Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — WOMEN BIG HELP ON VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN [ARTICLE]

WOMEN BIG HELP ON VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN

Preliminary Work Is Well Mapped Out —Big Showing In Former Loans to Be Exceeded This Time. Preliminary returns show that the women workers of the Seventh Federal Reserve district are out to make a big showing in the Victory Liberty Loan. Women chairmen and workers are everywhere signing up for the fifth campaign. There have been very few resignations, it Is reported, from women who felt that their obligation to the nation had ended because the fighting in France was ended. On the contrary, it is asserted by Miss Grace Dixon, director for women, Seventh district, and by other leaders in the women’s loan activities, the women workers feel mor§ strongly than ever their obligation to get out and personally go after bond subscriptions. The very fact that Individuals are found who do not appreciate the obligation resting upon the civilian population has aroused in double force the patriotic sense of duty in the breast of the women workers. These are asserting through letters received at Chicago headquarters by every mail that they intend to work twice as hard as in any preceding loan—if that be possible-4n order to counteract the “quitter” sentiment that is manifesting itself among certain individuals in every community. Preliminary work Is well mapped out in a majority of the counties in the district. It is planned to have a larger number of women workers enrolled everywhere than was the case in the preceding loans. Workers already are securing pledges from recruits and veterans and it is promised that a better showing will be made in every state than In any of the Liberty loans so far placed. The Fifth loan, It Is pointed out, will come at a time when women on the farms and in the smaller communities can give an especially large amount of time to the loan work. The drive, coming in April, will precede the active farm and garden work and the women will, therefore, be in a position to concentrate on the campaign In a way they were unable to do in the Fourth loan. The results of the Victory Loan are expected to prove a monument to the patriotism and self-sacrifice of the women of the Seventh Federal Reserve district, for the spirit of service is the animating principle of the American people at this time.