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Show AGRICULTUF.3 We endorse the na';onal agricul-' agricul-' tural program, designed by the present pre-sent Democratic administration and now in the process of being perfected, perfect-ed, beneficially applicable to Utah and will otherwise further the cause of agriculture in this state by: 1. Legislative action that will coordinate co-ordinate with federal farm legislation to provide soil, range and water con- I servation, adjusted production and ' parity prices. 2. Endeavoring to provide supplemental supple-mental irrigation water for existing farm units. 3. Assisting in noxious weed control. con-trol. 4. Strengthening and encouraging cooperative marketing and other forms of agricultural cooperative effort. ef-fort. 5. Maintaining proper health, educational edu-cational and living standards in rural Utah State Democratic Party Platform The Democratic party in Utah has swung into the last lap of the 1940 campaign with an appeal to the voters vote-rs based on the platform adopted by the convention which met in Provo. The platform, which we reproduce for the information of our readers, follows: PREAMBLE PUBLIC HEALTH We pledge ourselves tn with the Federal Goverrm Petatt efforts to advance Public Heliits-dustnal Heliits-dustnal Hygiene, and M,u! , ' Io-Child Io-Child Care, and to preven i trol communicable disease con- We favor the further con'y of all factors pointing to " ' slum clearance and low-rent td tor and we pledge our cooperat; Uslnl!. the National Administratis n Witl recting whatever bad housing C0N ditions are found to exist g cn- DIRECT PRIMARY LAW We approve the Direct P,-Law, P,-Law, and recommend to runan' State Legislature that it anlU Committee to study its oL!Pfmt the purpose of making ments thereto as experience X" necessary. Le sWws We also pledge the Iegislah,,, i study and amend the cJtl UIe study and amend the Corrunr p t0' t ees Act to make it aPP? TT tical way to the proper reeul?iP ac' candidates in their" cafe' party nomination and elert,v,S ?' the Direct Primary Law! WAR VETERANS We honor and hold in hiVW teem those brave American t then- country's wars, offered I A ? lives in defense of Democrat iH T We specificallv I communities. 6. Developing a scientific means of assessing and taxing farm lands, j based on their normal potential pro-i pro-i ductivity, and at values reasonably ' comparable to the value of competi-: competi-: tive lands in other states. 7. Fostering all efforts designed to i improve the quality of Utah livestock. live-stock. We approve the appointment of qualified persons, acceptable to agriculture, agri-culture, to administer, agricultural I The Democratic'Party of the State of Utah, through its duly constituted delegates in convention assembled, endorses the renomination of Hon- i orable Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the Presidency of the United States, j and without reservation reaffirms its allegiance to his continued leader- ship in preserving the safety, securi- ty, and welfare of the American peo- j pie under democratic government. It likewise endorses the nomination of l-i -.-ci,.io government,. 11 likewise endorses the nomination ol I Honorable Henry Agard Wallace foi the Vice-Presidency. We pledge to these candidates and all other Democratic candidates unfaltering un-faltering loyalty and support. We offer our candidates for election elec-tion to office in November, 1940, upon the following platform: Liberal Administration We reaffirnj our faith in the democratic demo-cratic institudons upon which the governments of this State and nation ' laws and services. LABOR Believing that the only sound and healthy economy is one that is based upon the well-being of all the people, the Democratic Party has regarded the establishment of social justice in state and nation as its solemn duty. We have therefore initiated economic econom-ic policies and sponsored laws which, if not repealed or emasculated, will J insure to all economic groups a fair ( share of the national income. Only j during the present Democratic Admin-j Admin-j istration has Labor, our largest economic eco-nomic group, played its proper part in shaping and carrying out the laws and policies which affect its working conditions and determine its degree of prosperity. Twelve years of Republican Re-publican misrule had impoverished and broken the morale of American workers. The Democratic Partv has tion taken by the Democ fictional fic-tional Platform on Ve?SslNa-pensation Ve?SslNa-pensation and we pledge tho T' tmuance of benefits given to Ve?er ans by State Law. er We wholeheartedly endorse th,. War Veterans, and other grouSTf veterans. We particularly