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Show HOUSE CANVASS IS PUUUNEDFOR DRIVE j War Savings Committee to j Act When Influenza B an j Is Wholly Lifted. The committee covering the busi-1 busi-1 uess district and representatives of women's organizations in the -war j savings campaign will meet at a luncheon at the Commercial club at j 12:45 today to make final reports on I the "Buy More" campaign. ! Seventy per cent of the adult population popula-tion of Salt Lake City and county have purchased baby bonds or thrift stamps, compared with SS per cent of. the pupils of the grade schools, excluding the high schools, according to a report issued yesterday yes-terday by the local war savings com-m com-m i l tee. The committee desires to know whv the remain in a 3" por cent have not "subscribed "sub-scribed for these government securities. Wiiile it is not ihe intention to exercise any coercion lo make people take up tiie investments, the committee points out that it will investigate all cases, with -a view to discovering excuses, if any, which might exist. When the ban is entirely lifted with-the with-the fading away of tiie influenza epidemic, epi-demic, it is propose ! to assign 1P00 workers work-ers to make a house-to-houFo canvass to determine the buyers of bonds and thrift stamps and to impress upon all the need of buying more. Following this, the addresses ad-dresses of all persons will be obtained from the post of (ley and the committee will proceed to investigate as to why some individuals have not responded to the government's appeal. All the department stores in ""the citv report that thrift stamps are sellins well, there being a constant demand for them and many customers purchasing merchandise asking Riat their change be gh'eu in stamps. |