE know the drive viii be
tough. But i know we will reach
our goal" he declared.
Agreeing with him was Secre.
tary Of the Treasury Morgenthau,
jr., who declared last night In Chi
cago, II know this drive viii sue
ceed." He added, "but the spirit
in which it succeeds is as important
as success itself. Let us go about
this drive In q spirit which will
warm the hearts and steel the wills
Of the fighting men on every front. "
President Roosevelt will give the
drive Its send-off tonight when he
speaks over all radio networks at 10
O'Clock.
Morgenthau to Speak.
Secretary Morgenthau, In an ad-
dress over the Mutual Network from
9 to 9:15 pm. tomorrow, will tell
what 1t costs to finance q war. He
will reveal startling" figures, the
Treasury announced. The talk, to
be delivered at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York, will be q feature
OF the New York War Finance Com
mittee's Sixth War Loan inaugural
dinner.
The Treasury Secretary already
has expressed the conviction that
there will have to be a seventh war
loan.
The District drive will open OIL
cially at 8 o'clock tomorrow night
with the Parade of Stars" show at
Constitution Hall. All tickets have
been sold, the War Finance Com
mittee announced last night. The
three-hour program will feature
Broadway and Hollywood stars, In
cluding Lauritz Melchior, Edgar
Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy,
Danny Kaye, Janet Blair, Carol
Bruce and others.
Today and tomorrow the Heres
Your Infantry" show continues with
q 39-man team of infantrymen from
Fort Benning, Ga, giving two shows
daily Of demonstrations Of basic
Army weapons and 30-minute at
tack on a japanese pillbox. The
shows today are at 2:30 and $50
pm, and tomorrow at 1890 and
$3.50 pm. Admission Is free and
grandstand seats are provided for
the public.
Quota Oversubscribed.
Another Government agency has
announced the oversubscription Of
its drive quota. The Livestock and
Meat branch of the Once OF Dis
tribution, War Food Administration
went a paz cent above tts quota OF
@ - ! total Mus far Of
And coo drivers Of the Yallow
Cab Co. here yesterday began their
drive to sell $125, 900 in War Bonds
enough to purchase a B-26 Martin
Marauder. The drivers will obtain
pledges from their customers, and
firm representatives will deliver the
bonds to the homes of the buyers.
The driver selling the most bonds
each week will be given a weeks
free cab rent and a $50 bond will
be presented the driver selling the
most bonds throughout the drive.
Three more bond rallies are sched-
|uled for today, and two for tomor-
row, not including the Parade of
Stars" Today's meetings include
that Of the Columbia Lodge of
Washington at $3.50 o'clock tonight
at the Worknen's Circle headquar-
ters, Fourteenth and F streets NV:
Boy Scout Troop 80 at the Agudas
Achim Congregation at 8 pm, and
that Of the D. @ Hebrew Beneficial
Association, at the Jewish Commun-
ity Center, 1929 Sixteenth street
NV, at 8 pm. Both the Column
bia lodge and the Hebrew associa-
ton meetings will feature the
showing Of war films. At the Boy
Scout meeting, Capt. Jacob Serling
of the Air Transport Command, and
Judge Pleasant p. Gold, Of the In
terdepartmental War Saving Com
mittee. win be guest speakers, Shell
ton and Lawrence Kress will give
program Of religious song, accom-
panied by Norman Baum on the
accordian, and Wallace Weiss will
give magician's act.
Tomorrow at $3.50 am. the Cab
itol police will open their drive
with q dance in the new ballroom
OF the Shoreham Hotel. Music will
be furnished by Buddy Garrison and
his orchestra. Admission will be
free, with War Bonds on sale at
the dance The insurance division
Of the War Finance Committee will
hold a rally show at the Commerce
Department auditorium at 4 pm.
tomorrow. Featured on the pro-
gram will be theatrical and movie
stars, including Walter oKeefe,
Janet Blair, Johnnie Johnston. Ella
May Morse and Richard Dyer
Bennett, and piano recital by Sergt
Eugene List. Ralph Engelsman, ma
tional director Of the Payroll Saw
ings Division, win speak, and 1t.
COL Westray Battle Boice, WAC
sta6 officer during the African
campaign, and Corpl. Alfred Mar
tine, veteran Of the battle for Tsl-
nisia, will tell Of combat life. zs
Negro employees OF the Ofiice OF
the Fiscal Director and Finance
Once, War Department, will spon-
sor War Bond dance at the Club
Bali at $50 pm. Monday, Noyem-
Der A.. Capt. John Caulfield Of the
Air Transport Command win speak.
Admission win be free, with War
Bonds and stamps on sale.
Treasury oficials said 6,OOO, 900
volunteer workers have been lined
up to fight "the complacency Of
many over-optimistic persons Who
conclude from our successes III
Europe and the Pacific that our two
wars are almost won"
Eisenhower Issues Appeal.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has
appealed toothe American people
'on behalf of your sons, brothers
husbands and friends to oyersub-