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Show Letter Salt Lake County, Utah Thur$day, My, 2, i9M ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW Page 4 industry that might consider settling in Utah that we had such severe problems we could not work them out for Utahs It has been said that failed for many years you the kind of support with dollars and hours -- - that you deserved. 278-286- $. SUBSCRIPTION DELIVERY RATE WITHINjCARRIER REA SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUTSIDE CARRIER DELIVERY AREA The Many Moods of Will Lucas A Week by Will Lucas Vacations ... 1! Is It all worth It? I Just got back ... and the only outstanding thing lean remember Is the trauma of packing. We planned to commute with nature for one whole week ... you know, under the stars beside a stream with the cool breeze whistling you to sleep thru the pines. With that though in mind, I started packing the jeep. Four sleeping bags, coleman stove and lantern, tent, camp cots,' cooler, clothings, fishing gear and food. It was wonderful. It all fit ... tight but It was all there neatly packed from floor to celling ... now to go. double check ... I had everything ... I thought ... until my wife reminded me I had to make room for the three children. Well, couldn't we just strap 'em on the back ... no??? Okay, so unpack. I had an to overwhelming decision make ... what was going to be more functional In the wild isolation of Southern Utah ... a lantern or my five year old daughter ... I --was voted down ... so out came the lantern. "Now look honey, you Just crawl In that little slot there In back and try not to So with the help of move. a large shoe horn and vaso-lln- e finally everyone was placed In the jeep and we were off. We arrived at Dixie National Forest late that night and attempted to make camp. Reading the three easy steps for tent erection- I launched Into It ... felling very much like a Mother Robin making a nest for her young .. lay It out on the ground ... stick up the poles and Jam In the tent pegs .. simple ... "Just hand Daddy the tent pegs now, Honey ... "What tent pegs??? Huh ... after - and You set a grim, astounding precedent. need. Your leadership raised over our heads the sledge hammer of national sanctions. Nevertheless, there As you raised your standards, we increased our levels of support' to a higher While great damage was done to the prestige of your profession - - even greater harm was done, to the poten- point per capita than any other tial of the state. This did not satisfy your nor should highest ideals it since we are all prisoners of hope. However, because we have special problems in this state, yours also He unique. end? Logic thus leads us to the unavoidable conclusion: We must attract new industry. For teachers, students, school boards and the general citizenry to prosper, we must find new sources of income. tas Governor Clydes vi&fMi4n he turned down the speciHteipton that emergency measures are no solution for long-ranproblems. Attracting new industry takes investments in both facilities and resources. state. Away From It All Bu't wait, fair-deali- ng zeal our children inspired 25.00 per year More strain on the present tax base will dissuade the growth of our basic industry. We are getting close to the point of diminishing return on our present tax base. self-relian- ce, You had failed, in many instances, to provide the kind of $3.00per year Reason must be based on facts and the facts say: Ironically, the impact was magnified because Utah enjoys a reputation for we had to give Published by Great Western News, Inc. , 226 5 East 4800 South, P.0. Box 17J77, Salt Lake City, Utah 64U7, Member of Utah State Press Assoc Phone, MANAGING EDITOR - JOHN B. LUNSFORD Entered as second class matter at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah under the act of March 9,1878 Published every Thursday. present tax base even more or spread the base. ourselves. Neither of us had been suburban to come from? There are milk the only two sources it You gave notice to every schools. serving 29,250 homes in southeast Salt Lake County minutes of fruitless searching I realized they were 570 miles Quick solution ... just roll out your sleeping bags and watch the stars and go to sleep listening to the soothing music of the mountain breeze In the trees. Wonderful. Watching nature from a lumpy horizontal position ... slowly taken away by thesawX man. When all of the sudden ... out of the blackness ... on of the most shattering, screeching Indescribable sounds pierced the blackness. Have you ever experienced real family togetherness ??? The rest of the night I did ... Five little bodies stuffed Into a one man sleeping bag. I dreamed of arising to the sound of sizzling bacon and the pungent aroma of hot Coffee. No, not this time, Fella. I crawled out of the warm bag was handed an ax and pointed to the nearest tree. Four hours- later I managed to nibble thru the exterior bark ... but we had breakfast ... a real hunters type breakfast. Corn flakes really arent But on May that-a-wa- y. - (Continued on Page 6) Does the means justify the By inviting national pubnot to our special licity problems and the efforts we were making to correct but to the impression them that we have the worst educational system An the United States, UEA leaders proved to have a very narrow viewpoint indeed. 