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Show Has Utah's Constitution Become Obsolete Doe seventy years of successful success-ful experience Justify continuing confidence In Utah's Stat Coo stltution, or has the document become obsolete and In need of extensive revision? This question, ques-tion, now being widely debated in Utah, is analyzed In a Utah Foundation Foun-dation research report released recently. - ' i,,:-. The question of caning a constitutional con-stitutional convention to consider rewriting .the state's basic legal document will be placed before Utah voters at the November general gen-eral election, along with seven proposals for Individual amendments amend-ments to the Constitution. Individual Indi-vidual amendments can be enacted en-acted by a majority of those voting vot-ing on the question, but approval of a constitutional convention would require a majority of those voting In the election. Proponents of. the caJUng of a convention base a large part of their argument on the contention that the present constitution contains con-tains much material that Is obsolete obso-lete or that Is detail more properly pro-perly suited to statutory than to constitutional law. Foundation analysts found. Opponents of the convention, on the other hand, point to the record of nearly three-quarters of a century of successful operation and assert that while the burden of proof lies on those who propose change, no substantial case for major rewriting has been made. Other specific arguments against the caning of a convention Include the following: , -That the entire body of case law which has been built up around tile eiistingCoGstitutloh, which is a major factor In Its Interpretation Interpreta-tion and application, would be Jeopardized Jeo-pardized If the Constitution itself were extensively changed. -That modern lobbying techniques tech-niques are so powerful and effective effec-tive that they could make objective ob-jective consideration of constitutional constitu-tional issues virtually Impossible. Impos-sible. -That basic constitutional values do not become obsolete Ray L Walker Member of 'Green Berets' Private Ray L. Walker, 20, son of Mr. andMrs. Charles B: Walker, Walk-er, American- Fork, became a member of the "Green Berets Aug. 24 on completion of Special Forces training at the John F. Kennedy Center for SpedalWar-fare, SpedalWar-fare, Fort JBragg, North Carol-Ina. Carol-Ina. As a Special Forces candidate, he received several months of training in guerrilla tactics and counterinsurgency. He also received re-ceived Instruction in the methods of teaching modern medicine, Improved Im-proved agricultural pr act Ices, techniques of local government, communications, and basic commerce com-merce to native villagers. Special training was given in infiltrating hostile territory to train, equip and advise guerrillas guerril-las in combating the enemy. He will mow be assigned to one of seven Special Forces For-ces groups around the world. Pvt. Walker entered on active ac-tive duty in September 1&65, and was las stationed at FortBen-nlng, FortBen-nlng, Ga. He is a 1963 graduate of American Amer-ican Fork High School, and attended at-tended the College of Southern Utah, Cedar City. 1 shoot golf in the low 70's. If it gets any colder I quit." SPEEDYl SAYS: What's the When Tour Car Needs SERYICI ... Drive a New Buick Only $5.00 a Day! While Tour Car' 1s In . Our Shop . Plus 6 Mile HOLLEYAuloCo. Phone 756-1531 1 American Fork with tithe, and that genuinely ob olete material In the Utah Constitution Con-stitution can be eliminated and necessary changes can best be made through the normal amendment amend-ment process. On the other hand, proponents of the convention call also present a number of specific arguments in support of their position, a-mong a-mong which are: . -That the existing Constitution Constitu-tion represents an effort of the 1895 convention to write something some-thing acceptable to Congress after af-ter seven previous attempts to gain statehood had been rejected, reject-ed, rather than a dedicated effort ef-fort to write the best possible document to meet the specific needs of the state, v -That so many changes are needed that only a complete rewriting re-writing of the Utah Constitution can provide coherence and unity, -That Utah State Government must be materially strengthened If it Is to hold its place In the fact of Increasingly powerful Federal Government. If a constitutional convention should be called, it would be the first such convention In Utah since statehood. Forty-eight amendments to the existing Constitution Con-stitution have been adopted over the years,' more than half of the eighty-four that have been approved ap-proved by the Legislature for decision de-cision by the voters, Utah Is one of twenty-one states which have their original constitutions con-stitutions still in force. Massachusetts' Massa-chusetts' 182-year-old Constitu- lnrermounrain Farmers. Assn. Plan S.L. Meet The 44th annual meeting of the Intermountain Farmers Association Associa-tion will be held at the Ramada Inn In Salt Lake City, on Thursday, Thurs-day, September 29, according to President Morgan Dyreng of ManO. , This Is a departure from past meetings which have been held on the last Saturday In February. Intermountain Farmers Association Asso-ciation is Utah's largest farm cooperative co-operative and representatives are expected to attend the convention conven-tion from all parts of the state. Registration win start at 9 a.m., with the meetings opening at 9:30 sum. The annual reports by President Presi-dent