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Show i Sugar House Jaycees Speak For Home Rule Government ; t' - , X - , - " v.- - . : t I il - v ' I .' t 1. i issue should not be drawn along political lines. He is immediate ' past president of the Sugar House Jaycees. "The only way to improve the city is to work on the basic problem, prob-lem, which is pride of the resident for his community," said Mr. Johnson. "If we intend to do something some-thing concrete about helping Salt Lakers to become truly proud of their city today, it must be under home rule. The present system is too unwieldy, slow and cumbersome. cumber-some. It is definitely antiquated." A youth project to be worked out by a civic group such as the Jaycees has long been a dream of Mr. Johnson's. Organized correctly, cor-rectly, a civic group would institute insti-tute a program in high schools; organize the young people to work with community leaders. Purpose would be to teach the young people peo-ple to think of civic improvements and to deal with the problems of delinquency themselves, with guidance gui-dance from adult experts. Thus, Mr. Johnson says, when they became be-came community leaders, they would have a solid background of experience. This program would be large enough to reach most of the potential leaders among the teens. The school programs of extra ex-tra - curricular activities do not reach more than a small percentage percen-tage of such potential leaders, Mr. Johnson believes. Johnson is a partner in Sharp and Johnson, Salt Lake architectural architec-tural firm. He lives at 2525 Elm Avenue with his wife, Beverly and their three daughters, Rosalind, Susan and Linda. George Henry Johnson "Planning for capital improvements, improve-ments, such as parks, fire stations, sta-tions, streets, could be many times more effective with a home rule type of government than under un-der the present system," says George Henry Johnson. Mr. Johnson is the Sugar House Jaycee - nominated candidate for the Salt Lake City Charter Commission. Com-mission. His definite views come from seven years study of community com-munity planning at the University of California and University of Utah, and as a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has served on the legislative committee for the local chapter of AIA. The Jaycee candidate has a progressive pro-gressive record of achievements as a member of a young political group, but he feels the home rule |