The Omaha guide., 1955-07-01
Editorials
Build For Tomorrow

From whatever direction you cross the seas to return to this
Hand. you see first a magic vision duplicated nowhere else, the Ameri-
ran skyline. New York-New Orleans-San Francisco Seattle-you
eye catches the outline of the tall structures towering as freedoms
challenge to the world. The American skyline is there as the trade
thrift. 1t signalzes the strength and security of the nation, made so
because our people have conserved their strength to assure their
security. This country's faith in itself is epitomized in the United
States E and H Savings Bond program for all of us.
More than anything else the American skyline is the physical
evidence Of American investment power and the resources Of American
savings. 1t is a monument to the forethought of thrift. This is the
country that has looked always to the future. 1t has become strong
because its people invested in it, as they in turn have Jared well be-
cause of that investment return.
Think well! Every dollar put into America comes back in dri-
dends. These are paid not alone in the rich reward Of living in lib
erty under God, not alone in the highest standard of living for a
too from every individual investment in the savings bond program Of
che nation.
From childhood our thrifty parents have taught us that, only as
we save from our earning years, can we guarantee the security of
Ifes evening. We can protect the needs Of our growing families only
by conservation of our resources of today against the certain calls Of
tomorrow. There are few, if any, more practicable means of invest
Snethodical purchase of E and H Savings Bonds Your money is lent
TO the Nation today. The country returns it to you in your own
time of need with its interest earning augmentng your investment.
Few of us are able to put substantial sums in either bank O Sc
curiies. But no wage Garner need be deferred from orderly saving
by that fact By utilizing payroll withholdings in the purchase of
saving bonds, regular investment is open to the small income and
salary.
Your regular weekly or periodical deduction will range you with
40 million American families that own Z. s. Savings Bonds. Four
out of every ten Of them earn less than $4,000 a year. Savings Bonds
are an asset to American wealth. But in sober truth, they are a
godsend to the worker whose dollars must be budgeted to go $ far
lis possible and still be ready to meet every emergency.
That American skyline is the visible evidence Of American in
westment at work. Every business or industry that its structures
Eouse is kept going by the activity of American dollars, invested to
serve and earn. The Nation is such an industry, the greatest OF them
all Your dollars, placed in its service, keep the wheels of govern
ment turning. Your Bonda-Month bought from the United States
finances its huge service to all of us.
Your family structure is only as secure as your own energy and
your own thrift. No spendthrift family succeeds. No spendthrit
Nation survives So your country is only as secure as the confidence
and strength of the investment Of all Americans in it.
Keep American strongl Keep American secure! Buy a bond a
MONTH