Show A bargain in STU STUDIO COUCHES fine velor and mohair super aprin sprin springs gsg built for durability and EXTRA ware 2950 an and d up r hunter hardware comp company any CEDAR CITY UTAH 11 are YOU the A fit te t e skeptical type if youre the skeptical type nho 0 demands r straightforward straight forward facts heres one big reason v m hy i cream of kentucky is double rich its it made by the dean of kentucky distillers I 1 try it and be convinced that its the cream of Kentuck ys finest bourbons t A g E 1 0 a BOURBON Y RS for the best in all AH kinds of INSURANCE LIF LIFE E FIRE automobile SURETY BONDS diet ee W CLAIR C L A I 1 H ROWLEY B 0 W L E Y H ce parcells PARCELLS attorney at law laar and licensed abstractor affiliated with intermountain Intel mountain title guaranty co office at court house parowan carowan fr j A proposal to defer the chain store tax referendum i in the interest of a united war effort V this letter is published for the information of the public and especially the qualified utah voters who signed petitions referring the proposed special tax on chain stores to a vote 0 of f the people at the general election nov 3 1942 february 14 1942 mr A D stewart president I 1 UTAH RETAIL GROCERS association INC salt lake city utah dear mr stewart the retail chain stores of utah have authorized me to place before your association a proposal for cooperation in a joint action in in connection with the referendum on senate bill 44 the chain store tax under existing utah law this issue will be voted upon by the people at the general election on november 3rd ard next we assume that your association as the publicly acknowledged sponsor of S B 44 will undertake a campaign to persuade the public to vote for your bill and since S B 44 is aimed solely at chain stores and would be a sentence of slow death for chain stores our members have no alternative but to defend themselves to the best of their ability before the bus of public opinion in arranging for the passage of S B 44 you undoubtedly believed that it was of great importance to the competitive interests of your members we may also assume that the qualified utah voters who signed referendum petitions did so in the belief that a complete a airing ir of the facts culminating with a vote by the people of utah would be in the public interest we fully acknowledge that our members have a life and death interest in the decision of the voters however we cannot help but believe that all of these interests in hi this issue have become less important since december 7 1941 there is only one issue now confronting us as americans today the necessity of conducting an all out defense of our nation in n its hour of greatest jeopardy at a time when american soil is under invasion and american lives are being sacrificed in its defense we believe as we are con confident fiden t that y you ou do that in a period of such grave national peril we should submerge our internal differences and meet the emergency that faces us the present war is total war it is a conflict in which all of us have a place and which demands of each of us the utmost in time money and energy it is a struggle in which it would be criminal to do less than our best both independent and chain retailers have an important task in this war we are depended upon to assure the steady flow of available supplies so that production may proceed unhampered and civilian morale be maintained at a high level our contribution is distribution we are in the army of supply for these reasons we propose that your utah retail grocers association unite with us in a petition to honorable herbert B maw governor of utah requesting that he place before the utah legislature if a special session meets prior to august 1st alst 1942 a recommendation that the legislature act to suspend the vote upon S B 44 until a general election following the cessation of hostilities counsel assure us that this is entirely feasible and that the rights of your association those of the public and of ourselves will be in no way injured by the postponement acting upon the assumption that your membership would prefer as ours does to be free during daring the time of trial ahead to devote full attention to the war effort we are submitting for your consideration an opinion covering the question of the legislatures constitutional authority to order the postponement together with a suggested measure to accomplish this objective A copy of this letter with attachments is being forwarded to governor maw for his information and bemuse because this proposal has been substantially ly inspired by his many splendid statements regarding the necessity for complete undivided effort in marshalling all of facilities for the job of winning the war this letter is being published as a paid advertisement so that the utah citizens in every county of the state who signed referendum petitions on S B 44 may also be informed of our proposal we sincerely hope that you will accept this invitation we hope that our joint petition will result in favorable legislative action and that it will be possible to arrange for further wholehearted cooperation between us in any and all ways by which we can and unselfishly carry out our responsibilities and duties to utah and the nation yours very truly signed H T fowler president 4 UTAH CHAIN STORES association INC ADAM HAT STOW STOKES NATIONAL SHIRT SHOPS I 1 inc BAKERS SHOE COMPANY J J J NEWBERRY COMPANY CHANDLER SHOE COMPANY OWL DRUG COMPANY W T GRANT COMPANY J C PENNEY CO S H KRESS COMPANY SEARS ROEBUCK CO LERNER SH SHOPS OPS OF UTAH inc SAFEWAY STORES inc THOM acan SHOE CO SPROUSE REITZ CO inc montgomery MERY WARD CO F W WOOLWORTH CO NATIONAL DOLLAR STORES DRUG CO WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO k ic k k if 9 |