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Show E M FOR NB WORK DRIVE Campaign for Utah's Share of Huge Fund Mapped Out. I MUST RAISE $400,000 t Money Will Be Devoted to Prosecuting Welfare Endeavors. Utah must raise MOO, 000 as her quota of the united war work fund to beraised next month for the variuois organizations which are conducting welfare work behind be-hind tAp lines in the fighting zones and V lltiTnilitarv camps and munition cen- Jfrs of this country. The drive begins November 11 and continues for one week. The total sum to be raised in the coun- ' try is 5170,500,000, to be divided among the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., Knights of Columbus, War Camp Community Ser- vice, Jewish "Welfare board, American Library association, the Salvation Army and the state council? of dufense. In order or-der to save a tremendous amount of time and energy and get even better results, these organizations have combined to collect the fund's they need for their various va-rious activities in one big campaign. Utah is already well started in her preparations for the drive. The state council of defense has appointed the following fol-lowing officers to conduct the campaign: Heber J. Grant, state chairman; J. David Larson, state campaign manager; L. H. Parnsworth, Bishop Joseph S. Glass, E. O. Howard, W. H. Wattis, Leon Sweet, Mrs. A- J. Gorham, W. R. Wallace, Wal-lace, C. B. Hawley and Major P. Morton, executive committee. Frank S. Murphy has been appointed city chairman for Salt Lake and J. M. Hayes publicity director. di-rector. Count Upon Loyalty. The loyalty of the people of the state and their experience in such drives are counted upon in this campaign to eliminate elimi-nate a large part of the personal solicitation solici-tation which has been found necessary heretofore. A supreme effort is to be . made to impress upon the people of the Btate that it is not proper economy for business men to give two or three weeks of their time when labor is so short, for the purpose of soliciting, if this can be avoided. For this reason it has been decided to ' Bend out pledge cards to every purchaser of bonds in the fourth Liberty loan. Following Fol-lowing the example of other communities, it has been estimated that 4 per cent of each subscription to the last loan will be J fair to the individual and will see Utah eafely over the top. These pledge cards are to be sent out I thlfl week, with the request that they be returned at once, properly signed. It Sis greatly preferable that the amount plgdff shall accompany the card, but , tffis nnt necessary. A partial payment tfian has been devised, calling for a first Tpayment December 10. Pledge Card Plan. Sjfrftf the pledge card plan does not suc- oa&jy.n raising the full quota, it is th IhtenVi to organize committees and personally per-sonally solicit contributions. And this will be done promptly, so as to put Utah I in the first rank d states raising their allotment. al-lotment. Encouraging reports have already been received from -several counties of the Btate. Most of the counties have their organizations formed and several have reported that they will raise their allotments al-lotments within the next week. A strong organization has been effected in Ogden for Weber county.' Charles H. t,i Barton has been named chairman and 0. J. Stillwell secretary. A. P. Merrill of .ji- Provo is chairman for Utah county. Literature Lit-erature for the drive has already been i:'v distributed and the campaign will be in full swing within the next day or so. v'ii- -The greater part of the fund will jeto lor the absolutely vital work- of main-taming main-taming morale among the soldiers in the fighting zones. The Y. M. C. A., Knights a i.l- of Columbus, Salvation Army, Jewish Relief and Y. W. C. A. all participate In ill this task. Under the direction of a cen , tral board appointed by the. president, p.; these organizations are now operating1 In Biich a way as not to duplicate each oth- i eis efforts and yet to work in absolute harmony. j. For Common Purpose. A unique and highly gratifying feature ado of the drive is the fact that so many interests in-terests have been able to unite in one eS- great campaign for a common purpose. The War Camp Community service, eri which shares in the fund, devotes the greater part of its activities to the wel-,1!! wel-,1!! fare of soldiers In training camps in the United' States. The Y. W. C. A. also lis has important work here among girls , employed in munition factories, providing provid-ing Ing them withNproper living conditions and wholesome social environment. HP' The American Library association Is seeking to secure at least 5.000,000 books 1 tor soldiers overseas. The work of each organization is largely large-ly carried on by persons paying their own expenses, so that by far the greater Part of the monev contributed goes directly di-rectly for the benefit of the men who are t00 fighting the country's battles and the women who are actively engaged in vi- tally Important war work. |