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Show Mayor Jenkins Mails 3000 Personal Letters Urging Support of Chamber Fund Campaign Mayor Ab Jenkins Monday gav his official approval to th Salt Lake chamber of commerce activity activi-ty fund drive when he mailed 3000 personal letter to business and professional men, urging their support sup-port Th drive, to raise HO.0O0 by popular subscription to b used m advertising Salt Lake CKy and Utah, and In development and promotion pro-motion of Industrial, recreational and tourist facilities during 1940, Is scheduled to start officially February Feb-ruary 3, according to M. Vera Woodhead, assistant secretary of the chamber of commerce and secretary sec-retary to the fund campaign. "Every progressive city In th nstion Is promoting It resources," Mayor JenMns wrote In his letters, "and. If ws hop to keep abreast of other progressiva cities, we must continue to promote our resources. re-sources. "In a few day you will be asked to cooperate with your city by contributing con-tributing to fit activity fund. It la my sincere hop that you will loin other dtlaen of Salt Lak City In subscribing to this worth- g"T " Mayor Jenkin said ho ha a more personal Interest In th campaign's cam-paign's succea than moat civic executives ex-ecutives because it waa through previous activity fund drive that money was raised for development of Bonneville salt flats, a favorit project of th race-driving mayor. Th salt flats development will receive re-ceive a portion of -the fund again In 1940, according to Dllworth 8. Woolley, advertising committee chairman of th chamber. Ten other projects will benefit by fund obtained In th drive, Mr. Woolley said. They Include Intercommunity Inter-community activity, added to foster Salt Lake City's cooperation with activities of the centennial commission com-mission planning Utah's 1947 celebration. |