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Show CAMPAIGN 10 RAISE $30,000 FOR UTAH NOWUNDERVAY Thirty Drire Workers Present Pres-ent at Preliminary Meet ing at Hotel Utah Marked enthusiasm pervaded the first luncheon meeting of committeemen committee-men and worker In th campaign of th American committee for relief In Ireland to rala IM.000 In ltah. held today noon at tha Hotel I'tah. About thirty drive worker, were present. Th meeting waa In th nature nf "get together" affair to rbceiv ug-gestlona ug-gestlona relating to tha conduct of tha campaign and to discus general metiers In connection with th Intensive In-tensive drive planned for the next two or three weeks, William If. I-e-ary, dean of tha t'nl-verslty t'nl-verslty nf Ctah law arhool, told of th deplorable condition existing In Ireland Ire-land and Kurope generally. Other speakers were Jamas Ivera Jr. rhalr-man rhalr-man of tha city committee, and Vere IA Mccarty, chairman of th speakers' committee. Mr. I vers said .M00 had already bean subscribed or promised, lis aald a detailed report would be mada at tha next meeting, scheduled for Wednesday noon. Mr. Met arty outlined plan for the an pes r nee of about fourteen speaker lo addresa audlencea at tha varloua local lo-cal theatres In short talks. Henry Welsh, state drive chairman, told of the receipt nf tolegraphlc communications com-munications advising th committee of President Harding' statements regarding re-garding the national effort lo raise funds for Irish relief and of the forwarding for-warding nf congratulations by him tn tha national headquartera nf the relief movement. Loral leaders declare that the addition of tha president's name will give an Impetus to th movement Chnlrtnsn Welih'e message follows: "National Headquarters, American Committee, for Itelief in irelund. New York, city: "Heartiest congratulations ara certainly cer-tainly due our broad minded and great hearted president, Wsrren II. Harding, for his messag to Judge Mnrgitn J. O'llrlcn of New Turk City, because In that messag h revealed a humanitarian humani-tarian and aymiuiihctlc attitude, broad, deep and tender, characteristic of tha man ha la. "In elevating Warren O. Harding to the highest place of honor within the gift of the greatest people on earth, our cltisena hav not lifted him so high that hla ego haa expanded sufficient suf-ficient to close his esr to th stippll-cstlons stippll-cstlons of th suffering and distress nf the unfortunate. Neither has It be-numlied be-numlied his humane feelings so as to I render him Immune from thoa brotherly tmlts, a touch of which mskes the whole world akin. After all. In the language of Hurna, 'A man's a man for a' that.' In this message, our president ahowa himself to be a men, and a man worthy to wear the mantla nf the great men who have preceded pre-ceded him In th presidential chulr. "ills message to Judge O'Hrlen carried car-ried th following: 'I wish you the fullest measure of success, not only tn the. great benefit performance, but In every effort tn make a becoming contribution con-tribution on the part of our people to reliev dlatreKS among tha women and chlldrrn In Ireland. The people of America never will be deaf to the call for relief In behalf of Buffering humanity, hu-manity, and the knowledge of distress In Ireland mskes quirk and deep ap-I ap-I peal to the more fortunate of our own I land, where so msny of our rltltens trsce kinship tn the Kmcrald Isle.' '"Cod blesa Iresldent Harding' will ib th first uticninc of millions of ! mother and fa I hers In Ireland, In America and In every civilised land throughout the world when this message mes-sage shall be brought to their ears, and Clod's blessing he richly deserves for this work of mercy." |