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Show Live Jot Live suridl Help Folks to Li w PROGRESSIVE OPINION EDITORIALS By C. N. MUD o Cooperation Progressing The first iNation-wide Co-op Drive ever staged in the United States will run from October 1941 to October 1942 and will concentrate on two chief objectives to strengthen thj ex isting consumer cooperatives by increasing membership, trade and capital; and to awaken America to the advantages of consumer con-sumer of cooperation These were the decisions of representative of most of the important regional co-operative associations in the country gathered for a two-day session. September 1 1 and 12 to make specific plans for the drive. At various times during the course of the national drive, the regional cooperative associat ions will stage special drives and will mobilize the efforts of 2300 local cooperative societies affiliated with The Cooperat ive League of the USA through its affiliated regionals. In these 2300 communities individual co-op members will participate part-icipate in door-to door campaigns to tell their neighbors about all the advantages of consumer cooperation and invite them to join, trade in, and invest in cooperatives. |