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Show Washington, the $10,298.72 contributed con-tributed by Utah's federal employes in 1958 was highest in the nation on the basis of iederal payroll. Already Al-ready this year $12,789.95 or 125 per cent of last year's total has been received, with additional returns re-turns still to come from Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, Dugway Prov-ing Prov-ing Grounds, Army Reserve units, and several other federal agencies. Hill Air Force Base employees contributed $6,129.07, accounting for nearly half of the state total. This was almost twice the $3,384.-52 $3,384.-52 from HAFB last year. The 80 employees of the Veterans Veter-ans Administration Regional Office in Salt Lake City, contributed 29 per cent more per capita than the next highest federal agency in the state, according to Mr. Wright. UTAH FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LEAD NATION IN SUPPORT OF "JOINT CRUSADE" DRIVE Utah's federal employees, who led the nation last year on percentage percent-age of payroll contributed to the Federal Service Joint Crusade fund drive, have already surpassed their 1958 record in the current campaign, cam-paign, it was reported today by Ralph B. Wright, president, Union Bank & Trust Co., Salt Lake City, and state treasurer of the Joint Crusade. William W. McBride, regional manager of the Veterans Administration, Adminis-tration, was accorded special recognition recog-nition for a dual role in this achieve ment first, as schairman of the Joint Crusade for the state of Utah and secondly, as head of the federal fed-eral agency with the highest per ccpita contributions. The Joint Crusade is an annual campaign approved by the White House for solicitation among federal fed-eral agencies and military installations installa-tions in support of CARE (Food Crusade), Crusade for Freedom (Radio Free Europe) and American-Korean Foundation. According to recent word from |