15 right. At any rate, he acted within the prerogatives of his elected office. We can work out these problems. We must. V But as long as sanctions are Reason replies- - Where is S Washington Some of you believe he was we think he was wrong Emotion says We need more money, lets grab it anyplace and anyway we can! state. t f ge you allowed your leadership to say it was time to start working against rather than with us. The dedication of the vast majority of teachers was badly tarnished. Ytm were tripped by those who are overzealous - - you stubbed your toe badly and did irrepairable damage to your 34 Utah!s Overzealous Have Stymied School Progress we, the Up to May 15 and you, tle teataxpayers, had been working to chers, gether to improve Ter To Swallow A homes, Congressmen Senators from western states have been saying a lot about water and water projects these days. and Maybe Its theheatofWash-ington- s summer sun, of the political heat of an election year -- - but water has been a juicy topic recently. Its a fact that after living In Washington a few years, a westerner can easily forget that the Rocky Mountain states have water problems. Opinion Please What do you plan to do on the Fourth of July? needs. If we are to solve this crisis by normal, intelligent means these sanctions must be lifted. It is up to you to instruct your leadership to do so. The challenge is before you. need teachers who are willing to stand up and be counted for the cause of rea- We son. live in a competitive world every state is battling for basic industry. Join us in our fight. Dont slam the door on the progress of Utahs growth lets notify the country that we can work out our problems by the normal processes of We The people of Utah will work with you but not under a bludgeon. Notify your leaders to lift these sanctions and lets go forward together. Stone Roller Says Blood RunsXold Water Bitter Pill UdalVs Using Utah their irrfposed you do great harm to the reputation of your own state. You make it unattractive to industry. You put us, the taxpayers, on the defensive and try to gain by force and coercion what must be worked out painstakingly with a constant eye on our long range ..X ehive By PETER A. MASLEY WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2 -- Despite the distance from Washington Is a verdant city with thousands of trees, heavy undergrowth and a humid atmosphere. Along Its southern edge, two rivers Join on the way to the Chesapeake Bay which Itself Is less than an hour away. The Atlantic Ocean and Its summer resorts are three hours by car. Once In a while, something reminds you of that day In the West when water was so scarce that you could only water your lawn once aweek--an- d that wasnt enough to save the scrubby grass. (You rarely see sprinklers In Washington.) One of these grim reminders Is a chart In the staff offices of Senator Wallace Bennett, Republican of Utah. It Is a simple line graph showing the water level In Lake Powell as It rises behind Ari zonas Glen Canyon Dam. Early this week, the level was 3,465 feet, or five milAnd It would lion acre-fee- t. have been higher If It werent for Interio Secretary Udall, anwho has won the heart-fe- lt ger of Utahs delegation and others. Lake Powell Is eventually supposed to Impound ofwater. 28,000,000 acre-feThe Secretary, they say, Is guilty of giving away Utahs water. And now, since he closed the gates of Glen Canyon Dam last May 11, everyone is waiting and watching the water rise again, hoping It will soon reach the 6.1 milleveL Mr. Udall lion acre-fe- et has said he will decide shortly after July 10 whether to leave the gates closed. If opening them last March wasnt bad enough the Secre et 4 years old Son. of Mr. and M rs. Richard K. Gordon 1078 East 5190 South "I "Get my baby and have ray birthday. 