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Show Romney Heads State Group Shocked by the high percentage of men unfit for military service, as revealed by the physical examination exam-ination of inductees, the Army and Navy has asked states to provide pro-vide physical fitness and recreational recrea-tional programs which, will raise the standard of physical manhood man-hood in the United States. Utah has responded. Governor Herbert B. Maw, as chairman of the Utah Council of Defense, has named E. L. (Dick) Romney, director di-rector of athletics at Utah State, as chairman of the state committee. commit-tee. On June 12 the committee will inaugurate its program. It will send throughout the state three field directors, Parley O. (Paddy) Davis, .and Rollie Sleater of Salt Lake, and Delbert (Deb) Young of Logan, to make a survey of the recreiticnal need of the com. mitties of the state. They will visit every section, prepare suggested sug-gested programs. confer with community officials and assist in the promotion of the programs. At the same time, the State Council of Defense, with governmental govern-mental blessing, has assured all recreational and 'sports groups that it is NOT unpatriotic in war time, even at the time of. invasion, inva-sion, to promote or participate in sports events. All sports groups are urged to continue their programs pro-grams where they do not violate gas rationing, ODT rules or the normal regulations governing wartime war-time activities. All groups have been asked to continue activities as far as possible pos-sible under war-time regulations. Vice-chairman to Mr. Romney tn the state-wide move is Homer L. Warner, head of the LDS church athletic program of the YMMIA. |