Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-04-03 | Page 5 | Roosevelt Urges Giving of Money

ROOSEVELT URGES j GIVING OF MONEY OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. April 3 An j appeal to the American people to , "back the Liberty loan to the limit" was made here yesterday by Colonel j Theodore Roosevelt in an address to a 1 delegation of Liberty loan workers j who had made a pilgrimmage to his Sagamore Hill estate. "If we do not w in now. fighting abroad beside our allies, then sooner or later our sons or grandsons will have to fight here at home, without I allies, for their home, their wives and their little ones," said Colonel Roo.se -I ; velt. "A loan does not float Itself," he1 i continued. "No government work does , itself. Somebody has to do it. I ap- I peal to the people to back up to the I limit of their power. This Is the peo-i peo-i pie's war. It is America's war. It is a war for our children and our chil-! dren's children's welfare. "Each of us should gladly and cheer -I fully sacrifice everything necessary in! .order to win The man at the front stands ready to sacrifice life and limb and health for our ear land XV o who ire not given the high privilege of go- ! ing to the front, must at least bark him to the limit with the work of head i and hand."