Liberty Loan Situation Critical, Daily Racing Form, 1918-10-12

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LIBERTY LOAN SITUATION CRITICAL President Wilson considers the Liberty Loan situa ¬ tion critical enough to call for a special api eal which lie makes over his own signature as follows followsRecent Recent events have enhanced not lessened the importance of this loan and I hope that my fellow countrymen will let me say this to them very frank ¬ ly The best thing that could happen would be that tlie loan should not only be fully subscribed but yery greatly oversubscribed We are in the midst of the greatest exercise of the iKiwer of this country that lias ever been witnessed or forecast and a single day of relaxation in that effort would be of tragical damage alike to ourselves and to the rest of the world Nothing has hapitened which makes it safe or possible to do anything but push your effort to the utmost The time is critical and the reswnse must be complete completeWOODROW WOODROW WILSON


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