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Show Democratic platform Dear Sir: With the selection of candidates and the approach of the party mass meetings and convenions, we think it is timely to resume the dialogue-the statement and restatement of principles that have characterized the American political process from the beginnings of the republic. Each of us -of whatever party we choose to support--should ask ourselves: where do we stand on the issues of the day? For what do we stand? In behalf of the Democratic Party Par-ty of Uintah County we have written the following statement of principles to which we and our fellow Democrats subscribe. We reaffirm our faith in America and in her time-tested institutions of government. We stand in support of the Constitution of the United States with its precious bill of rights guaranteeing the liberties and security of our people. We believe the general welfare of the citizens can best be promoted by the workings of representative government as outlined by the Constitution and not through the continual and capricious amendment of that noble document. We believe that good government is a boon and not a blight. We believe that our natural resources are a legacy of all our people and should be used wisely, with a decent regard for the generations to follow. We hold that the security and well-being of this nation na-tion depend in large measure on the maintenance of a fair economic balance among those engaged in labor, agriculture, and business. Furtherance of world peace is of critical importance to all of us in this age of overkill. We declare that our national na-tional defense depends not only upon our armaments but upon the strength and will of our people, the strength of our families, the strength of our common com-mon sense, and the strength of our reliance upon Almighty God. We, as a party, have faith in the dignity digni-ty and worth of the individual-whatever individual-whatever his race, creed, or class. We rejoice in the social and economic gains secured by the American people during the past fifty years. We have come a long way from that "one-third of a nation na-tion ill-clothed, ill-housed, ill-fed" described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. We believe sincerely that the Democratic Party was-and remains-the party of the common man. We invite all to join us in confronting ' the problems of our time. Sincerely Yours, UINTAH COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PERRY L. MACE, Chairman TOM WILLIAMS, Treasurer |