Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — "BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY!” [ARTICLE]

"BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY!”

Four Thousand Librarian Members of the American Library Association In Nation-Wide Movement. Since the advent of peace the American Library Association has turned Its efforts from war work into other channels. With the benefit of its forty years of experience and the co-operation of its membership of 4,000 active librarians in all parts, of the United States, in addition to continuing certain war activities not taken over by the government, it proposes to promote the development of the library systems throughout the country and to encourage the reading habit in all ways possible. The A. L. A. supplied over 7,000,000 volumes to our lighting men here and overseas and on board vessels, and it has the confidence and the admiration of the nation back of it in inaugurating its "Books for Everybody!" movemeht. The money to carry out the provisions of the campaign will not be raised through an intensive drive, but will be obtained by the librarians, library trustees and friends of libraries, who have enthusiastically pledged their cooperation in obtaining the necessary