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Show CELEBRATION DELAYS i WAR WORKERS' DRIVE Canvass Halted Pending Reforming of Plans to Continue Campaign. President Wilson Urges the Necessity for Continuing Effort to Raise Funds. No Luncheon Today The luncheon for United War Work oanvasHirn, which was scheduled sched-uled for today,' has been postponed until tomorrow. All canvassers are urfied to complete their v.-ork today and tomorrow afternoon, in order to make final reports at the luncheon. FRANK S. MUEPHY, City Chairman. Su nvorvclielminjj was the celebration Of. tho si 4 ii i ii of tho armistice yesterday yester-day that organized effort in behalf of J 1 ; i 1 1 ni ted War Work drive wa9 ren-ilcrcl ren-ilcrcl impossible. Individual members of canvassing committees did some ef- ffictlve work, however, and report bright Prospects I'or today. A considerable hum was raised from the sale of confetti, con-fetti, the supply of which was almost cornered by the United War work ' ' stunt ' " committee. The enthusiasm and rejoicing over 1 1n' iluun of peace are calculated to impress the people of the. stale with 8 profound sense of gratitude to the -olilicrs who have made the great victory vic-tory possible, and a generous manifestation manifes-tation of their thankfulness in fhe way of donations is confidently predicted. Because of tho halt in the progress nf the canvass yesterday, the luncheon which was set for today noon to make reports has been postponed until tomor- j l ew. Today will witness a sweeping j crusade through the business and resi- i (fence districts, in order to raise, u possible, the balance of Salt Lake's quota. Wilson Telegraphs. A ii I i ci pat i li j; some relaxation of effort in the drive at the advent of peace, President Wilson has sent an open telegram, tele-gram, addressed to John R. Mott, director-general of tho United War work campaign, which rends as follows: My Dear Mr. Mott: I am sure the ptople throughout tho country will understand un-derstand why it is that I am unable to fulfill the desire of my heart to make a public address at this time in the interest in-terest of the approaching campaign. It has been with sincere gratification titat I have observed tho wholehearted cooperation co-operation of the Young Men's Christian association, the Young Women's Christian Chris-tian association, the Xational Catholic War council, the Jewish Wolfare hoard, flic War Camp Community service, the American Library association and the Salvation Army in response to my request re-quest that they combine their respective respec-tive financial drives in one United War work campaign, November .11 to IS, to vnrc the sum of at least $170,500,00' for their invaluable work. Economy of Money. 'The' wise economy of juoney aud effort, the increased efficiency which will result from a blending of experience experi-ence the creation of an atmosphere of truer understanding, the unmistakable evidence of a growing unity of spirit and the influence of all this in strengthening strength-ening the national solidarity is reassur-. reassur-. ing in the extreme. ; ' As von now stand on the threshold of presenting your appeal to the entire American people. T wish to renew the expression ot my conviction that the service rendered by these welfare agon- i f. is indispensable, and my earnest hope is for the abundant success of tho Campaign. The inevitable growth of the army and nay. and the -multiplying demands for our help from France, Italy and Russia, make it clear that a generous gen-erous oversubscription is highly desirable. desir-able. "Xo matter how distant the day of pence may prove to be, it will bo followed fol-lowed by a long period of demobilization, demobiliza-tion, during which the opportunity and need for the constructive work of these organizations will be quite as great as in wartime, and T am glad to note that vnur plans contemplate serving the soldiers sol-diers and sailors iu this critically import im-port ant period. Program Pleases. "I am particularly pleased to know of the comprehensive program of education edu-cation to be carried out during the coming com-ing months. Gifts that provide the service which this campaign makes possible pos-sible are not so much gifts to organization organiza-tion as gifts invaluable gifts to our soldiers, sailors and marines, and constitute con-stitute an appropriate expression of our gratitude for their patriotic and unselfish unsel-fish devotion. The whole plan of the : I'nited War work campaign is inspiring and is most emphatically in the interest of the nation and of all the lands with which we are associated in these momentous momen-tous days. Cordially aud sincerely vours. - WOOPKOW WILSON." Karlv yesterday morning the i nited War work committees discovered that work in tho offices was impossible. W, H, Mitchell conceived the idea of buv-iujt buv-iujt up the confetti anil serpentine in the city ami selling it on the. streets for the benefit of the United War sro'.k fund. Mr. Mitchell, assisted by Louis Marcus ot' tho publicity committee, com-mittee, together witli lioss Beason, M. H. Aylesworth, Harry Anderson, Adrian Pembroke. Hen Hedman and Charles Tynjr, also aided by a number of voung ladies from the food administration offices, of-fices, and other lodv United War workers. undertook the work of cornering the local confetti market. Some of the Boy Scouts aided in sacking the confetti. It was all distributed dis-tributed and sold from trucks. Tt is probable that the United War work fund will realize $r.'f)ii to $1;"00 from this source. Much credit is due to the workers. |