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Show jews mm FOR UTAH DRIVE Interest Grows as State Is Organized to Raise $70,000. Completion of organiAation in L'tah to raise $70,001) in the national $30,-000,000 $30,-000,000 campaign for the American Jewish relief committee will tv. perfected per-fected by the end of the week, accord ing to Karle YV. Hodges, of the national na-tional organisation, director (" tho in-terniountain in-terniountain section. Mr. Hodges has Ijeen in sat Lake for the last two weeks assisting with the organization work, and last night declared that conferences held during the week with Salt Lake business and professional men indicate an early trrtnination of the pre campaign ei-fur' ei-fur' s. "The interest displayed by prominent promi-nent men here and their willingness to aid in the organi.al ion point vueour-ngingly vueour-ngingly not onlv to an early oomplr t ion of the work force personnel, but also to a highly successful campaign, " Mr. Hodges said. "Ths fact that l'tah is at present the only state which has not yet completed its campaign or madr arrangements to do so docs not indicate a lack of interest here, but rather a lack of concerted effort. Vc are rap idly overcoming Ihis handicap and I be-lleve be-lleve Ihat the personnel of the organisation organi-sation can be announced during tho week. ' ' In commenting on lhe non sectarian feature of the fitOVement, Mr. Hodges Stated Hull in Colorado, where he has. reeentl nipletoi! a successful campaign, cam-paign, fully 78 per eon! of the (280,000 raised was contributed voluntarily In1 non .lews, lie said he is getting much support from lion .I.'Ws in Salt I, like, Reports received by Mr. Hodges from nalion.nl headquarters in Now York iii die.ate BUCCSISXUl enliipaigiis everywhere, ho said, Illinois has already raised ti,ii(in,ooo of Its 2,000,000 quota, and Caufornfa has just porfeoted an or gun i.ii I ion to rail.' $1,100,000. Governor Bamberger, win win return from the eiisl (luring lhe week, is great- Iv Interested in the movement, Mi. Hodges said, and his advlnc in Ih n luet of ii ampaign will i' enlisted. |