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Show Utahs Liquor Laws: Whats Next And Why A Series On The States Mod Controversial Topic Begins This Week i NEWS & ADS 278-28- Limitation 66 278-28- 60 1 Vol.X Moss Hits A Problem? ekl Southeast Salt Lake's ('.ommunity 2265 East 4800 South No. 2 eHder January 14, 1965 In Utah Right-Win- g Civil Rights Group Forms If there is a potential for racial conflict in Salt Lake , where does it exist, what areas are most critical ... and what can be done to meet the challenge of fair play to all peoples? an accomplished fact and state With! federal civil rights legislation clearly on the horizon, fathers are stirring to meet possible problems bn a local level. The Salt Lale Comm'ssion of Human Relations is in final stages of organization. When a preliminary study group headed by University of Utah dean of students Dr. Lowell Bennion finishes collection a full roster of members, the commission expects formal recognition by both city and county commissions. Then it w.ll launch a quiet study to isolate troube areas ani broaden understanding. It will, perhaps, recommend local ordinance to assure fair play to all peoples. How does the group know theres a problem? Discrimination is quite different in different places, Dr. Bennion said. The nine-ma- n study group interviewed an extensive sampling of minority groups while formulating the commissions A safe-guar- r D city-coun- ty Negroes, he said, find two areas of repression -- housing and employment. Both Negroes and reported a problem with law enforcement agencies. They dont feel, Dr. Bennion said, that as a group they get a fair hearing from police or parole officers. They found no problems in education or public accommo- - (i O Holladay Man . ing to hog -- tie and bulldog two intermountain credit bureaus. L. L. Dahl, 5835 Brentwood Drive, who owns a ranch near Boise, Idaho, has filed complaints asking $1 million In damages against the Credit of Salt Lake plus Bureau $500,000 in damages against the Credit Bureau of Boise. His complaints state the bureaus did knowingly and with malice make oral andor communications to written third parties which contained false, slanderous and libelous statements about him. Mr. Problem Salt Lake County Commis- sioners will move ahead with plans to dispose of the county hospital site when It's vacated -- - despite rumbles from city planners that they'll halt the sale. Commission chairman Marvin Jenson said yesterday that April 5 had been scheduled to receive bids on the location. The county will consider offers to buy or lease the property. Although the county has not yet formally tested the Intention of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission to deny for commercial use, Mr. Jenson said theyll file an application soon. The antiquated county general hospital at Zlst South and State Street is being abandoned as soon as new facilities are completed on the University of Utah campus. Expected proceeds of $1.3 million were included as part of anticipated revenue to balance (Continued on page three) lone-count- er o Hoppin Mad! hop- D.C. Senator Frank E. Moss in a brief speech on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, denounced right wing activities in Utahs November elections and cautioned that in spite of a "decisive election defeat right wing activity will continue to grow, not d mimsh. The Utah senator spoke following a lengthy report on the radical right in the November campaign by Idahos Democratic Senaotr Frank Church. ' Citing examples of right wing activity In Utah, Moss made special mention of its drive to distribute paperback books, especially, None Dare Call It Treason. The Rocky Mountain Review, which in its October 15 issue, argument to the book, was praised published a by the Utah Democrat for publishing the report. Moss said: "Businessmen, industrialists, students, educa- (Continued on page two) WASHINGTON, .i rancher is Sees No ns (Continued on page three) A Holladay 9 6 structure. Spamsh-America- Jenson Senator Praises Review Stand Dont Miss Dahl said the charged statements were made April 1, 1964 and January 5, 1965. They have a poor reporting system, remarked the angry rancher, my records go back (to 1957 and have not been Ive tried ngought for several years to clear this matter up..Ive phoned and made personal calls to settle it peacefully. They think theyre some type of tin gods he added. on a pedestal, Mr. Dahls lawyer, Verl R. Topham, who cant recall a similar law suit in Utah, said (Continued on page three) Jenson Mokes Study 1 Do-It-Yours- employees cant easier just because a proposed $10,000 analysis of jobs and salaries was slashed from this years budget. When commissioners, in the interest of more immediate County breath any MOVING DAY What to do until the van gets there0 This young man is anxiously watching the street. Somehow, its not really official until the moving van comes driving up ... and, after all, its Dot every day a fellow moves into the Gov- -, ernors Mansion. The full picturet story is on Page Two. ' Single Issue! Do you breathlessly await your copy of the Review Rocky Mountain each week and sometimes find your home has been overlooked? Well, breathe easy. Not wishing our readers to miss even one issue, we have set up a special de- Project elf chopped the item from their 1965 spending plan. Salt Lake County Commission chairman Marvin Jenson said hell make it a economy, project. A Hes gathering datato check county salaries with comparable jobs in private industry. And he intends to review the county payroll to make certain wages dont fluctuate drastically for similar jobs. "We want to be able to compete for good employees, he said, but theres a ceiling on our mill levy so we must also have a ceiling on wages. ng livery system. If you do not receive your paper by Thursday dial evening, Well rush a paper to you no later than 10 A.M., Friday. 