The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-02-01
Hanford Workers
Buy $24.OOO.0OO
War Bonds

Exceeding their quotas in every
War Loan drive in which they
have taken part, workers at Han
ford Engineer Words have bought
a total of 24,O00,000 worth OF
bonds since the start of the prof.
ect, it was learned this week,
These figures, it was said, repre-
sented purchases by every con-
struction craft and office on the
job.
The announcement was made
one official stated, as an indi-
cation that workers on the project
are typical American men land
women backing fight that must
be Won" H.
Starting off the Sixth War Loan
drive recently completed, the COM
handing officer and field project
manager at H.E.W. issued a joint
statement calling on determine
ton" purchases from emplayes.
likening the construction workers
job to the constant, slugging fight
ing going on in Europe. At the
close of the campaign, purchases
added up to more than double the
quota set for the plant community.
Over-th-quota response was also
made to an earlier appeal when
management recalled to workers:
when historians write the story
of the present war, they will dis
cover that the gains made on the
fighting front are reflection OF
the gains on the home front.
Boosting the sales in various
drives were craft competitions, the
goal being represented on bill
boards during one campaign as
Berlin, bullets representing the
different workmen's groups. Again
Tokyo was blasted by bombers
as each craft fulfilled its pledge.
But most effective vehicle for
bond sales on the project was
the use of a unique mobile unit.
A red-white- and-blue booth was
mounted on flatbed truck, was
equipped with sound apparatus and
was rolled through all construc-
ton areas to allow men to make
direct purchases. g..
Bond buying by payroll deduc-
ton was upped in early days OF
the job when Hanford employees
"caught the spirit, putting better
than 10 percent of their checks
into the securities.
In referring to other patriotic
and generous gestures of the con-
struction workers as indicated by
financial campaigns, spokesman at
the project said that the Red
Cross received donations exceed
ing their expectations by 100000,
making the county fund "by far
the most satisfactory every held
in the territory"
Again in national War Fund
contributions, cash gifts during
one drive were tripled, while the
campaign last fall, that included
the Blue Mountain fund for
wounded soldiers at Walla Walla
army hospital and Boy and Girl
scouts outdid, its quota by $4,000.
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Favorite campaign on the prof.
ect, however, was the outright gift,
through workers subscriptions of
a days pay, of Bit Flying Fort
ress to the army air forces last
July. Christened "Day's Pay" by
its donors, the quarter-million-
dollar investment paid off last
week when news was cabled from
the European front that the bomb
er had completed its 50th mission.
In looking over the record made
by the construction workers, Of
ficials attribute the showing to
'sthe men and women who work
here Americans with an ideal
before them and battlefield to
back up over there"
A cross section survey reveals
that a majority of the workers at
Hanford Engineer Works have
close relatives in front-line zones.
Mrs. John Dam of Richland
was Kennewick visitor Tuesday.