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Show 1ITED 1R DRIVE IS BEHIND REQUIREMENT More Than $150,000 Additional Addi-tional Must Be Raised by Next Monday. Campaign Committee Perfects Per-fects Plans for Intensifying Intensify-ing Interest in Fund. Sail, Lake and the outlying sections of tbe state ore still lagging in their donations toward the United war cain-paign cain-paign fund. Pubseriptions received in Salt Lake up to date show a total of 152,572.31, and those from the outside out-side eounties amount to $77,000, making a total of $22(1,572. As Utah's quota is $400100, this leaves over $150,000 yet. to be raised by Monday, the end of the drive. And this will be a tremendous tremen-dous task in view of the fart that prac-ticaliy prac-ticaliy all of the large subscriptions are already in. These figures are far from satisfactory. satisfac-tory. In order to put I'tah over the top by the end of the drive, it will be absolutely necessary that those, who have contributed less than 4 per cent of their subscription to the fourth Liberty Lib-erty loan to give again. Canvassers Meet. A luncheon was held yesterday at the Commercial club by the canvassing committees in charge of the drive, at which time several large subscriptions were reported, The largest donation yet received is that from the. Vtah Copper Cop-per company, amounting to $50,000, this sum being from the company only. The employees of the Utah Copper company nro ail contributing most generously, present indications being that. their subscriptions sub-scriptions will average $5 for each person. per-son. Other large subscriptions reported were as follows: Utah Oil Refining company, $1000; Utah Fuel company, $2300; C. W. Nibley, 1000; Frank J. 1 1 ngenbnrtb, $1000; American Smelting .v. Refining company, $7000; Continental Oil company, $1500; International Smelting company, $''500; Utah Power & Light company, $1000. Enviable Record. The women's committee made an eu-viablc eu-viablc record in raising $10, 11-15. This far exceeeds their quota and entitled thorn to the banner given to the committee com-mittee having the highest oversubscription. oversubscrip-tion. A slirriug appeal for the public of Halt Lake to support the campaign by generous contributions was made by VParson" Simpkin. He said, in part: "If the pcoplo of Utah wish their boys l.o conic hack eound in body and mind, morally clean and fit to become fathers of future generations, they must give lo this fund, and give generously. "Now that peace has come, our duty lo those boys 0ver there becomes greater great-er than ever. The dangers confronting I hem cannot be too greatly emphasized. Released from excitinc action, their minds and bodies will relax. Naturally ihev will need amusement and diversion, diver-sion, recreation that will be wholesome and satisfying. To Get Furloughs. ''Soldiers in the front Jine trenches hao a.-, yet received no leaves of absence, ab-sence, but they will all uow be granted that privilege. And leaves of absence tor all the I roups will become more frequent. fre-quent. John l;. Mott reports that the V. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, ihe Salvation Army and the Jewish Welfare board will have to provide entertainment en-tertainment for at least 150,000 soldiers a week. This moans that facilities for entertainment will have to be enormously enor-mously increased. And unless these facilities can be provided, many of the boys will seek their entertainment elsewhere else-where in surroundings that will corrupt and demoralize them. It is our moral duty to sec that this is not so to provide pro-vide the funds that will insure the wholesome diversion necessary.'' Reports Confetti Sales. The Rev. P. A. Himpkin, who is chairman chair-man of odc of the canvassing committees, commit-tees, also said that members of his committee com-mittee had reported the sale of confetti con-fetti on Monday to many people who, for small purchases, received buttons. Many of these people are now hiding behind those same buttons, claiming that they have contributed their share to the vvar campaign fund. "It is the wearers of confetti buttons, but-tons, ' said "Parson" Simpkin in conclusion, con-clusion, "that we must go after the ones who are amply able to give more lo this worthy fund." As a whole, the meeting at the Commercial Com-mercial club was very enthusiastic, BUMS appeals being made to the people of Salt Lake to contribute more gener-ouslv. gener-ouslv. A slacker committee was appointed ap-pointed to visit those who are not doing lheir share in donations to the united war campaign fund. The next luncheon of the drive, and it is hoped the last, will be held next Fridav in the Commercial club. |