Iht erV? Legion for sponsoring mahtoysd'ltatr,CMiSmPW RECLAMATION AND WATER CONSERVATION 3nizin!i that -the contei growth and prosperity of Utah are-limited are-limited only by available water SZ ply, the Democratic administration has pursued a comprehensive policy of reservoir investigation and construction con-struction to conserve for supple-mental supple-mental use water which is otherwise-wasted. otherwise-wasted. Surveys, stream measZ merits and cost estimates have been made on every possible reservoir site in Utah, comprising more than 700 in number. As a result of this foresight, fore-sight, Utah will be one of the fetTf the seventeen arid states to participate partici-pate m funds made available by tie-Case-Wheeler Act for construction of water-conservation projects Wo mil .U i- . .. are founded, suid we pledge ourselves to the liberal and humane adminis-tran adminis-tran of the powers of government as exemplified by the leadership of President Roosevelt, and in further- i ance thereof we ratify the national Democratic platform adopted at Chi- 3940 n the nineteentl1 day o Jy. DEFENSE j progressed far in the elimination of sweatshops, stretchouts, interstate labor spy rackets, industrial child la-j la-j bor, and other immoral forms of industrial in-dustrial oppression. We have recog-j recog-j nized and, more important, estab-I estab-I lished by law, the rights of self-organization self-organization and collective bargaining. bargain-ing. Industrial compensation, unemployment unem-ployment insurance, retirement pensions, pen-sions, and old age allowances, for the great majority of American workers, were orieinated. estnMUliorl We favor and will support all needed need-ed legislation and other action by the State government to aid and supplement sup-plement the national defense program. pro-gram. Utah's location as the strategical stra-tegical center for activities involving defense of the western portion of the United States has been recognized by the armed forces of the nation, and we pledge every facility within the power of the State of Utah to assist the national government in makinff I our country safe. We note that the Republican national na-tional platform is in substantial agreement with Democratic Administration Admini-stration policies of defense, but also note with consternation and disappointment disap-pointment the persistent attempts of the Republican presidential candidate candi-date and Republican members of Congress to sabotage and obstruct ' those policies. , ; I made effective by the Democratic Party. We unite with our great President Pres-ident and the Democratic National Convention in pledging ourselves to defend and maintain the wise and humanitarian system of labor legislation, legisla-tion, created by the Democratic Party, Par-ty, which is the foundation of social justice in America. ! We favor the preferential employ-I employ-I ,ent f. Utah labr and materials on all public projects wherever foo;Ki atteuuen to tne fact that investigations were made which led to the construction of Strawberry, Echo Spring City, Ephraim, Current Creek, Hyrum, Pine View, Mooa Lake and Deer Creek Government projects at a cost of $21,000,000 to. store 350,000 acre-feet of supple- 1 mental water for the irrigation of one-third of a million acres of land- i moreover, that this work was accom-phshed, accom-phshed, except for the Strawberry project, under a Democratic admin- I--lstration. ; ligation projects in the Colorado ' t Kiver basin have been intensively 1 'r investigated during this administration administra-tion for the purpose of putting to ' beneficial use Utah's share of Col-orado Col-orado River water. Every measure fe has been taken to safeguard our a btates interests in this important source of supply By a program of careful adminii- I trative control and by small reservoir reser-voir construction, 30,000 acre-feet of water, annually, which has heretofore hereto-fore gone to waste, has been saved lor beneficial use. The Demorrofin na.r - REPRESENTATIVES . In Abe Murdock and J. Will Robinson Rob-inson the Democratic Party presents to the voters of Ut& two men whose theWS ? S?PPrt 0f the terests of the West, of every phase of national defense, and of the efforts of the Deniocrati c Party to repair the Is-aster Is-aster brought to the United States by the last three Republican Id! ministrations, will commend them to the electorate. STATE ADMINISTRATION : Partv iFA"? of our We commend the Utah State Legislature Leg-islature for undertaking a study of occupational diseases, and recommend recom-mend the passage of such legislation as that study may indicate to be proper. We direct attention to the fact that Uiere exists in the