Show Commercial C Club Served U U. S. S SZ I Z 2 vl J z If a J Cz 1 i eo a 2 With Patriotic Unselfishness fr J z J t J k 4 1 1 i- i Put Over Many War Drives N Nathaniel Jackson By I S SERVING O ns fiS a 3 great war work machine in direct aid nid of the state council o of defense when war raged and with the bc beginning nning of reconstruction the tho Salt Lake Commercial club has established a n record f for r efficiency and influence in which its 1150 members center just pride Peace Pence is at nt hand handan an arid and to a man tuna members may reflect with exceptional pleasure an and satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction the unflinching and unselfish service loyalty and devotion de which furnished power for the tile intricate war work machine Vh While le war security drives progressed demanding feverish campaign n ing lag and punctuating effectively the period perio of the governments government's active c participation in Iii the war var commercial activity of the club was prosecuted Y reserve or hesitation And with ith the entrance of the nation upon an m actual peace acc pro program the Commercial club is prepared to wrestle with industrial problems which g give gc c promise of being mammoth i and of exceptional exceptional ex ex- importance to lo the tho city's business future Scarcely had teace dawned than the tile 1150 members of the Commercial nl club established d deep p interest in President Y Woodrow Wilsons Wilson's lC appeal of the hour to American business There is greater need now thai eve ever er before for co co e activity and systematized organization in in n com COIn Without hc members virtually pledged themselves cs to give full nn and un support in helping to effect a satisfactory commercial readjust or national and onal business Determined to be a no telling g factor in this big ig program of business tin thu Commercial Conme club is preparing to In claim lay to being one of the most pro pro- gr O rn and efficient commercial organizations in r t. r-t. e. e n tit 1 America Q U I LY Y UL UI achl achievement ment of th the SL Salt lt Lake Commercial Com Com- mercial club during during- the war war when it jt 8 saluted lutC l the ho State Council o of Defense and reported militarily at your Ice sir air with a staff tarr of ot war workers aV al of oC whom since that thai time havo O qualifier Qualified as war acting experts Under the direction of ot tho the State Council of oC Defense the Commercial club managed four Cour big wide state Liberty Lib Lib- er cit erty tl loin loan drives cs in each of oC which the state statu wont fir fal ti over tho the top and se secured se se- cured for Cor the government nt a total o of in the rale of ot securities in addition to the raising of ot for tor forrar forwar war r 11 charities Goes GOC tr Or the Hie Top TOI Tho rho tint first I Liberty Libert loan Ionn drive was not conducted from rom tho Commercial club or wit tb the In institutions institution's machinery al althou although al- al thou though h Commercial club members were ero represented r almost entirely In the corps corp o of volunteer workers of or this Initial campaign In this first drive bonds wore sold amounting to 9 J In which the state went v ent over tho the top by nearly U it T mn ye this tills drive that gave light to o Iho Importance of or taking full ull ad adVantage advantage ad- ad vantage o of tho the reaching far influence of ot the tho Commercial club Members Member's of ot tho committee of ot tho the State Council of ot Defense yore were not slow to talc full Cull advantage of ot the organization tion lion possibly for years ears of war work worl which would r require greater an 1 greater efficiency as the War Var pro pro- gressed Proof of ot the advantage IId 0 oJ of the organization organization organ organ- came caine with the he second Liberty loin drive when tho states state's quota was Increased materially over the first drive and wh when n the tho State Council of or Defense e found Cound it Important lt to many Volunteer workers In eV n corner orn r of or ever every little town to an and h hamlet m-it m 1 In Utah Some Somo of or the most moat capable business m nin mm n of or the west working untiringly I with Ith tho State Council of oC Defense oon recognized the efficiency of ot tho the war work worle machine developing c with Great I rapidity at nt the Commercial club It H was concluded then and there thero that the tho Commercial el b should hould bo be the tho ICI IC I quarters for tor war work for Cor all the war work Ag AJ a n. result duplication of or war r work waa wash 13 absent unlike conditions In other states dates where the work was not centralIzed centralized central central- bcd and tho the business men of oC Utah and andor of or Salt S Lake L. In par particular were ved aed thousands upon thousands of in war v charities Drives 11 for tor War nr Charities For there thore is certain expense of or a most unnecessary nry nature when II 1 comes to duplicating charities as as bl big bigas bigas as those thoo called for Cor in ln n tho the proper conduct conduct con con- duct of or a n great reat war These Included two ned Cross fund and membership mem mom br drives the tho Soldier Welfare campaign tho the United War ar Work YorI representing representing rep rep- rosen resenting l C. C V. V M. M C. C A. A J Welfare aro American Library association 4 Armenian Ia a and aUll Syrian Syria n rd relief lef and t flirt un hn Q Y ii st n n I. I All A 11 t f f 0 a ib j v these war var charily drives passed lJ Li bo- bo yond ond their quotas During the last three Liberty loan drives it wan sas found that the tho machinery of or the Commercial club In directing under supervision of oC the council of ot de defense do- do the tho tat wide state campaigns had reached a n. state of ot perfection Analysis Analis disclosed that members member of ot tho the war work I staff hall hail developed Into expel experts I capable Jle of or extending influence of ot a n most t In Inspiring nature to the ram remotest corner of or the tho state And what Is really remarkable in the tho organization practically cally every cry of tho the club who hail something to do with the thc war wal w work and antl with no o loss of or efficiency could to today today to- to du day engage eng In home ume similar united club i effort without a 0 moment of or hesitation In lit each N of ot lie tho three drives s Utah A 02 Z Invariably tho second In III Mo