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Show WAR CHEST DRIVE TO BEGIN SOON With the Advance Guard committee com-mittee of the Salt Lake County War Chest Victory Drive already under way among large business and industrial firms, plans to begin be-gin solicitation of smaller firms and individual throughout the county have already been completed, com-pleted, Stewart Cosgriff, chairman chair-man of the drive announced this wdfck. He has named Wendell Smoot, of Holladay, chairman of the drive in all communities, outside j of Salt Lake City. Actual soliciation in the county coun-ty will begin on Monday, Sep- tember 24, when groups or firms j of 10 or more persons or employes will be contacted. Solicitation of homes and individuals will begin be-gin on October 9 and is to be completed by October 17. "With the war over, there is a natural inclination to let down", Mr. Cosgriff declared Thursday, "but if we let down now we will have quit before the job is done. It will be many months yet before our men are out of the armed forces, and at least a year before the ravaged countries can stand on their own feet. If the agencies of the United War Fund and Salt Lake County Community Chest quit functioning function-ing now, much of the value of victory will be lost. It is up to everyone, groups and individuals, individu-als, business, industry and labor to see that the $400,000 is raised". rais-ed". The drive goal of $400,000 includes in-cludes both the United War Fund, which will receive $203,-000 $203,-000 of the total, with the remainder remain-der to be distributed among the local agencies of the Salt Lake County Community Chest. |