state a trust I fund for the construction and maintenance main-tenance of a State Miners Hospital, and urge the legislature to take steps towards establishment of such insti- pracate" & 85 b We believe that trained servants of the state occupying non-policy- 3&kmgn5OS!t"!n? re3uiri"g fecial skills and training should be re- -iknio .,5 7" --muiring special skills and training should be re-, re-, tamed m those positions without regard re-gard to political affiliations, and urge Stuie!1113 Prblem the EDUCATION We are proud of Utah's educational education-al system and favor its continued improvement and adaptation to meet the economic and social needs of our ever-changing society. We believe that good educatonal policy requires for Com.Pensatin and security mg and guiding the youth ol our MINING In view of the fact that all of tha People of our State are affected bv the mining industry, we heart h.-. The Democratic party pledges contmuation and expansion of the efforts heretofore made to conserve and utilize all available water the life blood of the State. SCENIC RESOURCES The past few years have forcefully demonstrated to us the economic value of the many natural scenic attractions at-tractions of this state. An important new industry has come to us as a result re-sult of our many wonderlands, which calls for our undivided support and encouragement. We therefore pledgff ourselves and our party to work for more and better roads, sanitary camps and recreational facilities,. L uniform highway markings and high- l! way landscaping and beautificatioa all to the end that this new tourist t' industry will flourish and increase. yp We advocate an appropriation by tha JJS next Legislature, in a reasonable l0ig( sum, to publicize and advertise our Co?, scenic attractions and promote tour- tvpj, ist travel within the State. 5 We are nnnnipd tn thp diversion of trier congressional Dis- erated with theFedera T"" I tion of President FrSkiht TmpIStra- ward-Iookinij mP C y these for- into effecWith the""? S", b Put cooneration Tthe nSht kind of motor fuel tax noney and autonic- l-pm bile license fees for use for bod j'u-M highway purposes. E FISH AND GAME 1 1 The physical development ani rapid improvement of the fish and .WlsT game resources of this State have 154 given Utah national prominence. lw favor a continuation of our present ' Policy of co-operation With Federa Government in support of Federal iqj Aid for wild life. We also favor ec-. quiring water rights in all State n, JUSTb Federal Reclamation Projects in "JiADj, interest of fish nnd the fishermen-, ; Wo pledge ourselves to work for settlement of tho reced land V00" ?y iom which has so long been anujj. solved question in tho State 01 U a5i!Q the Fef GoSSnW'f of llVnUean'd6 IT" devc'P-nt Propose'a mgeoTtort Y and make useful TItnSO u deye,0P SJfflS- fceWt: - a combinatn INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS Wp am -s . stration and the fJ admini ! ment." he federal govern- (Signed) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT tean2Xe1tattheeASdtate.gisa. for their full " stratioj : President's pro-am110? witl the administratis Snciesf T eral government i the fed- these liberalTohcies? Cmyme out We commend the nj c , Icy of the State Adm? ? fiscal P'-1 P'-1 Point to the feet Tha? ?1" and debtedness of the ? b?nded reduced 52,205,500 duriS- been four years and that th go?e past levy has been subsfln State tajt and in the llst bipn !a"y reduced. Proximately one rh?"rmm Was ap-ofthetaxfor ap-ofthetaxfor sttte '1 f the by the statute Purposes as fixed CONCLUSION C-jjj " Tlio foregoing principles, w Jj, hove, nro in full accord with tho w Tljf, traditions of democracy nnd hum"" JW tarian govornment. Wo thcrcfoP u lirga nil thoughtful citizens to J0" V us in securing roprcsontalivc LJV Will givo them effect. - Lap industry desire I, T ,bl'sine3 and possible from 1 3 much freedom as -ceandfXTTentaar'ink'rf0r! by the statute. PurPses as fixed PLIC WELFARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ft- gfcre1:CthT,U. of PuWic WeJf the tab ishmoni ty, including old t 8C-'al Sec"i" dedicated'tc "B lr ass.stance, i, tension of tins' syT Snd e " Xct: WWthftt, step along this road until l'11 advance Pendent person aVdTy aEcd and 1 ho is without emplovm P'J50rson 1 n act or fault of v,ymcnt through1 guaranteed a secwe andWn' ,wiU " ' Ina, ecure and comfortabla I the Problem ofunem, 10 s"Iution the stale. unemploymi..ut in escape their d i ' , SU'y llrai'o to w do solicit a ,1 3 lut .vow, and coo" 1I' 01;S"CI;;1 Ji"t of ters, ln order th' t th 'U'so '"-turn, '"-turn, render a t,n " mny- in f'vniT the I tin, ',,0,r,lt c tcndtosowu'y"- P'oblrms thtj Action of weaRh. PV,:as tho l,rJ- |