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Show j Strenuous Campagin Must Be W aged During Next Thirteen Thir-teen Working Days. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Only by the most strenuous campaign during j the next thirteen working days the I treasury department announced today ; can the liberty loan reach tho subscription sub-scription goal officitils are hoping for. i "Revelation by publication of off l- cial reports from all federal reserve I banks that only $325,465,000 in sub-j sub-j scriptions had been reported to them," rends tho announcement, "causod committee com-mittee chairmen to send out hurried i rally calls today to their army of salesmen. sales-men. This amount is less than 7 per cent ot the total $5,000,000,000 subscription sub-scription it is hoped by Secretary Mc-j Mc-j Adoo will be rolled up by October 27. "Only by tho most strenuous campaigning, cam-paigning, it is realized, can the desired de-sired goal be reached In tho remaining remain-ing thirteen selling days. The most I hopeful sign In tho situation la tho virtually vir-tually The American people must subscribe to the second liberty loan at an avcr-, avcr-, pcp ralo of more than $333,000,000 a day If tie 95,000,000,000 hoped for by , tho government is to be obtained. If tho minimum of $3,000,000,000 set by Secretary McAdoo is to bo raised, subscriptions sub-scriptions must average about $191,-000,000 $191,-000,000 every business day until the end of the liberty loan campaign, October Oc-tober 7. To date total subscriptions aro $325,465,000. Returns from many incorporated banks and trust companies have not been received but even talcing these into consideration, subscriptions thus far ind'lcato the need for the most vigorous vig-orous efforts on the part of the public pub-lic for the remainder of the campaign, according to treasury officials. |