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Show the citizen Feb. Politically Speaking SUEftB-scrtSon- esl! DAYTON BRIEFS Paul Harvey 17, 1972 They Arent All Meanies Cost of government seems to By PAUL ILRVEY rise at a higher rate when Statesman Political Editor budgets are considered every Here you are: In Cincintwo unions have asked of instead two nati, year every effecA more practical and a for pay cut. Carpenters tive operation of annual ses- years. Hawaii discovered, tor ex--, and m i 1 sions of the Idaho Legislature unthat annualbudgeting ample, rights is beginning to shake out of ions in ly not only occupied too much our years of experience. n g have attention of the state agenLegislative leaders was but have much trades cies, costing been concerned since the first asked that annual session in 1969 with more than biennial budget! a result, Hawaii returnee their projectthe problem of overlong meet- As to biennial appropriations. ed pay raises ings. But they have been The Idaho Legislature of 11 percent unable to put the brakes on would be better of and each session has gone be- therefore, be cut to 5.5 went same route, the if it trayond what was once the to this second session had been ditional 60 days. with conform to devoted exclusively budgetThe public served notice in the 1970 election that it was ing, with exception of emer- - the Presidents legislation, every efforts. Theyre not all mean disturbed about the lengthy Sincywould have been able to ies. sessions. An initiative measPresident George ure on legislative compensa- attend toe budget hearings AFL-CItion which would have limited and to participate in the ap Many offended a lot of union members with his unbecomthe first session of a legisla- propriation process. ture to 60 days and the second As I pointed out in a pre- ing conduct at that last labor to 30, was passed by a healthy vious column, this second ses- convention. sion is engaged in trivia. A A top Missouri labor leader, majority. of bills have been multitude 1971 new The Legislature introduced, President Tom Walsh of the of. old them many lost no time in amending the ones that didnt get anywhere Building and Construction initiative to eliminate the Trades Council, says Meany in the first session. limitations and acted chrldlishly. are few There issues major providing some added com- that need to be attended to Among other purposeful pensation. referred to the The session. this Meany slights issue major in this column held I have as Presidents session this before is the appearance that it is not right to limit the an act." for the next spending budget legislature to the length of a fiscal year. Returning to the rostrum, session. But I have also arBetter that the legislators Meany announced, Now well gued that the second session were concerned only with the have act two. ought to be kept as short as next tor biennium the budget Since then weve seen act withpossible and preferably and alone that three. limit. in the does not Meany-men- , If the including Sen. The best way to assure a get to thelegislature of reducproblem have shorter second session is to Humphrey, Hubert ing the length of its sessions, sought to recover toe fumble limit its activity. Probably the exso do will people by y selling the silly notion that the most effective limitation through an initiative President Nixon is to turn the second session pression planned his or at the polls. own embarrassment. They into one concerned only with suggest that tor political purthe budget, with the exception CLUBS President purpase-- y of emergency legislation' reFranklin County DUP of- poses the himself in a position to or put the governor quested by ficers met Feb. 7 at the home of the of sympathy. public beget agreed to by unMarguerite Ainsoough, The fact is that toe Presilegislative membership. der the direction of Mary MilWhen the electorate author- lar, captain. A history of dent, against political advice ized annual sessions bv way .John Parnell Wright was giv- and at considerable risk, went of a constitutional amendment en by Mrs. Ainscough, who is o that convention. He had in 1968, the argument was that lis granddaughter. The les- o know that he might have the legislature wound do a son, United Order, was giv- een booed, humiliated. He better job of fiscal manage- en by Sue Hawkes. Refresh- might have been shouted off ment by budgeting each year. ments iwere served to those the platform or worse. He wasnt, of course. His iBut it turns out that the leg- mentioned and Afton Ralphs, forthright islature does not do as good a Leatha Smith, Vera Biggs and uncompromising, speech was interrupted by ap- job of fiscal management. Nona Golightly. By JOHN CORLETT w buildi the ' percent $20 - Jan. 1 - Apr. 1 INCLUDES LUXURY APARTMENT Unwind with UNLIMITED GOLF in a warm, wonderful desert country club atmosphere. Tee off anytime, play all day on our championship course. RATE INCLUDES: Unlimited golf and 1 bedroom luxurious new Spanish-desig- n TV and color with apartment. Fully furnished kitchen. completely equipped electric Total resort facilities, with fine restaurant and lounge. 18-ho- le Motel facilities also available by day, week, month. Write for money-savin- g package rates. COUNTRY CLUB AND RESORT anti-inflati- O sessio- n-length 30-da- y two-thir- I GOLDEN HILLS 6901 E. Broadway s Please send me j suite j Waiw" j j CltyStateZp the full-col- or Mesa, Altoona 8S20S Golden KJta. story rf HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR ELECTRIC HEAT The popularity of electric heat is growing rapidly. One reason is the factual, convincing answers to the most frequently asked questions. For example: What about the oxygen supply in a house Insulated as recommended for electric heat? Wouldnt the house be stuffy? This question is sometimes raised by those considering baseboard, or ceiling heat rather than electric forced air. And the answer is no. The federal government and architects are continually upgrading the insulation requirements for all construction to save energy regardless of heating fuel used. Using the best present methods of insulating and building construction, several times as much oxygen as is needed by a large family will still infiltrate into a house that is well insulated for electric heating. And since electricity consumes no oxygen, talk of "thermos bottle houses" is unrealistic and misleading. Make sure air filters ate dean. On circulating air electric heating systems, you may have regular filters or electrostatic precipitators. Both should be kept clean. Someday Youll Probably Heat Electrically. Why Wait? UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. pJause repeatedly. This from men who can respect a philo-wit- o which they may agree if it is sincere, honest and consistent. Id like to restate that my antipathy toward what happened in Miami does not reflect a personal vendetta. When George Meany went to toe hospital last time, though it may have been a false alarm, suddenly I was that we are all in his debt All those years when patriotism was fat very short supply in our country, George Meany and I have fought on toe same side. I hope we still will. An plumber, he still goes after au enemies of our country with toe Constitution in one hand and a pipe wrench in toe other. I respect that. But George Meany, that you are a crusty old goat Who means well does not excuse boorishly bad manners, does not excise calling toe President "a stunt man. And worse, obscured by all the reverberations is the deliberate damage you can do to toe Presidents efforts. Union members lose as much or more than anybody When we get paid off in worthless dollars. Yet you continue to demand retroactive pay raises Which could turn the freeze to slush. And when you protest that President Nixon lacks the ability, toe intelligence or the knowledge to control the economy, you me saying of him precisely what toe late Walter Reuther said of you. Try to remember how you felt. ex-Bro- anti-inflati- on n one -- O A recent dues increase was vigorously resisted by the membership many resignations. One state medical society threatened to disassociate itself. As with most overgrown associations, too many programs are being perpetuated past their point of usefulness and need pruning. And Dr. Hall adds the stinging reminder to fads colleagues that Osteopaths spend more than tour times as much per man toward osteopathy education as does the doctor of medicine, even though the latter has had a higher income. Nudged off its comfortable posterior by this vigorous leader, the AMA Is already showing signs of recovery. One of its councils proposes speedup training as toe Army trains medics far toe 53 percent of loll medical school applicants who are turned down. These could work as to doctors, to alleviate the doctor shortage, to mepending dical school. But President Hall believes the AMA has done all it can with palliatives; he prescribes major surgery now. trainee-assi- stants Mr. and Mrs. Clair K. Westover and family went to Logan Friday to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert II. Westover. He was celebrating his 80to birthday anniversary. His other children and grandchildren came to honor him. Feb. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Westover had received word of toe birth of their first a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ford of Logan. The baby weighed eight pounds seven ounces. Grandparents of the new baby are Mrs. LaRue Ford of Logan and Mr. and Mrs. Join Wilks of Salt Lake great-grandchi- ld, City. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Pe and children, Kevin and an, of Bountiful spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mis. Merlin Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Ehner Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jensen of Idaho Falls visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. John Schwartz. Tuesday, William Bmggeli had dinner with them and that afternoon Mr. and Mrs. William Schwartz of Malad called on his brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Battler and Mrs. Annie H. Kemp were in Orem a few days last week visiting with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Winward. Last Happiness Is... -I- year you might not recognize toe old American Medical Assn. Internal upheaval will be reflected in more external Involvement. The American Medioal Assn., after the outspoken Morris Fishbein era, withdrew from toe world. Thats a figurative expression, of course; it does not reflect disrespect. This writer has guarded very zealously a longtime mutually respectful association with toe medical profession, but the AMA has a vacation on the slopes. The whole family noW'diagnosed its own hardenjoying the fresh outdoors. And while you're ening arteries. there, remember to take plenty of pictures on There is an internal power conseof on dependable Kodak film. See us before you struggle going quence to the association and needs. go for all your picture-takin- g of significance to us all. Kodak Makes Your Pictures Count. Elected officers, coming and going, have been hamstrung by toe permanent administrative staff. JOHNSONS DRUG TUESDAY, FEB. 22 Recent presidents have acAS A PUBLIC SERVICE cepted, accomodated, lived with this inbred inertia. Chili and Crackers LISTS NEXT WEEKS But the now president, ReFruit Salad SCHOOL LUNCH MENU no, Nev.s Dr. Wesley Hall, Cinnamon Rolls intends to overthrow toe Old Milk, (EasMde Schools) Guard. Though opposed by the WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 AMAs board of trustees and FRIDAY, FEB. 18 two AMA councils, he is askand Sandwiches Hamburger Gravy ing the associations 214,000 pineapple and members to rally round and Mashed Potatoes Cottage Cheese Salad demand a constitutional conVegetable Cake Cookies vention to overhaul the AMA. Milk Bread and Sutter There hasnt been such a Milk convention in 124 years. THURSDAY, FEB. 24 Its Dr. Halls contention MONDAY, FEB. 21 that the association has been Pizza Macaroni and Cheese spending too much time, efVegetable fort, energy and money on Lettuce Wedge with Dressing Fruit Fruit JeKo politicking and not enough Hat Rolls Bread and Butter on promoting scientific and Milk Milk medical education. meof lie said the practice SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT dicine has become in every ' way more complicated, enEURTHER NOTICE twined with red tape and government forms and "we are not providing toe practicing physician with the help ana services he needs. As evidence he cites toe fact that, despite an increasPRESTON PHONE ing physician population AMA membership is slipping. JOHNSONS DRUG |