Dyreng and General Manager Mana-ger Roghaar will give members a full; accounting of the progress made In the past year and the program pro-gram for the 12 months ahead. A luncheon and program will follow the business session at noon, with Grant Peterson, Credit Cred-it Manager, in charge. A meeting of the Board of Directors will be held following the general sessions to name new officers for the coming year. Managers from the 26IFAbranch offices around the state will gather for a special workshop meeting prior to the convention. Officers of the cooperative Include: In-clude: Morgan Dyreng of Manti, president; Claln C. Erekson of Murray, first vice president; Stewart Leigh of Sandy, second vice president; George S. Pond of Lewiston, third vice president; John A. Roghaar, secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer and general manager. Directors Include: J ArzaAdams of Pleasant Grove; R.D. Buchanan Buchan-an of Richfield; Avar C. Cross-grove Cross-grove of Draper; DeLoss P. Jensen Jen-sen of Tremonton; Albert Noorda of Draper; Clayton Peterson of Ephralm; Clifford Pulley of American Fork; and Morris Smith of Genola. tton is the oldest original document docu-ment still operative. Alaska and Hawaii have had Just seven years of statehood experience with their Constitutions, yw v Foundation analysts found an appear ent relation between the length of state constitutions and their stability. States with short constitutions tend to have less frequent changes, both In the matter of Individual amendment and that Of general rewriting. Utah's Constitution with approximately approx-imately 17,600 words Is shorter than the national average (23,000 words) of state constitutions. Utah Income From Government, Sources Third Higher Than Hat. Average Direct payments to individuals by governmental agencies (Federal, (Fed-eral, state, and local) accounted for $609 million, or 26 percent of Utah's total personal Income last year. The proportion of personal per-sonal Income derived from government gov-ernment sources was nearly a third higher than the U.S. average aver-age of 19.5 percent. These facts were reported in an analysis of Utah's personal person-al income prepared by Utah Foundation, Foun-dation, the private, governmental research agency. The report not- T he Road Report ... by arb TRIPS Oil THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM REQUIRE PLAIIIIIIIG AHEAD Since high speed reduces the time for decision, study your map ih advance to be sure of your exit If you do miss your turn-off, never stop, back up, or. reverse direction. Proceed to the next exit or rest area before rechecking your map. AMERICAN ROAD BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION S , iVfcen foirVt All la a Whirl... ARE YOU WONDERING WHERE TO. BUY! Pea Gravel Parking Lot Markers Lime - Cement Special Mortar Sand Anything to Make Concrete With - WE CARRY EVERYTYHIIIG - niLLER'S READY-niX For help sake Call Us 756-3559 ed that In addition to payments received directly from government govern-ment agencies, a substantial portion por-tion of the personal Income reported re-ported from private sources in Utah is related to governmental activities. According to the Foundation study, Utah's personal Income rose by $125 million in 1965, reaching an all-time high of $2,341 million. The rate of increase in-crease for Utah last year was 5.6 percent compared with 7.8. percent for the nation as a whole. The Foundation report shows that per capita personal In come (total personal Income divided di-vided by population) rose to $2,355 in 1965, but still was $391, or 14 percent below the U.S. average of $2,746. Utah ranks 33rd among the 50 states in per capita Income. Twelve of the, seventeen states ranking below Utah by this measure are Southern States. The report also points out that Utah's per capita Income Is 5.8 percent below the Mountain Moun-tain States average of $2,501 and 2L8 percent under the eleven ele-ven Western States average of $3,005. New Mexico is currently current-ly the only Western State with a lower per capita Income than Utah's. Over the past decade, according accord-ing to the study, Utah's economy, TOE AMERICAN FORk CITIZEN. Thursday, Sept. 15', 1966 as measured by total personal income, has grown at a slightly faster rate than that of the nation na-tion as a whole-84 percent increase in-crease in Utah compared with 73 percent for the United States, On a per capita basis, however, personal Income rose 45 percent per-cent in Utah and 46 percent in the U.S. during this period. In terms of the actual dollar rise In per capita income during this ten-year period, the Increase for the nation was $870, compared with $730 for Utah. The analysis points out that Utah is not as highly industrialized industrial-ized as the rest of the nation. Manufacturing wages accounted for 13.5 percent of total personal Income in Utah; compared with ' 217 percent for the nation. The study also notes that because of cutbacks In the missile Industry, manufacturing wages In Utah de- ' clined from $334 million in 1963 to $325 million In 1964 and to $316 million in 1965. ' . The study notes that per cap-, ita income in Utah as percentage of the national average has been declining during recent years and is now at the lowest point In the post war period. During 1962 per capita income in Utah was equal to 9L3 percent of the U.S. average. With the cutbacks in , Utah's missile industry, the percentage per-centage has declined to 65.8 per cent in 1965. YtH-VJ PEACHY- KEEN, JTOOl (tl IMStPCL AMTIOUATl D. 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