Evening star., 1944-11-19
Roosevelt Talk
Tonight 10 Open
9th Bond Drive
Districts Quote Is
IA Million Of U. S.
Goal Of "a Billion

The Sixth War Loan drive for
~ 900 900 In the District and $14,-
000, ,000. 900 In the Nation begins to-
morrow and w. j. Waller, District
chairman OF the War Finance Conn
mittee. said last night he Is sure
the drive will be . success.
I'VE know the drive will be
tough. But I know We will reach
our goal" he declared.
Agreeing with him was aecre-
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 1t succeeds Is as important
as success itself. Let us 70 about
this drive In = 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-on 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
. to 9:15 pm. tomorrow, will tell
what It costs to finance q war. He
win reveal startling" figures, the
Treasury anr1oupced. The talk, to
he delivered at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel In New York, will be 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 q seventh war
loan.
/ The District drive will open ON
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 infantrynen from
Fort Benning, Ga, giving two shows
daily of demonstrations Of basic
Army weapons and q 30-minute at
tack on Japanese pillbox. The
shows today are at 2:30 and $3.50
pm, and. tomorrow at 1880 and
$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 y per cent above its quota Of
al ~. Taixing . total thus far Of
Sf3aS7.
And 90 drivers Of the Yellow
Cab Co. here yesterday began their
drive to sell. $125 900 in War Bonds
to purchase q Bag Martin
MArauder. The drivers win obtain
pledges from their customers, and
drm representatives will deliver the
bonds to the homes Of the buyers.
The driver selling the most bonds
each week will be given q weeks
free cab rent and d $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 Workmen'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. c. Hebrew Beneficial
Association, at the Jewish Commun-
ity Center, 1929 Sixteenth street
NV, at 3 pm. Both the Colum-
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 D. Gold, of the In
terdepartmental War Saving Com
mittee, will be guest speakers, Shell
ton and Lawrence Kress will give
a program of religious song, accom-
panied by Norman Baum on the
accordian, and Wallace Weiss will
give . magician's act.
Tomorrow at $50 am. the Cap
itol police will open their drive
with a dance in the new ballroom
of the Shoreham Hotel. Music viii
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 q 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 q piano recital by Sergt
Eugene List. Ralph Engelsman, ma
tional director of the Payroll Saw
ings Division, viii speak, and 1t.
Col. Westray Battle Boice, WAC
STAN of1cer during the African
campaign, and Corpl. Alfred Mar
tine, veteran of the battle for Tu-
nisia, viii tell Of combat life.
Negro employees Of the Once oi
the Fiscal Director and Finance
Once, War Department, will spon-
sor q War Bond dance at the Club
Ball ut $50 pm. Monday, Noyem-
Der a. Capt. John Caulf1eld Of the
Air Transport Command will speak
,unds War Show
men attack and. wipe out an
enemy" pillbox. Though they
aren't killing Japs, and though the
Battlefield" Is Thousands cf miles
away from the front, they say It's
the same f11lnt. hecauee.