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Show HOOVER CAMPAIGN . LAUNCHED IN UTAH STRONQ 8TATE ORGANIZATION 18 FUNCTIONING AMONG MEN AND WOMEN. Headquarters Now Open In Salt Lake; Bio Men of Beehive State Start Boom With Gusto; Women Very Active. Salt Lake. IteiKirts from far polntH throughout IIiIh stntp show cm. clushcly the llooer boom Is firmly Inking rout, accordltiK to Hxeiutlve Secretury Ledjnrd ftillcy, of the "Hoover "Hoo-ver for President Republican Club.'1 The Utah headquarters' for Herbert Hooxer are now established In the heart of Salt Lake's business district, where hundreds of visitors appear dally. "Though the Uonycr organisation for Utah has only been functioning a tliort vhllo anil headquarters were Just opened, the dally mall brings encouragement encour-agement from all classes and creeds who offer their moral and financial support," Raid Secretary Halley. Some of Salt Luke's most astute cltt-rens cltt-rens In clIc and professional life form the Mate executive committee, .ludgo II. II. ltolupp hernia the guiding organl-fatton organl-fatton as permanent chairman find will act In an nthlsnry capacity with Secretary Sec-retary Halley. Mr. Bailey was formerly for-merly general manager of the Port-hind Port-hind Cement company here and was actlo In wnr work. The eicutlvo committee members are.: H. M. Ad-klnson, Ad-klnson, R. D. Longyear, George T. Hansen, Han-sen, E. B.- Crltcblowr Murray O. God-he. God-he. Mr. Crltcblow Is a personal friend of Hoover, having been associated wth hjm lfiX.ondon and Russia In mining min-ing pToJecK This organization was launched Immediately Im-mediately after a luncheon to Ralph Arnold, lcc chairman of the national Hooter committee, at a Salt Lnke hotel ra April 7. There were seventy-five nrMejjJ when the Hoover supporters got together for the llrst time tlio largest attendance for an Initial meeting meet-ing of a political body jet held during campaign preparations here. Knthu-slnsfn Knthu-slnsfn ns qtrotig at this luncheon. Mr. Arnold made a short business talk, devoid of non-essentials and delivered' de-livered' the brief message of national headquarters: "Go to work." And the Utah tluh Is doing that with n xest. Mr. Arnold gave ellnehlng and valid answers to the ilmrges made by the ;6piMI)lnn. Fellowlng his InlU tela-grnmgfof tela-grnmgfof Indorsement from Utah, Ida-no, Ida-no, Nevada and Arlntia po'nts were read. They tefsejy t,old of the un questioned iueeh)(jle. Hver work wl 1 i ja v.i ,-'.? r " iT-i Nyihe most cncournflrtgiphaseioCour efforts In Utnh thus far Jiat. been the snilport vo)untecre,d by ihe man who Iiuh his nose lo the, KrliuUtone,"( dpi clared Mr. llMitseii.',ot;t(he executive committee. "Iloov er upppr.ters ie,de- eoplng regardless of, m;vJ IT creed, race or color. ,The lettcrswe reefilvji !n.rUlil.v eine Uijhought iat the United States lieedrf nrt mid foremost a 'huslneHK ailmlntslrHtloii.' They state It Is their berief Hoover li'lln huslneys man to handle the Job properly. prop-erly. They are V"nv.iic;d, o,f hjs tin-verity tin-verity and rea ability. "Hoover It Hot i much the polltl-elan polltl-elan as he Is the capable buslneti man. He hat a mind that few lead- rt In our country have. The best argument for llerlert( Hoover Is hl 'blgnefs'. Kveryone knows of his treat brain and rapacity for disposing of knotty problems, either vast or infinitesimal infi-nitesimal In (!. It Is not necessary to mention his unblemished mnnl as national food administrator. Just read h's record In the business world. He Is a 'big man' In whatever he undertake. under-take. And be Is Just wast the westerner west-erner callt a 'iutre tkooter.' "Mr. Hoover's candidacy it open aud above board. He was not seeking the office. If be had been, he made a very unbusinesslike poor start by not stating bis affiliations promptly. Hoover un engaged In another merciful merci-ful undertaking, the records of con-gretis con-gretis vvlll show, when bis friends were beseeching him to run. for president. He did not deelde to run until he completed com-pleted lilt object, namely getting n large sum ffom congresn for carrying on much heeded foreign work. "The main object of the Hoover rlubs Js to show by enrollment the extent ex-tent of the public interest In national Issues' as expi eased ly Herbert Hooter. Hoo-ter. This Is desired In order to eon-lnee eon-lnee jleleglitus to the Chicago con-ventloij con-ventloij of tjie support of this move-mont, move-mont, from all elements In the community. commu-nity. This line of action Is thought to be lit.fi- tlnui at this late date and vvitli uiieqiilil oigHnlratlon to Initiate new eontestM In the primaries. Women of Utah nlll play a vitally Important part In the Hoover drive In Utah. They aro already well organised or-ganised niidV actively canvassing the entire statu by mall, telephone und telegraph. tele-graph. The Hoover stutp executive commlttca prides ltxelf In the fact thnt It 1ms such valuable support of the women. Women In tho campaign are not organized In a soparate duxlllnry, but father lmvo their placo shoulder to shoulder with the men workera They are on an equal footing. Tin roster of tho womens' committee which will bo enlarged from tlmo.to tlroo ls as follou-s; Mrs. Henry M, Adklnson. Mrs. W. O. Cleland, Mls Clalro Hllerbeck, Mrs. A, J, Gorham, Mrs. Anp Grncsheck, Mrs. O. V. Lnvyry, Mrs, Robert D. Lomgyear. MrK, O. II McMahon, Mrs, Helvu Nlbley, Mrs Henry H, ltolupp, Mrs. Horace- H Smith, Mrs. Selnm Tlngey, of Sail Lake and Mrs. Udwnrd Blcksell, Mrs J. O. Knlck, Mm. A. W. Putnam. Members of the Stanford alumni re. siding In Salt Lake and otbor Utah towns are uianlfestlug considerable Interest In-terest In Hoover's candidacy. They art reported to-be almost solidly behind Hoover. Several of these supporter! j hove volunteered their services, whtli 1 praillfNlly all have signed ttte Ueavat I Mil at stele Nwda,UMrtr. |