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TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942
A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY
THt SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
M>7 1, 1942
10 m ram or booth caroumi
this mk • new campaign for the sale of Rr Bonds and Savings
Stanps Is under asy throughout the Ration. It la the war Bond Quota
Oaq>aign.
Xt Is urgently necessary that yon double the rate at which yon
era now buying Mur Banda and Staape. This will naan the Bale direct
to Individual Anerloana of Rhr Bonds and Staips to the aaount of V
Isas than one billion dollars every south.
One-billion dollars a south la the Rational quota. Xt la aqua,
to one-tenth the ooabUed inooses of all Americana.
Ibis money is needed to buy the tools of war for your fighting
forces. Xt will not pay for all of then. Our war expenditures now
are at the rate of about FOUR BILLIONS a south, and they are growing
daily. But a billion dollars a south direct from the people will
wake all-out production possible. Without it wp cannot do our beat)
without it we cannot put forth our full effort.
It is deapef*tely needed for another reason. V* can't fight •
ear ana at the sane tine live and spend as usual. There are not enough
goods to go around — the things we buy with money. If we go on spend*
ing at the 1941- scale, we'll be robbing the fighting nan to add to our
own comfort or pleasure. We'll be driving up the cost of Using for
all of us. We'll be loosing dire hardships on our neighbors.
What is asked of you la ten per cent of your earnings — a tithe
for Liberty. It Is not a tax; it Is not even a contribution) It is a
loan at Interest, for your use and protection later.
Tour Government asks you to cut down your wpendlturee, TO SiVI —
your boys on the firing line and In the training eaqpa, through your
Government, ask you to save so that they may have what they need to
•In TOUR WAR for you — America asks you to save) to SAV1 TO nil THX WAS;
to buy War Bonds and Stamps up to not less than ten per pent of your
Is Liberty worth it? la Democracy worth it? Is America worth It?
t think I know your answer.
Sincerely,
The above letter was sent to this newspaper by Secretary Mor
genthau in Washington. We publish it in the interest of the War Bond
Quota Campaign and earnestly recommend that all dur readers do
their share in the tremendous job ahead of financing the War effort