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REPORT THIRD LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE OF BUFFALO
the maximum results without
unnecessary duplication
of sales force.
An instance of this cooperation,
very characteristic
of the Buffalo women,
and not so characteristic
of Liberty Loan organizations
in other cities,—the
Men's Booth Committee
had charge of the location
of sales booths, and the
collection and tabulation
of sales there made. The
other larger and more important
branch of this
WOMEN LEADERS AT HEADQUARTERS WOrK, the actual Sale 01
bonds in booths, was handled
entirely by the Women's Committee. Again, in the matter of publicity, the Women's
Committee operated through the Publicity Department of the men's organization, and
all of the news of the women's activities found its way to the News Bureau of the men's
organization and from there to the daily papers.
The importance of the work of the women has become so thoroughly recognized by the
men's organization of Buffalo that the women now appear on the General Committee
appointed in charge of the Loan, and on many of the committees and bureaus operated
by the men's organization some of the most useful and effective workers are Buffalo women.
This is noticeable in the Speaker's Bureau, as well as some of the trades and professions
committees; while all of the work of the Educational Bureau of the Publicity Department
is organized and conducted by women.
Upon Mrs. Edward H. Butler fell a large portion of the executive work, because of the
absence of the Chairman. Without previous experience as Chairman, she entered suddenly
and unexpectedly upon the performance of her duties with poise, tact and tireless energy.
The progress of the campaign revealed in her an executive of rare ability, with perseverence
and patience to follow up to successful completion the multitudinous details incident to
the work of the women in such a campaign.
When the Quota Committee of the Distribution Organization, assigned a quota
PUBLIC of one million dollars to the Public Schools of the city, and later increased this
SCHOOLS quota to one million five hundred thousand dollars and again increased it to two
million dollars, Dr. George E. Smith, in charge of the Schools Committee and his
assistants, Mr. Benjamin L. Abel and Mr. M. Smith Thomas, felt that the impossible had
been asked. They set manfully to their work determined to do their best and as a result the
final summary of the Buffalo public schools showed a total of $2,050,200 with 21,975 subscribers.
This represents approximately $30 per pupil and over five per cent of the total sales
of the city both from the standpoint of sales and subscriptions. In the second campaign the
public schools sold $1,115,800 of bonds to 12,251 subscribers. The third campaign, therefore,
showed an increase in sales of $934,400 and an increase of 9,724 individual subscribers.
This success meant the making of enthusiastic Americans and workers out of six thousand
children and their parents. It meant in addition the uniting of all races in a common cause,
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