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Show Chairman Butler Hails Success Of Dollars Drive The two day national Dollars for Democrats Drive was hailed this week by. National Chairman Paul M. Butler as "indicative of the popularity of our party and of the desire or rank and file supporters to contribute when a personal appeal is made by the party workers." In the drive in which 34 states participated, hundreds of regular party workers and volunteers rang doorbells in this first grass roots campaign for funds. In uring all Democrats to respond re-spond to the appeal, Mr. Butler pointed out "the Dollars for Democrats Drive was designed to enable every American to contribute to our party in an ef- fort to broaden the base of financial fi-nancial support and establish a pattern for truly democratic support sup-port of political parties.", This was the biggest fund raising rais-ing effort ever made by a po- litical party in a non-election year, "in an effort to collect small amounts of money from many people and set an example for future campaigns. Proceeds from the national Dollars for Democrats Drive will bedivided between county, state and national committee with one third going to each level of the party organization based on the individual state's contributions. |