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Show Freedom Bond Drive Gets Good Start Early indications are that Utahns are answering President Kennedy's appeal to "underwrite "under-write your country's might" by buying extra savings bonds during dur-ing the May-June Freedom Bond Drive, according to a report from Clem S. Schramm, State Savings Bonds Director, to Salt Lake County volunteer bonds chairman chair-man D. Howe Moffat, Salt Lake attorney. ' "All civilian Federal agency and Defense establishments are conducting Freedom Bond Payroll Pay-roll Savings campaigns during May," Mr. Schramm said in his report. Industrial and business concerns and public-employee groups throughout the state are conducting similar campaigns, many of whom are installing the Payroll Savings Plan for the first time. "Outstanding support is being given to the drive by all communications com-munications media. Many newspapers news-papers and other publications have and will continue to publish the "do-it-yourself" bond application appli-cation blank an easy way for their readers to purchase extra Freedom Bonds. "There has been an upsurge in savings stamp purchases by school children, through the cooperation co-operation of principals and volunteers vol-unteers working with the program, pro-gram, in order to complete their stamp albums and ' buy their Freedom Bonds in May," Mr. Schramm continued. "Many clubs, associations, corporations, state and city governmental units, labor unions, credit unions and other organizations, have or are Committed to purchase bonds during the campaign. "The Utah Savings Bonds Committee,' headed by Stae Chairman Frederick P. Champ, Logan banker, have expressed satisfaction with activities going forward in all phases of the program," pro-gram," Mr. Schramm said. He pointed out that the volunteer bond chairmen and their committees com-mittees throughout the state are performing outstanding patriotic patri-otic service in directing the overall over-all activities aimed at increased Freedom Bond purchases among local residents. Mr. Mnffat. was aooointed Salt Lake County chairman May 1, 1962, by Frederick P. Champ, state chairman, replacing Mr. Frank A. Wardlaw, Jr., who resigned. re-signed. Mr. Moffat was Executive Manager of the Utah War Finance Fi-nance Committee during World War II. |