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Show ROOSEVELT FUND j suppopows Memorial Drive Workers Plan Active Canvass for Today. YToricers for the Roosevelt Memorial fund will observe Thanksgiving day today. to-day. All engaged in the drive will make special appeals for support, according to Frank livans, assistant campaign manager. man-ager. A rocanvass of all territories W1J1 bo made in an effort to roach every Utah citizen and give him an opportunity to . show his appreciation of tho many great services rendered by Colonel Roosevelt. Thanksgiving," Mr. K". ana said, "will have manv advantages which will oe turned to the ber.elit of the drive. mo fact that it Is a holiday gives the canvassers can-vassers an opportunity to devote their undivided attention to tiie o. T.io time is very appropriate to show appreciation appre-ciation for this great man. The people will be at home. In view of these facts. ?.-eat results are expected in I. tan through today's efforts. "TVhat more appropriate time could bo found than this, the greatest of all Thanksgivings, when tho entire world ,s thankful for the ending of the war, to contribute to the memory of one wno aia bo much to bring about the euccessfu. ond of that great strife? ".None has done- more toward making that war a victory than Colonel Roose-relt Roose-relt Through his efforts this country was aroused to its real danger. Arter reviewing re-viewing tho vast hordes of the German army, with a far-sightedness so characteristic charac-teristic of him. Colonel Roosevelt immediately im-mediately began advocating a preparea-r.eas preparea-r.eas program against any emergency. He crystallized public sentiment. Through hia' efforts patriotism became more than a part of American history and more than an impossible Ideal. It became the practical prac-tical religion of every true citizen. Loy-altv Loy-altv was conveyed to the people in new terms of 100 per cent Americanism. "His ideals for tho furtherance of ttns greatest duty of Americans were convoked con-voked through his strength of character. In: view of these facts, what better way toobservc Thanksgiving than to contribute contrib-ute to his memory?" "Partial reports gathered in tne United States indicate that nearly 400,000 Roosevelt Roose-velt Memorial meetings have been held In churches, schools and public halls, with many million people attending," William Boyee Thompson, national president, declared. de-clared. "More than a million members hi'.vc joined the Roosevelt Memorial association. asso-ciation. Advance reports from all parts oJ the nation have been most encouraging encourag-ing and indicate a generous contribution. The states, however, have not yet been able to send in definite figures. We are depending upon every state doing its roll dutv and raising its quota. By so doing there will be no question about the final result." |