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A VICTORY LOAN MESSAGE WASHINGTON D C May 5 1919 Daily Racing Form FormChicago Chicago 111 111I I would be lacking in frankness if I did not tell you that the Treasury Department is apprehensive concerning the Victory Loan stop In view of this serious situation as Secretary of the Treasury and as a fellow newspaper publisher I appeal to you to help impress upon your readers the urgency of subscribing to this loan by publishing in your editions of Tuesday on the first page box if possible the following message The messageThe Victor Liberty Loan campaign is twothirds over but subscriptions have been reported for little more than onethird of the loan loanIs Is it conceivable that the American people who witli their heart and soul waged the fight for freedom will permit this loan of victory and thanksgiving to failV failVOur Our sons gave of their health of their strength and of their lives that freedom might not perish There are one and one half million American boys in France and Germany Now that the war is ended it would be as reasonable for them to dishonor the nation by deserting the flag as for the nation itself by deserting them Is it a large thing that we are now asking to lend our money to pay the cost of victory Is American money less willing than American manhood manhoodLot Lot everyone of the millions who have bought Liberty Bonds buy Victory Notes and success is sure sureCARTER CARTER GLASS Secretary of the Treasury
