Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-28
Details Of Most important
Movement Ever Undertaken
by Organization Formulated
and Leaders Ready for Work
DRIVE TO BEGIN ONE
WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY
Methods Used in Former
Campaigns to Be Employed
in Effort to Raise Enroll
ment to Standard Of 500,

IlIGIIl u OlUllNOlN VI JOO'
plans have been formulated and the
1atcs set for the launching of the bis
membership campaign which is to he
Inc first important event in the life OF
,ho reorgani2cd Chamber Of Com
more, and Commercial club. Every
dpt9il necessary TO a successful cam
naign has been arranged for, as it is
ulv realized by the Officers ot the
rmb that the success or failure of such
n venture lies in the preparation put
upon IT,
wednesday, December S, will occur
Inc first concerted drive To bring the
membership of the club up To the re-
nuirod point, five hundred. one week
from that day another campaign viii
be held to cover whatever prospects
NAV be overlooked in the first day s
work and on still later date to be
sct the farmers Of the county Will be
visited by special committees to inter
est them in becoming nonresident
members and active workers In the
proaram which the club will carry out
to further the agricultural interests
Of the Rio Grande valley.
The men who are TO conduct the
first two campaigns will be pledged
tomorrow to give a few hours of their
time on December S and l5 20 the
signing up of new members. one
hundred Of the city's best workers VIII
participate three hours on each of the
two days. visiting prospects who VIII
be assigned to them by a committee
which is working on the list OF names
of those who are not members Of the
club but should be
Yesterday return postal cards went
out to every member of the club. ask
H. thet th., ,'3 in .a-.t
as possible of those who are not mem
hers but might be induced to Join an
active public organization. The gen
cral manager of the club asks that
those who receive the cards till them
In and return at once. as the com
plete lists of prospects cannot be made
up until these cards are in.
The city and telephone directories
are serving for research purposes ana
are giving up the names of great
many men i'm Albuquerque who should
he members OF the club and could al
ford TO be members, men whose inter
ests are all in this city and who VIII
prosper or the reverse as the city pro
crosses or goes backward. Many oi
them are professional men. physicians,
lawyers and dentists who are absolute
ly dependent upon the growth Of the
city and therefore the activities of the
club, for their future business. Every
one Of these men will be expected to
Join as soon as invited
There are two other classes Of non
members to which the club Officials
call attention. The one, property own
ers who because they are not engaged
In retail business. assert that they
have no interest in belonging TO a
public promotion body, yet, as point
ed out, these men are depending upon
community growth to increase the
value of their property ana dispose ol
1t for them. The other class Is ono Oh
well-paid employees who have betore
them in this city a future as managers
or pr0prletors Of business concerns
Their future and prosperity Is alsp
bound up with the future of the ciupl
declares the general manager ana
they should take out 81 worth Of bus
mess insurance monthly by joining the
club. taking an active part in its work
and plans and thus be doing for them
selves what they evidently expect
others to do.
Next week there Will appear in the
store or office window of every mem
Der Of the club an announcement to
the effect that the general public may
Know who is and who is not a mem
Der of the organization. The club IS
determined TO crystalize public sentl-
ment to the point where every man
~ Albuquerque viii be judged upon
the basis of whether or not he is q
booster and a worker IN the clup
program for the advancement OF the
city and county Are YOU, or are YOU
not a member? is going TO be MADE
an issue that no citizen can dodge OF
eVdde and depending upon how inc
question is answered, the citizen VIII
be classified.
Two live committees will set To
work tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
On the membership program. the reg
ular weekly committee appointed 10
nave charge of the club work for tht
week, and a special committee Of ter
men who will be interested in the
membership campaign alone Those
VINO compose the regular committee
are /. c, Bennett. Dr.. Joseph Cipes
80 'Ni bib, W L. nav mus -
lara, Sol Benjamin, James Bezemek
II. o. Brooks. Walter Connell, Arthur
EVeritt Those composing the special
eoinmlttee are c. o. Cushman VIII
mot Booth, Judge Craig, Mike Man
ueil James Doolittle George Klock
Ross Merritt, Don Rankin, +. }.
ntong. O. A. Matson.
Immediately after the membership
campaigns and while the holiday feel
u's is in the air jubilee luncheon
VIII be held in honor of the new mem
pers at which time they will be initial
ga INTO the activities of the club and
made to know that its future depends
upon their work and cooperation