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Show o. Editorials R - (Mil MM Page 4 Fair Representation by SHERMAN (Continued from Page One) Let so one aspect special privilege from this body; We are here to run errands for no group. We are here as representatives again: With Rural Restraint not agents, and the distinction is Important. in securing Glen Hatch as The Constitution is a handy oratorical tool. Notice its ready use by both his administrative assistant sides of the current reapportionment debate in .the state legislature. Governor Ramptoo received Often overlooked in arguments from rural legislators is the fact that the an added bonus of a smooth It came from some little' Supreme Court didn't start this whole business. legislative hand. Hatch a Heber City lawyer who is of raw deal who a because were somewhere repreimproper getting people . s-silk was ooce a member of the State Senate and from the first day in that body he was a factor to reckon with. He had an agile mind, spoke in lyric prose, and had an insatiable curiosity about the legislative process right down to the driest rules. If the Senate would grow listless, he would become bored and go over to the house side for a visit where he claimed the intrigue and challenge erf political mechanics were in finitely superior to those In sentation in state legislatures. Compromise might be difficult to reach on this critical issue. The matter now boils down to one big political power play. We have previously expressed our admiration for the principle of dynamic balance. With all its drawbacks, the rural dominance of Utahs legislature has brought a healthy dose of conservative restraint. Our basic sympathies lie with the court's concept that each man should get the maximum mileage out of his vote. Therefore some apportionment solution must emerge which permits equitable rural representation withqiit dominance along with that dose of conservative restraint whose nafcffcal bias is toward economy. the small Senate. In fact, aft he had been in the senate he ran for the house but was beaten by Republican Bob Clyde Hatch, with his seat for government, knowledge of legislative Issues and abilities in legislative maneuvering is a Governor's Mans GoverMan, Democrat style. nors THE UNITED STATES SUPREME court has ruled that both bouses of state legislatures must be apportioned on the basis of population. Heretofore Utah has apportioned its house by the yardstick of population, but the senate has been a apportionment combination of population and area. The courts decision means that this legislature must reapportion, or the job will be done by the U S District court. Some legislators from the outlying counties have taken the position that they will not be a party to legislation which would apportion them out of representation, but will submit only to the coercion of the district court. There is a faint possibility that the legislature, will be saved from this necessity of drastically reducing the legislative representation, of the rural counties but it would take a miracle to be saved during the term of this Legislature. Technically, the two houses of the National Congress could by a majority m each pass resto be affirmed by olution, three-- f orths of the state legislatures to amend the U. S. Constitution to allow apportionment of one house on a basis other than population. This would undoubtedly pass In the U. S. House of Representatives which last year passed even stronger legislation, but the snag is in the two-thir- ds Senate. GRANITE BOARD REORGANIZES: School Head To Suit The Times A New Just after the newly-electmembers were installed Tuesday night, the Granite District School Board retired "to private chambers to reorganize. Less than five minutes later, the board returned having selected Keith C. Brown as its president for the coming year. Mrs. Howard B. Summer-hay- s, first woman to serve on the Granite School Board,"1 was picked as vice president and this is also an excellent choice. There's a theory that the American public has been exceedingly lucky In almost always having elected officials on tap who suit the period. Mr. Browns tenure as head of the Granite School Board comes at a particularly appropriate time. The major problems facing the school district are fiscal. During his , term on the board, this has been Mr. Brown's strongest point. As a successful business executive, he's kept a sharp eye on how the district spends its money and conducts its business affairs Education is a specialized field... nevertheless, Mr. Brown has resisted the tendency to lean too heavily on the administrative staff in making decisions. He has never hesitated to question an administrative practice or to ask for complete details when he wasn't positive dollars were being used