278-286- 0. INSIDi VtfW Lloyd To Look Al Utah Legislature Starting next week, readers of the Porky Mountain Review will be al le to follow the weekly activities of the state legislature with unusual understanding and insight. Sherman Lloyd, and longtime member of the state senate, will begin a column of comment and explanation of this years Utah legisla- tive session. The Review offers Mr. Lloyd as one of a handful of Utahns as thoroughly famibar with the With his process. ng Mr. unique background, Lloyd will tell you which bills will win serious consideration and what problems must be overcome to satisfy all sections of the stae. Hell report which are backing legislators proposals and most imporvhv. tant Having dealt with Utahs problems through a long career as a stae and national legislator, heU provide vuluatlp.non -- partisan background on the issues rfTw faring the legislature. Legislative procedures are complicated, as a veteran hell 'Explain the stra r tegy as through the Youll knowledge 60-d- ay body of foklore about liquor in Utah has spawned several stock cliches, which are tossed off with" conclusive wisdom m conversations with visitors or A move law-mak- Fact And Fable Mix In Talk About Liquor session. gain valuable, erf your state' and enjoy government some fascinatinjfreadmg -if youll look for Shermar Lloyds view of the legislature each week. during politics campaigns. Some are ambiguous, some pure fable, and some only partly true. They run pretty much like this: In Utah you buy a drunk not a drink. "Tourists wont stay away because they cant get a drink"... usually followed by "we dont want "the liqthat kind anyway, uor consumption rate in Utah is higher than any state in the Union, liquor consumption rate in Utah is lower than any other state in the Union "the alcoholism rate in Utah ranks with the highest in the ... country, "Alcoholism will increase if liquor becomes easily avail"we cant get good able tourist business in Utah until we have liquor over the bar, The Church ( meaning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sams) wont permit any changes. Some of these statements are safe, because the? are so vague that they cant be verified one way or another, But some can be cheeked and an- alyzed. Utah is unique in many was and protally no set of laws revert the deep moral convic tions as well as the conflicts as much as those dealing with the distribution Jiquor. The legislativ4..pssion of formulated the present system was a stormy one with four different bills introduced. "The law which evolved originally came from a committee erf 49 appointed by Governor Henry H. Blood. In his 1935 which remarkable that a workable compromise was reached. The principal fears at that time, as expressed by both the Deseret News and The Tribune, who differed editorially on the matter, was the avoidance of bootlegging and the saloon. The country had just come out of the nightmare erf pro add- state-of-the-st- ress, Governor it ient to me that committees legislate i recomincluded a provision to sc 11 individual drinks in eating places on a The mended restricted basis. A headline in the Salt Lake Tribune of January 23, 1935 read Liquor Bills Puzzle Utah Legislators. Their puzzle was ended on February 20 when a bill, m more or less i's present form, was passed. that a very Considering large percentage of gieople in Utah bel.eve that consumption of anv alcoholic beverage is morally wrong, it is perhaps. CHURCH POI ICY0 Manv people assume that the authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints dirta'e policy in this area. 4 ( The distribution of liquor has fomented one controver-- Z of the most sensitive sies in Itah since 1935. The increased interest in the subject has led us to believe that some oh tective exploration is d le. The subject is important because: 1.) Several complex moral and philosophical issues are involved. 2.) The state collects considerable revenue ' 'from its liqjor monopoly. 3.) The resrictions on liquor distribution I are said to have an advetse effect on Utah's ? tourist business. consumption and Liquor, Its disrib di revenue have very complex ramifications. For thus reason we have chosen to treat the suhject in a series on nine articles, divided as fallows: 1.) A general introduction and overall look at the subject Jseginning thus week. 2.) The history and background of liquor ) distribution in Utah, including the 1335 formi ats ' v v t ''-- suc I- tion of the present laws. 2.) An analysis of current distribution me- - ,, thods, state revenues and practices as well ? as consumption statistics. 4.- ) Problems relevant to consumption, including student drinking, alcoholism andlaw enforcement. 5.- ) Current drinking habits and practices, the taverns, the private dubs, homes and ' 't others. 6. ) A general review of Utah's tourist business, and the effects our present liquor distribution laws may have on it. f 7.- ) I andprof.abiLty in the hotel 5 iqu'T I and restairant bus. ness. 8.- ) Possitle kinds erf aiernaUves to the present system, including a review of what ses other states do. Summary including an analysis of pro- posals for change. e invite comment and opinion from our readers on this subject. There is undoubtedly Jittle truth to this assumption because Church officials have always demonstrated a responsible awareness of their position in regards to separation of Church and State., The real detcrent is the dec conviction of most Church members that liquor is immoral. Some Utalms express resentment that the religious feelings of a majority group could influence the laws of this state. Yet it might be useful to compare the situation with the nations narcotics laws. Whether they be right or wrong, we limit the use of narcotics by law because the majority of the public feels they are immoral and harmful. In much the same manner a member of the LDS Church feels that liquor is immoral and harmful. Thus the Mormon as a legislator is not vcrfing so much from dictate as on the basis of conscience. Whether or not the present laws truly further their belief, and whether or not this is deare matters that mocratic have been long debated. The increased and diversified population of the state, the mobility of twentieth century America, and the search for more tourist and convention ed Series Beginning On Utahs Most Controversial Topic Blood told the seempd expedin order to insure fairness in the selection of this committee due consideration should be given to geographic location of the appointees as well as to their political, and religious affiliations and their social, and professional business standing. legislature, many places in bait Lake County and other sectio s of Utah wtiere it is relatively easy to buy drinks over the bar. hibition, and for almost two years Utah remained nominally dry. Yet the dry status was an unenforcable farce, and the general concensus was that a state monopoly could drive oit bootlegging by making it unprofitable. Generally, this aimhasbeen accomplished, it would tie unrealistic to deny there are 9.- ) f (Continued on page three) |