"The most gratifying thing about this war is that the bulk of men of all callings have been ready to make whatever sacrifice the authorities have asked them to make. There has been a hearty response by the American people to the call to fight in the trenches, to meet the perils of death in the service of the destroyers on the deep, to drive rivets in the biting blasts of zero weather, to subscribe to Liberty Bonds, to give to the Red Cross and to count nothing of any value except the winning of the war. The man who thinks that Americans may falter is either a traitor at heart or ignorant of the spirit that dominates the American people in this hour. Men of money are coming forward, most of them in a way that is most generous. Shipbuilders and owners of munition plants are showing their patriotism. The spirit of America is that there shall be no profiteering and no toleration of slackers either in military service, in munition plants or shipyards, or anywhere else.

"All Americans will be mobilized in the great struggle to preserve the principles upon which our republic was founded. Industrial leaders and leaders in Congress and in public office are busy devising plans and spending themselves, but we all know that in the last analysis it is the man who labors, the man who bears the heat and burden of the day either in the trenches or on the ships or in the yards or other manufacturing plants who is mainly responsible for the winning or losing of this group war.--Secretary Daniels, at Victory Plant, Squantum.