| Show American People Face Acid Test in Treasury's 2nd War Loan To Raise 13 Billion Dollars in Three Weeks The Nation Dare Not Fail in This Greatest j Financing Task in History Give 1 Their Lives You Lend Your 1 D. C. Coming as it does upon the heels of income tax the people of America will face an acid test this month when the Treasury's Second War Loan drive opens April 12 with an objective of thirteen billion dollars to be raised through sale of Government A substantial part of this huge the most stupendous ever undertaken by any government in the world's must be loaned by people in ordinary walks of High Government officials have pointed out that the nation must not fail in this duty to our men on the battle fronts who are now carrying the offensive to the enemy at every It is obvious to every thinking and woman that as the United Nations take this offensive against the the cost of war operations in The American people must no longer think of war costs in terms of equipping a building a tank or plane or a We must now think in terms cf the cost of invasions and new Attacking armies cost more money than equipping that army and we must meet that increased cost by buying more War Bonds and Second i War Loan They Give Their It is not only necessary that the American people left here at home assume this additional participation i in the war effort it is an honor to do so for we here at home can do no less than attempt to approach the sacrifices of our brave men out on fighting fronts a the last great measure of sacrifice is i but a daily They give their 1 lives we are asked only to lend our And that is the theme of the Sec- ond War Give Their Lives You Lend Your Money Financial experts who know monetary conditions in the nation point out that at the present time there is in liquid cash and commercial bank deposits over and above taxes and present investment in Government and over and a above what can be bought this year because of restrictions and rationing approximately 40 billions of dollars which should go into Government It should be the objective of every American to Invest these loose idle in Government not only from a patriotic but from the standpoint of their own financial There is available during the Second War Loan a type of Security to fit every Are Wild Dollars Every dollar of these forty billions of dollars which is not invested in Government securities during this War Loan Drive is a dollar together with its will tend to increase Uncontrolled inflation might raise the cost of living to a point where the dollar is It can happen It happened in Germany after the last war when the price of a loaf of bread cost more than an annual led in your dollar will work for It will hold down inflation because it is harnessed in war it will help buy munitions for our boys on the front lines and it will be earning interest together with your original will come back to later to help you buy the things you cannot buy today to insure your peace of the Remember those boys out there in Tunisia in the South Pacific They give their lives You lend your |
