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Show Friday, October 20, 1961 SOUTH SALT LAKE HERALD The Battle Over Socialized or Privately Controlled Power Ever since the use of electricity became a scientific possibility, a battle has been going on. In essence, the issue is clear-cu- t whether government or private enterprise should supply this countrys power. That battle has been fought on the local, state and federal levels. In late years, however, the emphasis has been overwhelmingly on plans and proposals to put the federal government into the electric power business on an scale. And the tempo of the controversy has been accelerated by tiie appearance of the new revolutionary source of electricity nuclear fuel Indeed, one of the bitterest controversies arising in this years session of Congress concerned a proposal to build a huge federal atomic power project at the Hanford, Washington plutonium plant. Our Lead Over Russia An old argument pursued by the advocates of government, or socialized, power is that only government has the resources that are needed to meet this countrys soaring power demands and, beyond that, to keep us ahead of the Soviet Unions economic advance, in which increased power production is a major element. This argument was met and contradicted head-oby utility industry spokesmen ever-expandi- ng n Savings Bonds Sales Increase at Sugar House C. of C. Pays Honor to "Founding Fathers" a recently held Conference on 1970 Power Transmission Plans which met in New York City. They supplied facts and forecasts which compellingly indicate that the industry is capable of meeting any need, that it is doing it, that it is looking far into the future, and that our lead over Russia is and will remain secure. One of the speakers was Philip A. Fleger, who is president of both the Edison Elec- tric Institute and the Duques-n- e Light Company. He began with a brief historical review, in which he pointed out that since World War II, use of electricity in this country has been growing at the average rate of 8.6 per cent a year, which is about 2 times the rate of growth of the economy as a whole, and that the industry (which serves about four-fifth- Members of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce at their membership meeting and luncheon at the Beau Brummel Cafe Wednesday honored representatives of the Founding Fathers of Sugar House. Those honored were John E. DeHaan, Ira F. Kimball, W. W. Kimball, Clarence L. Rockwood, Vern Mackay, A. R. Curtis, Ray D. Free, Wayne L. Sandberg, J. Gordon Sorensen, Earl J. Glade, Dick Frisbie, Grant Morgan, Charles R. Petty, Willard Richards, Mrs. Fern Smoot Hanson, and Mrs. Nadene Anderson. Mr. Free was the speaker for the occasion paying a tribute to the Founding Fathers. Miss Claudia Berett, Sugar House queen was present and pinned red carnations on all those honored. Page 3 Westminster College Reelects Trustees, Retains Officers F. S. Walden, president of Strevell - Paterson Hardware Co. was relected chairman of the Westminster College Board of Trustees at the annual meeting held Tuesday. H. C. Shoemaker and H. R. Waldo also were relected vice chairman and secretary respectively. Other members of the Board whose three-yea- r terms exwere pire this year They were Clarence Bamberger, Sr.; The Rev. Sidney II. Buckham, Harry E. Carleson, The Rev. Dr. Harry E. Coulter, Dr. Frank E. Duddy, Jr., president of the college; The Rev. C. Ted Hawes, James E.' Hogle, William A. Lang, Man-for- d A. Shaw, B.C.J. Wheat-lakand Charles L. Wheeler. re-electe-d. e, The number of faculty members at Westmin full-tim- e ster has increased from 32 to 36, Dr. Duddy said in his an- nual report. Two additional faculty posts have been endowed, the Samuel Robinson Chair of Economics and Business Administration, and the James H. and Robert H. Ball Chair of Music. Enrollment for the present school year is slightly under last year, Dr. Duddy reported. He attributed the decrease to the raising of admission standards and an increase in tuition and fees. , The college president also reported in detail on the extensive construction and renovation that is now in progress at the college, and on progress of the second phase of the Westminster development program. of all of Americas s electric power customers) has filled every demand. Builds From Bottom Up He made this important statement: Historically, the electric power system in this country has evolved in a pattern. Capacto serve the been built has ity needs of the people in the places they want to use it. In other words, the industry simply-state-d builds from the bottom up, moving on from the local area to regional planning and coordination, in which numbers of companies, crossing corporate lines, often work together. d We have only about area of Soviet the the Union but we have five times its mileage of transmission lines. We have only of the about world population but we d of its have about power producing capacity. Putting it still another way, we have more electric power capacity than the next five countries in the world combined. So much for the past and present. What of the future? (Continued on Page 4) one-thir- Residents of Utah purdh-use$1,563,522 in Series E and H savings bonds during September, according to figures released by the Utah Savings Bonds Division of the Treas- d ury Department to Frank A. Wardlaw, Jr., Salt Lake Coun- ty Bonds Chairman. The current income Series -- H bond was the big gainer in sales, up 54 per cent over last month, and up 32 per cent over September 1960 sales. Chairman Wardlaw reported that September savings bonds purchases in Salt Lake county were $568,117, brings total to ing the 75 or $5,965,155, per cent of the countys 1961 goal. The increase in HJbond sales is undoubtedly the result of recent favorable publicity indicating that in addition to individuals, organizations of all types except commercial banks may purchase up to $10,000 face value of H and E bonds in any calendar year, said Clem S. Schram, State Savings Bonds Director. All banks in Utah issue E bonds and take orders for H bonds as a free patriotic public service. Mr. Schram stated that another plus in the savings bonds picture in Utah is the Savings Stamp program. 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