The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-01

IneIe are OIlly TWO kIlQS OI dollars in the United States today" the speaker said. "One kind is serv- ing the general welfare of everyone of us by fighting for victor. The other kind is working against all of us through idleness or by bid ding up prices of scarce civilian goods or through service to the enemy in sabotage pursuits.
 There is only one reason, and 1t Is every real Americans, for buying war bonds. This reason is freedom. We have one of the toughest jobs in history to perform. Probably 1t is the toughest. Mem bers of our armed forces have died and others will have to die. The least the rest of us can do is to work and sacrifice and hope and pray.
 "The Axis, too. hopes. Among other things, it hopes we will overlook the reasons for and ad- vantages of buying war bonds. The advantages to us as individuals Is to give ourselves a financial back log for the future when new civilian goods of peace time will be ours for the buying. United States war bonds are even a better investment than savings accounts as your bank will tell you.
 When you can serve your own private interests and put dollars in uniform to help fight for your countrys freedom, you have an un- beatable combination. But it's not enough for each of us to know this. We believe in uor country. We are people of common sense. But we've got to tell this unbeatable story the plain facts of war-to those who do not understand as clearly as we do.
 whenever anyone suggests to you. however modestly or cleverly or smoothly that our country doesn't nede our money, you can take it for granted the person you are talking to is either against victory for our side or under the inSideouS influence of interests which are. The effect on our fighters is, unfortun- ately, the same. It results is less equipment, slowed up arrival of equipment, less efficient fighting, fewer of those we love coming home to a world at peace"
 MT. Hawkes. explained that for rifles manufactured for our armed forces an average of 60 are lost on battle fields mad of every 100 ma chine guns 85 must be repalved. A Garrand rifle costs, lie said, $85 and & 50 calibre Browning machine gun costs $740-approximately the costs of $100 and $l 1000 war bonds. That's the sort of protection you've buying our men when you invest in bonds" The speaker went on to say that the government must pro vide for each man going overseas 5 to 12 tons of equipment. A ton and a half of equipment a month is needed to maintain fighter in foreign service.
 The payroll chairman tied the title of lie to the rumor that Am ericans buy bonds fin order to look big" and then go out and cash them in. up to last October" he said, of all the government bonds then sold beginning with the Baby Bonds of 1885 and including 3r War Loan sales, 94s6 were still in the hands of the iriginal owners. Dur ing the Sd War Loan drive alone 53, ,O0O, 600 individual bonds were bought by the people of the United States. This looks as If Americans believe in America and are deter mined to win the war. And it's im- pressive hat members of our armed forces in the various theaters of war are among the most persistent bond buyers. They are risking their lives and out of the 59fo fo their pay they don't send home to their families, they are buying bonds. This nails the Axis story that if a man or woman is doing war work, his or her obligation to invest in liberty is washed out"