Show BOND DRIVE Save for Independence With a gentle tap on the Liberty Bell Secretary of the Treasury John W. W Snyder on May 15 opened the greatest savings bond drive Inthe in inthe inthe the peacetime history of the coun coun- try The drive continues through July 4 4 The bell Is the symbol of the 1950 1850 drive The theme Save for your independence Independence buy buy US U.S. savIngs savings sav say ings togs bonds two Fifty replicas of the historic relic are on tour of the 48 states District of Columbia Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico They will visit over 2000 communities and will be viewed by millions of peo peo- pIe The bells bens were made at the foundry of the Sons of Georges in at le Annecy France and are said to produce the exact tone of the Liberty Bell Dell before be fore it was cracked in 1835 The treasury department has bas one objective objective to to promote the sale of savings bonds In order to encourage encourage age thrift An attempt will be made to contact every potential buyer of savings bonds in the nation At the conclusion of the drive Snyder said a ben bell will go eo to each state and territory for permanent exhibit |