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WHO THINK ocal Delegates to Salt Lake Will Try to Land 1920 Con­vention for L. A. With the firm intention of bringing ext year’s convention to this city, Sec-etary Arthur Lee of the Southern Cali-ornia Retail Grocers’ Association will eave today to attend the annual con-ention of the National Retail Grocers ssociatioU at Salt Lake City. In a Itter 'to The Examiner yesterday, Mr. jee announced the intention of the local ssoeiation to go after next year’s con­tention and declared that his organiza-ion was in full accord with the cam-aign to make Los Angeles a convention ity. His letter follows: “ We have been following with extreme interest The Examiner’s effective cam­paign for making Los Angeles the lead­ing convention city in the United States, also its efforts to induce all organizations affiliated with national associations in I Los Angeles to lay the foundation which will bring more conventions to this city. “ We also note what Mr. Motley H. Flint has said regarding our additional conventions and are heartily in accord with his views—that we cannot be ‘pikers* in the matter and that we must go after vigorously whatever we get and that the competition is very keen. “ We are confident that with the moral support that is being given by your valua­ble paper and by the advanced strides that the co-operative movement in the retail field has taken in Southern Cali-