Show Biggest Toughest Bond Drive Yet Yet G GROUND VORK GROUNDWORK for the coming fifth war bond drive in Utah is now under way with two important meetings scheduled for this week end Saturday the Utah Bankers' Bankers association is meeting with the state war war finance committee with plans for bank cooperation in the drive to be drawn up Monday there Will be a meeting of key bond drive leaders in the state at which details of the campaign will be discussed and plans for general solicitation completed The bond drive itself is due to begin June 12 less than four weeks from now Inasmuch as this drive is likely to prove the most difficult to date it is not a bit too early to begin the preliminary preliminary pre pre- work of insuring maximum cooperation and efficiency in handling the campaign Utah's quota in this drive is That is more than our quota was in the last drive in January and February February ary and more than it was in the third war loan campaign last September Thus this is the biggest bond drive yet et for the state The financial picture in the state however is from many Standpoints not as favorable as it was in previous drives especially espe espe- daily in the he drive last September Weve We've lost some of our war employment and war boom prosperity since that time The closing or curtailment of operations operation at some of our war plants the falling faIling off in war construction construction with its high overtime pay rolls roIls the decline in retail trade in Salt Lake City all prove that Furthermore the agricultural section of our populace during during dur dur- ing lug the June July 12 8 period of the fifth war loan drive w will lI be bemore bemore more paying out than receiving of money in contrast to the situation situation situation sit sit- last fall faIl These factors factors' are not cited to be pessimistic but to be realistic Weve We've got a big job to do doin in this bond campaign and it cant can't possibly be done by most most- of us expect expecting g George to do it Were We're going to have to dig deep into our socks and bank accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts to meet the quota especially the E tiE bond quota of which is the same as the E tiE bond quota in the last drive And were we're all going to have to dig So get set for it and start figuring how YOU can help put the drive over through personal bond purchases and through personal direct cooperation in the campaign |