REPORT THIRD LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE OF BUFFALO THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN campaign of Buffalo, from April 6, 1918 to May 4, 1918, resulted in the sale of $39,920,650 of Third Liberty Loan Bonds. To market this amount of Government securities one of the largest and most active organizations in our civic history was created by Walter P. Cooke, Chairman and his Vice-Chairmen, James H. McNulty and George D. Crofts. Under their leadership a group of several thousand workers exceeded the city's sales quota by twenty-nine per cent. To record the personnel of this organization and the activities undertaken by it, is the purpose of this report. Governor Benjamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of the Second Federal Reserve District appointed the following General Committee in charge of the work in Buffalo: Walter P. Cooke, Chairman; Frank B. Baird, Edward J. Barcalo, A. G. Bartholomew, Howard Bissell, George S. Buck, Edward H. Butler, Charles Clifton, John L. Clawson, Charles L. Couch, George D. Crofts, Jesse C. Dann, Howard A. Forman, Louis P. Fuhrmann, Nesbit Grammer, Charles L. Gurney, Myron S. Hall, Stuart A. Hayward, Charles R. Huntley, Ralph C. Hudson, Jacob G. Joseph, John A. Kloepfer, Edward L. Koons, Thomas B. Lockwood, John D. Larkin, John H. Lascelles, Charles H. McCullough, Jr., Elliott C. McDougal, James H. McNulty, Edward McM. Mills, Maxwell M. Nowak, Robert W. Pomeroy, Mrs. Theodore M. Pomeroy, Harry T. Ramsdell, George F. Rand, J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr., Sydnor J. Tucker, Daniel Upton, Henry P. Werner, George M. Zimmerman, Henry C. Zeller. The announcement was made by Governor Strong on March 20th and the General Committee held its first meeting, as guests of the Chairman, Walter P. Cooke, at the Buffalo Club on March 25th. At that meeting the Executive Committee was appointed, consisting of: Walter P. Cooke, Chairman; Edward J. Barcalo, A. G. Bartholomew, George S. Buck, Edward H. Butler, Charles L. Couch, George D. Crofts, Jesse C. Dann, Myron S. Hall, Ralph C. Hudson, Charles H. McCullough, Jr., Elliott C. McDougal, James H. McNulty, Harry T. Ramsdell, Henry P. Werner. At the same meeting chairmen of all the important committees and department and bureau heads were selected and the general plan of the organization, following closely the lines of the Second Liberty Loan Organization, was presented by Mr. Cooke and unanimously adopted. In substance this was the division of the organization into two main departments: the Distribution Department having entire charge of the sale of the Liberty Bonds, organizing and canvassing the city by trades and professions, supplemented by a general city [ 3 ]