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Show PEOPLE. NOT ARMY, NOW HOLD STAGE By United States Senator George E. Chamberlain, Chairman Military Affairs Committee of Senate. "We are rounding out one of the greatest, if not the greatest single drama In the world's history. The most tragic scene la over and another is being acted, and In this scene it Is the mass of the American people that hold the center of the stage rather than the American armies. The iat ter have nractlcallv completed their ' work and they played their part with superb excellence. It Is our part now , to finish their work. "We have got to finish financing the war and to finance the peace. We have got to pay for those things we bought or contracted for. to take the best possible care of our foldler boys and to make them the superb fighting force that they were. We have got to care for the wounded and their dependents and the dependents of those who died In their country's service. We have got to rehabilitate I our wounded and train them for useful use-ful occupations which they can pur sue in spite of loss of limbs or wight or other such Injuries. Must Finish Task. "We have got to stand by the peo- pies of those nations who were asso- I elated with us in the war against Germany and who have been under the cruel hand of German domination. We have got to finish In all ways the great and the very glorious task that America set out to accompllah In I April, 1817, and which so far has been accomplished with a success that every true American rejoices at and Is proud of. This Is a task that no good American Ameri-can man, woman or child will ahlrk or will wish to shirk. And everyone every-one of them, man, woman and child, can help. Through the Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamps the United States offers each and all an opportunity opportu-nity to contribute to Its great work of establishing world Justice, world liberty and world enduring peace. Some of us may not be able to buy of the Liberty Loan but practically everyone every-one of us can buy War Savings Stamps and the purchase of every War Savings Stamp aids In the great work. It is a great honor to have a part In this great world drama that Is being played and every purchaser of a United Statea Government war security has a part In It. Never was so great an honor so cheaply to be bought, never so great a service so easily rendered." |