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Show IIEB APPEAL I IS made ron II rniio President Wilson Send a Telegram Urging Citizen to Rally in Support of Great Welfare Agencies i WILL Salt Lake fail in the united war work drive t I The answer to' that question I rents .with the people of the rity ami not with the committee ronductlng the drive. They are working work-ing lirrni.allv In an attemnt to ralae the 175,000 which Bait Lake attU lacks i of her quota of the fund. The committee, are all vlgoroualy I conducting a recanvaae of their district dis-trict today in fulfillment of pledges . made at ye.tenliy'a luncheon tha t j they would each raise epeciflo ramounrrtn additional donations K-cover K-cover the deficit now farina; the city. Pledges of from $500 to $10. 00 were ; made by the different committees. SITUATION CRITICAL. j The situation Is rendered critical, however, from the fact that' the drive officially closes Monday noon. Inas-' much as today Is a half holiday In . many offlcea and Sunday cornea tomorrow, to-morrow, there Is but scant time left for the committeemen to work, however how-ever willing- they may be. It means that the nuhllc must rnme forward j with generosity and promptitude or i the tank Is a hopeless one, j The final reports of the campaign j will be given at another luncheon In the Commercial club Monday. The I committeemen will work right up to 1 that time, and the women's bontha ! In the department stores and hotels will remain open up to the last minute. min-ute. Although expressing concern ' ever the situation, Cltv Chairman ! Frank 8. Murphy said he felt con- f ;dent that the people of the citv will I respond when they are fully alive to j the situation. (DRIVE PROCEEDS SLOWLY. j- The drive throughout the country is ' proveeditig very sluwlj. sunn-ding 'o j reports. As a result. President VYI1-i VYI1-i son has Issued a second appeal, urg-! urg-! ing more generous and nrampt sup port of the movement. The telegram containing his message was received j by State Campaign 'Manager J. Tavld i Larson this morning, and reads aa j follows: r "I am sure that the. entire American Amer-ican people are following with eager and responsive Interest the progress I of the united war work camnnlgn. I Now that the cessation of hontllities ; ha scorn e we have entered utvon a ; period In which the work of our (seven welfare agencies assume. If i possible, sn sdded Importance. TUe j excitement under which our soldiers i and a liars ave- been - working 'is withdrawn; their hours of leisure are much more numerous: their tempta- i tlons arw greatly multiplied and in-i in-i tenstfle(L Jt-ia-xlear l. thai- to minister i to them for all of their time Is going to require a larger financial nutlav : than when they were being served I I for but a small fraction of their time, j BELIEVES IN PEOPLE. j "Only two days remain before the campaign closes and very much more) money will be needed before the ! desired large oversubscription Is secured. se-cured. I cannot but believe that our peonle fmm one end of tl s country I to the other will rally in generous and i sacrificial giving to complete this j fund and to give our men this fresh and unmistakable evidence that we are atill behind them and with them) during their patient vlrll In our behalf be-half and In the sole Interest of completing com-pleting the high patriotic duty on j which we sent them forth. , |