A committee of one hundred representative men and women is now being organized by Manny Straus, to aid depositors who lost their savings in the failure of the Clarke Brothers Bank.
The action is being taken at the suggestion of United States District Attorney Tuttle, and it is expected that the first meeting will take place next Thursday.
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