he Twelfth federal o ral district to yo u over O tho top In addition Utah was the first state In thu Iho union to go over or tho the top In ho tho nn ant 1 Syrian OM 3 mid aini a 1 It cored no I enviously taking i the tho l nation m tl at t lur o in both the tho lied Ked Cross Cruss fund iud membership drive e t V Sc C Several Chairmen Heber J. J Grant now president of or tho tile thoU I. I U Is D. D S. S church served cd as state stale chairman chairman chair chair- I man of ot tho the third and fourth Liberty Libert loan drives and V. W. W Armstrong of utile tho tho fifth fIrth or Victory Victor Liberty loin loan drive Vt It was Clarence of or Go Gov Simon Dam who directed tho the first and second Liberty loan n campaigns cam Cain IH I nl as state stale chairman Of Ot exceptional interest est were the tho first and lIe second Red Hod Cross Cros fund drives because tho they wore were purely charitable charlt it was not a l ca caso o of ot buln buying securities I ties tics which ultimately y would bring cenI gen gen- I L 0 u erous return It was wt purely a no case of or giving In the first drive the f tato went over oer the top b by more moro than above e its quota and the quota CJ of f the second drive which wan much than tItan the first was e-cec e exceeded ed b by more than th Charles W. W Yo served as s state tat chairman in iii both belli Red lied Cro Cross s drives cs his vice chairman in tho the first l t wan no Lafayette Hanchett and in the second second sec see ond H. H N. N n Byrne rn The War SavinG J stamp campaign headquarters were maintained at thc the Commercial l club and while many o of the club dub participated it was no not actually a a. movement operated b by b. the war machinery of or tho Commercial Commercial Commer Commer- cial club Similarly it was tho the headquarters headquarters head head- quarters of ot tho the special I of Columbus drive lied Heel Crows CrONS Workroom While these organized war activities were being operated d from the Commercial Commer cial cl club practically all available a space in the club building served In some measure for tOr conducing war var work The Tho ladies ladies' parlor was equipped with sewing machines and antI other othel paraphernalia nalia nalla for tor tho the making making- of or Red Cross banda bandages cs and other supplies needed at hospitals and dressing dressIng- stations near tho the front L. L II H. Farns Farnsworth orth chairman of ot tho the finance committee committe of ot the state council of or defense maintained constant interest in interest In- In tere terest t In the collection of or moneys mones for or ortho tho various charity funds fund and antl as 1 l Indicated In his final report as council chairman presented several eral days ago abo he ma may be considered exceptionally well wen versed In the financial achievements achievements achieve c ments which the machinery of or the Commercial club aided In m making pos pos- os- os siblIn sibl In addition tl to the these e various drives ant and campaigns ns tho the club manifested tlc deepest interest in recruiting ard the development of ot material l f for r particular p lines hues of or service destined to lo tell lell in the lie final conclusion of r the war It op co-op- crated with the University of or Utah In Inthe the Iho organization of the business mens men's military training class which lent In Inspiration Inspiration In- In c everywhere cry where to lie rho prospective prospective tive recruit and which sent scores of ot it its members member overseas to combat Only a a. few Cew wc weeks 18 after the organization o of this class it had s. s m membership of oe nearly OO of oC tho the virile young oum business businessmen mCI men of ot the city who roue rozie be before befaro ro sunrise sunrise sun sun- rise and were on tho the university campus drilling hard every day at 7 j 1 a. a m. m The training van under the tho excl 1 exclusive tl I direction or of Col Cot Edmund S. S Wright First U. U S. S ca 1 cavalry I r and Capt E E. 31 ot 1 Price 1 an art infantry officer er not long lon out or Ot West cst Point fank Campaign Again when tho the United Stat States s arm armi sent nn an appeal across tho the land lanel or specially p trained men inert to drive and op- op erale erto to tanks lanks a against the line tho Commercial club opened quarters quarter to a tank r I recruiting officer 1 1 r i liu su U U U lit il L na ilia LiIS ol disposal 11 itS ILS This tank attic recruiting campaign cam cam- le resulted in th thA selection of oC for for- t ty three m men inon n from a total of fit f I O men examined Nearly alt all the tle chosen choson were sucre sent sitt overseas O anti and were bel being especially especial l ly h trained upon th the tho line in Franco France for fora forit or a u spring EPlIn drive to Berlin when hen the armistice c crItic c. lJ e. The War Camp mp Community service ser rendered exceptional 1 aid hi to the solder In a il great t man many ways has maintained its official headquarters at the Commercial Com Corn mercial 1 club since ince introduction of ot tho the service cr Into the local territory terr-Ilon- War work worl machinery of or the Iho Commercial club had l much uch to do wl with h making the service ice the tho success that th it has and it appears that the 1150 O members of ot the club dub O sort of oC lak tal taken ln n it a a personal persona interest In tho growth and development dc I of or the Iho Influence on soldiers of or tho the i I service e Through the agency of ot the Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial clUbs clUb's war work machine the lie state council of tle defense tuse found it pos poe lo to hi conduct a tu silent ilent though ef effective of et e campaign in the state during trying moments of or the tho war var against t radicalism I developing ll n. n an and 1 such movements as us were In inspired d b by A A. C. C TownIe Townley and others who now art are tried on charges of ot conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- to commit disloyalty di A As a r result sult of ot this silent activity against vicious propaganda anda disorder and riot entirely eliminated and arid tho those e who understand tho lie entire situation situation sit sit- nation as ns It was ae and which it would bo difficult to describe without en entering entering en- en into painful detail declare that it s saved aved thousands if it not millions In prop property rt not to speak of or bloodshed tl |