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Show ttffl PLEDGE I nJ CLEAN-UP VVDRK Support of City Federation of Clubs Assured at Meeting. PLANS ARE OUTLINED Chairman of Campaign Committee Explains Purposes Pur-poses of Move. Undivided support from the women of Salt Lake in the spring clean-up and palnt-up campaign was pledged yesterday tifternoon by the City Federation of Women's Wom-en's clubs, following an appeal made by A. II. Sconbcrg of the Acme White Lead and Paint company, executive chairman of the clean-up movement. Scon berg explained what Is ex-"pected ex-"pected to be accomplished during the two weeks' campaign, which began yesterday. yes-terday. He emphasized the fact thai without the co-operation of the women of the city little good could be accomplished accom-plished toward making the city sanitary, healthful and beautiful, and he urged every member of the women's clubs of the city to see to it that the plans outlined out-lined by the general committee are carried car-ried out. A plea was also made for the support of the women toward the passage of a bill, which he said would be introduced during the next session of the state legislature, legis-lature, providing that all vacant city lots must be kept free of weeds by the owners, own-ers, and in event the owners failed to do their duty in this respect, the lots shall be cleared of obnoxious weeds by the civic authorities and the cost taxed up against the owners. Boy Scouts to Aid. Mr. Sconberg called attention to the fact that the final inspection of the city, at the close of the clean-up and paint-up campaign, will be made by the Boy Scout organizations. He declared that an inspection in-spection by the Boy Scouts will bring about better results than any inspection that could be made by city inspectors. Mrs. J. T. Beless was appointed, chairman chair-man of a committee to secure screen publicity pub-licity in the moving picture houses for the success of the clean-up movement. Mrs. Charles M. Hooker spoke on the subject of war gardens, urging every person with a piece of front or back yard to utilize it during the summer in the production of garden truck, that the burden bur-den may be taken off the gardeners who have large tracts of land and the latter planted to sugar beets or other staples which may be stored through the winter. Mrs. T. W. Naylor spoke of the work of the educational committee of the National Na-tional Council of Defense, and declared it to be the patriotic duty of every woman's wom-an's organization in the state to send at least one delegate to the war service schrv sessions. May 13, 14 and 15. M0jfiTi a better observance of the city furfew law may be brought about, Mrs. Edgar M. Ledyard, chairman of the cur- few committee, was asked to confer with lr. John Taylor, head of the Bov Scout movement, and with the police department. depart-ment. Mrs. Ledyard also spoke concerning concern-ing the third Liberty loan, and at the conclusion of her address the federation adopted the slogan, "A Liberty Bond for Every Woman's Organization.'"' A committee com-mittee will be appointed to work in the interest of the Liberty loan, representing represent-ing the federation, consisting of one member mem-ber from each of the women's clubs in Salt Lake. This committee may later be enlarged. The work of the western woman in j the war service was discussed by Mrs. Robert Spangler, who announced that the matter would be more fully taken up at the ladies' day luncheon at the Commercial Com-mercial club next Saturday. In order tha t the one-deli very-a-day ; plan may be placed in satisfactory operation, oper-ation, the federation went on record as . urging the women of the city to refrain as much as possible from using the telephone tele-phone during the morning hours for mat- j ters other than those concerning the or- i dering of supplies from the grocer and ' butcher. ( Too Free Phone Use. j It was pointed out that many women are prone to use the phone, for from ten to thirty minutes at a time, during ; the busy morning hours, to the great disadvantage dis-advantage of other telephone subscribers, subscrib-ers, particularly those on party lines, and In this manner communication with the grocer and butcher has become impossible impos-sible until too late for that day's delivery. de-livery. The federation endorsed the plan of the General Federation of Women's clubs to finance the construction and operation ' of furlough houses for the benefit of I the American soldiers at the front. That 1 they may obtain necessary rest and rec-I rec-I reation from the scene of battle, it was I shown, that the furlough house is a neces-1 neces-1 sity, providing a place for such rest, which j in no other manner can be provided. It is proposed to raise $250,000 for the purpose, pur-pose, every member of every women's . club in the United States contributing $1. In response to a Request from the execu-: execu-: tive committee of the clean-up week movement, A. C. Rees, secretary of the Manufacturers' association of Utah, chairman chair-man of the committee on merchants and manufacturers, has directed a circular letter let-ter to all employers of labor in the city, asking their support in the big clean-up drivt. |