Show Mi ions ions- o of Volunteers 1 j r Settle Down to o Hard Hal HardI 1 i r if f s I Grind ind for 3rd War Wal- Loan I jI I w 0 Jl Washington D. D C C. Sept 15 With 15 With the first burst of enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- j. j spent the third army of more than I volunteers settled down today for a steady siege an and r ar a j day-by-day day advance to reach its quota of fifteen billion dollars in the Third War War Loan Drive CV Reports from all sections of the nation nahon In in the first week of the drive indicated that the battle to Back the Attack with War Bonds is progressing according to plan but that every possible effort must be exhausted if the goal of at least an extra War Var Bond for every income earner V is to be reached t First meager repots ts As that in some cities and in some sectors on this Important battle battlefront battlefront battlefront front the immediate objective has been obtained and the quota met In other sections a long hard pull will be necessary In the house house to to house and bench to canvass which has been undertaken in order order order or or- der to reach every man woman and child in the United States Slates This Third War Loan Drive is a challenge to the American people without parallel in history for they are arc being asked to lend the largest sum of money ever raised in the life lite of any nation It is a challenge to their will to sacrifice to back the attack of their husbands husbands hus hus- bands sons brothers and fathers who are sacrificing everything even life so that the people back home may continue to enjoy the freedom and liberty of the American Ameri Ameri- can way of lifer life Reports from many of the urban sections of the nation indicate that workers are answering the challenge challenge chal chal- lenge to send their dollars to war warto warto warto to back the attack Fur coat money automobile money moncy new appliance money new home money is going into War Bonds for the duration into the assembly lines for t tanks and planes to settle today's job and guarantee a victorious victorious victorious vic vic- America of tomorrow when every War Bond dollar will pay 1 for 3 Management Labor committees ar are working hand in hand returned returned re re- turned war heroes film stars bankers bankers bank bank- ers ers ers housewives professional men workers clerks clerIs and salesmen salesmen- men and women in every walk of life lire are demonstrating that War d Bon Bonds s bring unity to American 1 lire and that the nation is bonded in fn a r common purpose in this great I financing task Ted R. R Gamble Finance Finance Finance Fi Fi- Fi- Fi M national director of the War nance Division of the Treasury said here today todar I IThe The people of th the nation are arc r it e ethe demonstrating that Americans on the home front can and will match V the performance of the invading armies in backing the attack when they are called upon to do a job Mr Gamble said Never before In history have a if people In civilian life liCe been asked to do a job comparable to the task which must be done in this Third War Loan Mr Gamble observed but we have a a sustaining faith in inthe inthe inthe the ability of the American people to make every sacrifice to meet every test with which they are faced in the voluntary democratic way so that our boys in the trenches and on the battle lines may have havethe c J the tools with which to fight our common enemies 4 |