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Show Listen to Morgeuthau- Marshall Tell Power of Payroll Savings! Washington, D. C How important is the average worker's work-er's war bond purchases out of his pay every payday in the -rrard strategy of the Allied High Command? Does the extent of his or her War Bond allotment V s i - 1 have a part in determining when, where and the strength of our military blows? Any worker listening in on a recent conversation between General George C. Marshall, President Roosevelt's Chief of Staff, and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Hen-ry Morgenthau, Jr., learned the answers to these questions. Said General Marshall: "Mr. Secretary. I want vou to answer George C. Marshall a question for me and to answer it with complete frankness. Can we military leaders plan to fight this war in an orderly way in the surest and most effective manner or must we take extraordinary risks for fear the money will not hold i,,,.,,.,...,,..!.- out?" Replied Secretary Morgenthau: "General, the American public will take care of that. What they have done . in the Second War Loan drive the money they have produced and the spirit they have shown is proof enough for me that they will not let our fighters suffer from lack of suDDort until we achieve complete victory, no matter how long that may be Henry nor how much it may cost." Morgenthau, Jr. Up your War Bond allotment out of your wages today. Figure it out for yourself how much above 10 per cent it should be. U. S. Treasury Department |