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Show FINDING A JOB EOR EVERY DOLLAR By ORRIN C. LESTER, Acting Director, Savings Division, Treasury Department The greatest asset of a nation is the morale of its people, and the greatest influence in' keeping up morale is financial independence. in-dependence. Until one has removed his financial shackles and has a little money to the good, he can not rise to the full advantages advan-tages of a citizen. He lacks confidence to accept responsibility. He lacks courage to plan for the future He lacks means to take advantage of opportunity. A little money saved from honest work and invested successfully is one of the essentials of complete com-plete citizenship. Getting ahead is not a matter of chance or of good luck with most of us, but a matter of industry and good management. Standards of living will differ with different people. Comforts and pleasures of life and the cultivation of talents will vary with different individuals. The amount that can be saved for the future will depend principally upon the opportunity and the inclfnation to earn, but one fact is universal, that no man will get ahead unless he spends less than he earns, and uses the margin mar-gin intelligently. It has been rightly said that to make $10 and to spend $9 means success; to make $10 and spend $11 means ruin. Which way are you headed? The first step toward financial success is a job. The next step is to save something from the job, and to find a job for what you save. There is a job for every dollar. How successful a dollar may be at its job depends upon how good a job is selected select-ed for it. It is with the object of developing and maintaining the practice of universal saving of money and of putting the dollars of the people to work at a successful job that the United States Government through the Post Office Department is offering the people Postal Savings for the deposit of their money and United States Treasury Certificates for investment. |