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Show LIBRARY UNIVERSITY of UTAH P H--0 HCH rf1P n trs 0 (SL o UNJ GSA BEte Approves OK o Announces 1959 Balanced Increase Income Tax A balanced budget in the area of 77 billion dollars' was proposed last week by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The balance, as proposed, would be reached with no tax increase despite the provision for higher expenditures than ever before in a time of peace for national defense. The site for Utahs new $10,775,000 federal building was announced this week. The building will be constructed on the northwest comer of North Temple and State Streets in Salt Lake City. The site includes the Lafayette School. Administrator Franklin Floete of the General Services Administration announced the selection of the building site last week. The land will be purchased by the GSA for some $650,000 less the value of Ft. Douglas property to be traded to Zions Security Corp. of Salt Lake City. Zions Security Corp. offered the downtown site. Reductions would take place in the ending of temporary programs in agriculture, unemployment insurance and housing. These and other declining programs would create savings of nearly 2 billion dollars. Valuation of the Ft. Douglas property is yet to be determined. The. proposal by the President is expected to have The land will be appraised before a final consideration is reached. some trouble passing the Democrat-controlle- d Conare Democrats increased for currently striving Unofficial reports from Washington indicated a price of some gress. most on in order to curtail fronts onGSA spending a about estimate but the acre that an land, Ft $15,000 Douglas recessionary trends. half the purchase price .would be deducted for the government land The main increase in the Presidents proposal estimate made the high. an will also acquire The GSA 83,295 square-foplot between State Street and Canyon Road. The land, according to the GSA, wtffsn will be used only for the federal office building and for possible future expansion. It is expected, however, that the land will be used as a parking lot The new building will include offices of Utah's branches of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Defense, Justice and Health, Education and Welfare. Six independent government agenA Weekly to cies will also use the facility. They include: Housing and Home FiGood nance, Interstate Commerce ComVeterans Administration, mission, Atomic Energy Commission, Central VoL 12; No. 50 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, December 26, 1958 Intelligence Agency and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serv . use , iceThe . the building will be that of the Interior. . Building plans call for struction to begin in 1960. So lection of an architect for the building is yet to be determined. so-call- ed - ot The Utah is with defense. However, interest on the national debt will also be higher. The President stated that some domestic programs would remain at record levels while others would be held at levels varying consistent with the public interest. Gasoline tax, postage rates and other new user chargers for government services will be raised. The postal increase from 4 to 5 cents for ordinary mail would reduce the postal deficit by more than 300 million dollars. The budget announcement was early this year to prevent any leaks and inaccurate figures being circulated. Utah will be primarily affected in the area of gasoline and postal rate increases. Commenting on the budget the President stated that A balanced budget will be an important and welcome assurance to the people of the country and the world that our government is determined to live within its means, thereby doing its part to prevent inflation, to encourage economic expansion and to fulfill American responsibilities of world leadership. As a comparison, the USSR last Newspaper Devoted Government chief-departme- " . nt-to -- : Announcement of the building location halts the controversy surrounding the building site. Originally proposed to be constructed in Ft. Douglas, the building was opposed by a group of Salt Lake businessmen. The businessmen stated that the building should be built in downtown Salt Lake City. Eioots An increase of over. $76,000 over partmental requests of $8,824,930. the 1958 budget for Salt Lake Coun- It was announced by County Audity was adopted last week by the tor Glen T James. Mr. James met last Monday County Commission. y session with the comin an Approval of the tentative budget, missioners to reach the next year deleted $292,816 from the total de- - figure. Discussions will be held at a public hearing Dec. 29 at 10:30 all-da- To Roost Airport Rond on Frank B. Streator, chairman of The airport improvements were the chamber aviation committee, is first started in 1939. The facility leader of the group. Discussions is now worth an estimated 11 milcentered around1 an educational lion dollars. The airport