3 years Cydnie Lyman, old Daughter of Mr. and M rs. Alfred Lyman 3356 Oakland Street Johnny M ay, 6 years old Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. May 3954 South 3210 East know Ill have cherry bombs. Im gonna go to apar- ade, but I dont know what street Its Nuthln on. tary scored a' real hit with thirsty Westerners when he decided to charge off the costs of the GlenCanyon water to the Upper Colorado Basin fund. The reaction to this Idea was less than warm. Senators from upper basin states combined forces to write a bill that would place the charge In the Colorado River development fund, which receives a lars a year from half-milli- on dol- the Colorado River dam fund. Commented Senator Allott, Republican of Colorado; "The Colorado River water thus preserved (by closing Glen Canyons gates) for the upper basin Is being used by the Secretary to wash down a bitter pill. The upper basin has on Page 10) Critics Send Opinions The President Dear Sin Occasionally you people roll over some rather interesting stones and expose a little light on some of the vermin and Insects underneath. Such was the letter In last (June 24) from Frank Childs coupled with weeks paper your editorial reply. The little banter prompted me to give the stone another turn with my own bit of research; and the stench that came out and the wiggling crawling things I saw scuttling back and forth between theFR (Council on Foreign Relations), the State Department and the big foundations such as Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Ford reminded me of fat evil cockroaches scuttling about destroying all they touch. The. "N discovery truly made my run cold. blood How could a nice guy like BUI Scranton get mixed up in such a bunch? It kind of reminds me of John the Baptist being sponsored by the pt Yes, the Carnegie Foundation has supported the CFR, so has the Rockefeller Foundation, but it Is Interesting to note that the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, In Its 1947 yearbook announced that they had also " supported organizations such as International Relations Clubs in colleges, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institute of Pacific Relations, the CFR and local community groups ... Detention Home Program Aided Son of Mr. and Mrs, William Eric Lyman, 6 years old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson Lyman 3839 South 2940 East 3356 Oakland Street "Use "Its our flag's birthday and .Im gonna have fireworks and firecrackers and sparklers. firecrackers. - Im gonna get one of those things that go round and make Michael Lee Johnson, 4 years 6920 Cormorant Circle Son of Mr. and Mrs. DeVon R. Johnson "Drive a race car where the horses are. Im gonna have a balloon." "OX- . om Best Friends, Severest Mafia. Chipper Gordon, X I Dear Sin On behalf of the Volunteer Services Program of the Salt Lake County Detention Center, we wish to express our sincere appreciation for the excellent feature article on our program which appeared In the Rocky Mountain Review. We feel this to be one of the finest articles that has-be- en done on our volunteer program. We have already received the benefit of this" coverage through Interest shown to us by the public. recently been released from jail. You see he has also been a life long supporter of an International conspiracy directed out of Moscow. His name was Alger Hiss. Space will not permit a full discussion of each of th-- e groups, nor the myriad ( ) hers who have received the questionable support of Mr. Hiss. By way of example merely, we find that the Inof Pacific Relations stitute harbored such greats as Owen Lauchlin Latlmore, Currie and Phillip C. Jessup. Congressional committees have observed that the large foundations have turned strongly In their support of socialist causes, despite the original convictions of their founders. Such leftist orientation has been accomplished through administrative infiltration of fellow-travele- rs. Concerning the CFR, all candidates for President since 1944, both Democrat and Republican, have been members of the organization, with the exception of Truman, whe came President by accloKt. Every Secretary of State since Cordell Hull (except James Byrnes ) has been a CFR member. Just by way of coincidence, that is Just about how long we have been giving up and retreating before Communism. i Right now the CFT has Its members on the Supreme Court, in the Cabinet and In delicate positions in the State Department. I woRL,be glad to supply anyone Wo ares to know with names arWhpe-clfl- c programs of the CFR which are opposed to the interests of free Americans. The CFT haTtept Its memin Important government positions for a generation, despite changes in administration and some of those fellows have never made a mis- bers take Sincerely, Mrs. Lesly E. Smart Director Volunteer Services W. Lloyd Bennett Superintendent of Detention oftheFond-atlo- n at that time has Just ... In our favor. Sincerely, N. J. Jensen 3052 East 2965 South Salt Lake City, Utah Q, |