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Show APRIL 12, 1952 THE JOURNAL 3 What They Are Saying in Washington Sen. Wallace F. Bennett Sen. Wallace F. Bennett Sen. WASHINGTON, April r Wallace F. Bennett (R., Utah) during the past week went to bat for a young Ogden reserve Lieutenant; his actions in addi- without identifying the officer, in the Congressional Record and also inserted a letter he Vrote Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, urging immediate constructive action in the young lieutenants care, to the interest tion Gen. Collins has since replied of Utahns already have received praise from that he feels keenly about the matas far as Connecticut, Michigan, ter of officer training and will, in and Illinois. Two major press asso- his turn, investigate the situation ciations picked up his address on and take corrective actian. On the same day that he aired the Senate floor Tuesday and gave wide the young Ogden soldiers trouit coverage. bles, Sen. Bennett added to the The Lieutenants complaint in Tidelands debate the weight a letter to Sen. Bennett was that of several extracts from leading he was completely untrained for law review articles which advanhis present assignment in Korea. ced the premise that the Supreme The assignment? Fifteen minutes Court ruled improperly in past from the time he wrote his letter, Tidelands legislation. this young man was to take over Sen. Bennett has long claimed the first infantry rifle platoon he that the real issue behind Tide-lanhad ever commanded. d Hill and the A veteran ofWorld War II, he amendment on oil for the lamps had been assigned of education was the new doctrine duty after graduation from Infan- of paramount rights which, if try Officers Candidate School at extended, would deprive the 'indiFt. Benning, Ga. Following the vidual states of their historical war, he spent two years as a misrights to the Tidelands and would sionary for the Church of Jesus be a precedent for further federal Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and encroachment. then took up his interrupted stuHe joined 49 other Senators dies at'Weber College and the Uni Wednesday in a successful move versity of Utah. to stop this encroachment; the Recalled from the inactive re- Hill amendment was laid on the serve in the summer of 1951, he table in an earlier vote on the was assigned to Camp Roberts, same day. Cal., where he had taken his basic He "reported that the Hill training- six years before. Here he was given courses in methods amendment, which he labelled an of instruction, diction and prepar enticing carrot before the donkeys ation for teaching. While at Camp nose, has brought more mail Roberts, he asked for a refresher from home than almost any single course for infantry company grade Congressional issue since the officers. When he was transferred MacArthur hearings a year ago. to Camp Stoneman for overseas Its just another case of the adshipment he again requested such ministrations hiding an evil thing a course, since he realized that the behind an attractive and popular infantry had changed its organ front, Sen. Bennett concluded. ization, functions and tactics since he last had worn a uniform in 1949. His requests were denied Sen. Arthur V. Watkins For almost a year and a half His complaint to Sen. Bennett . was not so much for himself as the government has been trying for the 40 men he had to lead. He to control inflation. Despite these called it murder for a man so efforts, there has been a constant unprepared to take over a front and steady pressure forcing most line combat unit. prices up. But last week, PresiSen. Bennett inserted his letter, dent Trumans Wage Stabilization (R-Uta- h) so-call- ed ds much-heralde- non-comb- at - (R-Uta- Board approved a wage increase for steel workers. The Boards recommendations are not binding but they do give a big boost for higher wages which in turn means higher prices for all commodities made of steel. If the final settlement reflects the Boards recommendations, I have no doubt that another round of upward price adjustments will be necessary. In addition, it will lend weight to the demands of other labor group for matching increases. Utahs Congressional delegation urged the House appropriations committee to include funds in the 1953 budget for the beginning of construction of the Weber Basin project. The committee refused to include these funds in the bill that was passed by the House last Thursday. ' I am hopeful that it will be possible to have our recommendations included in the appropriation for the Interior Department when it is before the Senate Committee for consideration. I have urged an appropriation for Weber on the sole grounds that this project is needed and necessary to safeguard the operation of defense facilities in Weber and Davis Counties. The House approved measure cut more than 133 million dollars from the appropriation as recom mended by the bureau of the Bud get. This included cuts for the Bureau of Reclamation; Geological Survey and an amendment limiting expenditure of funds for departmental publicity and propaganda purposes. Still another amendment will require a 10 per cent reduction in employees. A1 of these amendments and actions are subject to change in the Sen ate. Easter Preview h) M MARINES HELP KOREAN ORPHANS t t' y' i 4 I' s 'e v Theres no fuss or muss vTk. with a clean, silent hot water heater. Its entirely automatic and its operating cost is very n low. is.-- ' -- j' for the. 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