improvecampaign to acquaint the public ments as well as the financing, with merits of the proposed pro have been supported and improved gram, if Salt Lake City is to wholly by earnings of the airport continue as the air transportation Members of ' the committee Incenter of the .Intermountain Em . - pire. Appointment of a subcommittee to investigate employment of an advertising agency to take over publication of a brochure was announced. The brochure would be circulated to an estimated 50,000 Salt Lake City electors qualified $3,179,000 to $2,886,644. Mr. James said the statutory and general account appropriation for 1958 was $55000. for 1959 it was cut $45,000 for a total of $511,000. He-sai- Organization of a Citizens Com- to vote at a band election schedmittee to promote improvements at uled for Jan. 13. the Salt Lake Airport was develAdvertising costs would be inoped last week at the Salt Lake cluded-in the bond issue. Some City Chamber of Commerce. can be saved by issuing $1,300,000 The committee : would promote general obligation bonds rather than revenue bonds to finance the imimprovements by means of a dollar general obligation provements, including a new adbond issue. ministration building. . . in the county commission chambers. The trimming was made in the various departments that obtain their finances from the general fund," said Mr. James. We cut the budget requests from Cites Committee 214-milli- Other increases will be additional funds for maternity benefits, education, housing, welfare in general and in agriculture. Revenue is revaluation made it necessary to predicted to be increased by 9.3 duce spending as much as possible. The sheriffs office requested per cent over 1958. However, ex$541,269 and was allocated $442,-32- penditures noted a rise of 10.8 per an increase of $5,000 over the cent over last year. 1958 figure of $437,322. A total of $2,886,644 has been The Soviet budget for defense approved from the general fund was noted to be about the same as for the departments operating with last year. general fund finances. 76,600 Over 1958 Requests a.-m- I week also released their budget statement. Soviet officials pledged to boost its spending for industry, scientific research and social welfare in 1959 without direct new taxes. The Russian budget was balanced, but cost of running the government, still too high in' the Soviet Union, will be pared. clude: L. S. Skaggs Jr., M. L. Dye, Leland S. Swaner, Mrs. Lois Lake, E. Dale Peak, Robert S. Carter, A. B. Drage, Frank Category, Joe Bergin, Earl J. Glade, Thorton S. Morris, Theodore I. (Ted) Gerts, L. C. Romney and Paul F. Royall. William D. Brackman is secretary of the group. d The commission announced the estimated valuation for Salt Lake County in 1959 at $635,992,805, compared with the 1958 valuation 1. of $66647;416, a decrease of 2, 'Tourist Disappointment' Needs Improvemenf by 59 Utahs number one tourist traction and number one tourist atdis- They called for a blueprint of development so that all lake areas appointment came up for discussion which have recreational potential this week by the Utah Tourist and can be placed in proper order of action. The pair of spokesmen also Publicity Council Gus P. Backman, council chairannounced that a boat harbor deLargest county operations are man and D. James Cannon; diveloped by Southern Pacific Rail-- , the Salt Lake General Hospital rector, said that the lake, under road Co. at Little Valley, Box Elder which will receive $2,561,000 for present conditions, is disillusionCounty, might be available to the next years operation, arid the roads ing to visitors. state in the future. and bridges department which will They also entered a plea for conCommenting on the lake, the receive $1,733,236. r certed action toward council felt that the Great Salt improvement The county recreation departstate-owne- d of and harbor beach Lake with its present conditions, ment was allocated $550,000 for on facilities of shores southern the nullifies to a great extent Utahs its 1959 budget, $20,000 more the Great Lake. Salt tourist advertising. than in 1958, said Mr. James. The lake is' not strictly a probMr. Cannon and Mr. Backman The recreation department budglem of the Salt Lake Area, conthat the improvements et was increased to allow the pur- emphasized the council. It is beneficial tinued of not the beach for should wait chase1 of land in the county in a whole state, depending on to the an expensive and comprehensive proposed program for creation of is how it developed. development plan for the entire new parks, said Mr. James. lake. They called for Utahns to look The county assessor was given the 1959 tourist season as a toward They noted that lake studies $247,000 for 1959 compared with and surveys have been carried on deadline for initial improvements $245,500 in 1958. for years, but no one seems to of the Great Salt Lake beach and harbor areas. The commission said a drop in want to take action. $30,-354,61- . . . I |