Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-26 | Page 24 | Chamber Warns S. L. of Yule Racketeers

Chamber Warns S. S L. L Of Yule Racketeers Approach of the Christmas holIdays holidays holi holl- days with its spirit of good will to all men strikes a responsive note in the souls of most men Gus P. P Backman executive secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of the chamber of commerce commerce commerce com com- merce however makes a few ex ex- Last April Salt Lake City was crawling with itinerant petty I grafters confidence men and racketeers racketeers racketeers rack rack- who availed themselves of stopover privileges en route to the Golden Solden Gate exposition in San Francisco These unwanted tourIsts tour tour- apparently felt it would be bea a crime to pass through a city as large arge as this without giving it their heir professional attention Business men were approached for or contributions to all sorts of organizations many of them ex ex- the only in the minds of the solicitors to aid ald benefits many of which would benefit only the solicitors solicitors solicitors so so- to buy mention in yearbooks yearbooks yearbooks year year- books what year was not specified in some cases to join protective associations for protection against the protectors I At least one of the horde adopted adopt adopt- I ed a timely motif motif for for a moderate sum he could get Salt Lake City companies included on lists of concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns from which the government would buy defense materials Cooperation by police and sheriffs sheriff's sheriffs sheriff's sheriffs sheriff's sher sher- iffs iff's forces and the Business Mens Men's alliance cleaned up the city but approach of the Yule season has brought advance scouts of the petty racketeers back to town Hence Mr Backman's warning to tobe tobe tobe be on guard and his Christmas wish of good will to most men