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Show Elecirify Prosperity, Say Business Men Back of Movement Ar.s Men Representing Repre-senting Investments In the Electrical Elec-trical Industry of More Than $3,000,000,000 New York, Ju0 is. Salt Lake business men aro well represented on tho nntlonnl committees which1 will direct the country wide business revival ami trndo stimulus to bo known as Electrical Prosperity Week Tho purposo of this undertaking 1m to accelerate the swing back of pros purity's pendulum throughout the nn-tlon. nn-tlon. Back of tho movement are men representing imestments In th0 o ec-tricnr ec-tricnr Industry of more than $11,000. 000,000. Tho appeal of the campaign which is aimed to hit ut hard t mes proph ets, and to gle prosperity Its true meaning, win penetrate to tho most obscure section of tho United States On thousands of billboards, on mil lions of posters, stamps, circulars, In tho nOWSpaPOlH UIlll llinL'n.lll.i In. -.. -i'.. ,..! mm uiugazineB, in pamphlets ami house organs, on electric elec-tric s gns, on railroad stations ami In tho new whlto ways of n thousand Hies, tho messago of the campaign Electrify Prosperity will bo heralded, her-alded, Across thu faco of tho nation will blazu u great Illuminated bell, the section chosen probably being along the route of tho Lincoln highway. high-way. Tho movement wl)l bo pointed to a Bpeclal week, November 29 to December i, during which tho whole country will bo Invited to tnko part in a peace and prosperity colobrotlon.l Local Men on Committee 0 On tho special local committees chosen are 300 of tho foremost elec tricnl men of tho country. Theso committees com-mittees will supervise tho participation participa-tion of bus ness men of Mirlous Industries In-dustries and tho organizations nnd branches of the olectrlcul Industry. In thu electrical Held alone moro than 75,000 nclio boosters of tho movement move-ment nro already In lino. Each largo city will havo Its special committee. On tho ,Utuh section comm tteo nro. William V. Torrence, manager General Electric company; A. It. Loughboiough, manager Western Electric company; E. 11. Eardluy of Eardley Brothers company, nit of Salt Lako. Executive Committee Personnel Tho executive committee of the campaign comprises A. V. Burchardj vice president of tho General Elec-' trie company, chairman; Uornrd Swope, vice pres'dont of tho Western Electrio company) Frank W. Smith, vlco president of tho United Electric Light nnd Power company; J. B. Strong, piesldcnt of tho Tucker Elec tric Construction company; Hugh M. Wilson ot tho Eloctrlcal World; and ex otllclo James M. Wakoman, general gen-eral manager and II. W. Aloxnnder of tho Society for Electrical Development. Develop-ment. Tho work of planning and executing details of tho campaign was vested in, tho .Society for Electrical Development which has a membership member-ship ot moro than 1400 of tho big electric light nnd power stations, manufacturers, Jobbers and contractors contract-ors of th eeloctrlcal Industry, Plans bo far adopted for Electrical Prosperity Wcok ceremonies contem plate electrical shows In all tho large clt.es, motor parades, special lighting of streets and public buildings, churches, chur-ches, theatres and prlvato homes and special electrical programs typifying America's business, health nnd tho nation's confidence In tho futuro, nre being arranged. Officials of tho world's fair In San Francisco have des filiated Ha closing seven days as tho Exposition Electrlcnl Prosperity Week and havo arranged special national na-tional ceremonies to tako placo on tho grounds from November 29 to December 1. |