to best advantage. He recognizes the difference between ed advice,' opinion and fact. More than many, he weighs cost against accomplishment. Hes a courteous man who will work well with administrators. At the same time. Granite District taxpayers can by assured that funds will be used to best advantage and schools will be operated efficiently. LLOYD In Utah, the 2nd Congressional District, presently comprising Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Tooele Counties has in excess of 650,000 peoplex while the 1st District, compr- the remaining 25 ising Counties has about 350,000 so is long over -- due. Governor Ramptoo advocates a new line-u- p with Salt Lake and Tooele Counties in one district, and the remaining 21 counties in the other. In the 1964 election. President Johnson received over 57 per cent of the vote in Salt Lake County and nearly 68 per cent in looele, which has never gone Republican. This district would thus be Democratic by considerable margin. Although Lawrence Burton, Republican Congressman, won easily in the present second District, President Johnson two-cou- carried the district by 52.7 percent. While many persons pin the Republican defeat on Senator Goldwater, the fact is that in Utah, Goldwater actually ran ahead of most of the Republican ticket, rather than behind Utah County is a swing county politically, voting for President Johnson by just over 53 percent. Thus by transferring the Republican County of Davis along with Utah County to the first district, as recommended by the Governor, the Republicans would probably be in Lawrence strengthened Burtons First District, and weakened in David King's Second District. Added to the advantages of incumbency, the present Congressmen would have distinct advantages. Two other major proposals for re -- apportioning the Congressional Districts. The first would combine Salt Lake and Davis Counties, and the second would combine Salt Lake with Tooele, as proposed by the Governor, but would add the western counties of Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington. Some To bring the miracle about would require the state legthe islatures throughout sescountry which are now in in hammer away sion to earnest at the U.S. Senate. The passing of dead memorials is not apt to do the job by itself In the meantime, both political parties in Utah are working on reapportionment plans with one eye cocked toward Anybody can stop smoking but It takes real guts to face lung cancer. Rocky Mountain REM1 Published by Great Western News, Inc., 2265 East 4600 South, P.O. Box 17377, SaU Lake City, Utah 84117, Phone Member at Utah State Press Association. MANAGING EDITOR 278-28- JOHN B. LUNSFORD Entered as second class matter at the post office at SaU Lake City, Utah, under the act of March 9, 1878. every Thursday. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Elizabeth Schelling and David Dean are young lovers in play. :v v ' ; ' 4 7 . r v Je t F. Calaall ponders lines on empty stage as Stewart F alcooer studies script and Lynne Johnson f i OUT- SUBSCRIPTION RATE WITHIN CARRIER DELIVERY -- 13 00 AREA- - per year Pioneer Cast: One , RigtsUappyJ? amily Dr. Cattmull mulls ahard line. Pub-Ush- SIDE CARRIER DELIVER! AREA - - - -- )5 00 per year SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORS ON STAGE The cast members of ' Life With Father, opening tonight, January 21, in Pioneer Memorial Theatre, form a big happy family on stage. And it s no wander. When the actors duff their stage costumes and go home to study their lines, they find theyre practically neighbors. A majority of the cast members, plus Dr. H. E. D. Redford, the director resides in the southeast portion of Salt Lake County, practically within a hoot n a holler" at one another. Dr. Redford, whose son, J. A. C. Redford has a role in the play, says this situation results from the fact that the play boasts more than the usual number of local players Dr. Joseph F. Catmull, for instance, who stars in the role of Clarence Day Sr , resides in the Olympus Hills area. Dee Sjoblam, who plays Cora in the Show, and David Dean, who appears as Clarence Day; are both Holiaday residents, as is Nellie Lou Arnold, cast in the part of Margaret. Keith Smart, who plays son John, is a Sandy resident and John McKay, the young son cf Dr. and Mrs. Edward R. McKay, lives in the Southeast portion of Salt Lake City. With the exception cf a few cast members who live on campus and in other parts cf the valley, nearly the whole Day family lives in the southeast area. "Life With Father, which holds the all time Braodway box office record of 3,224 performances (nearly eight years) will play Thursday through J anuary 30 in Pioneer Memorial Theatre, with a matinee Saturday, at 2 P.M The Lindsay and Crouse comedy has enchanted audiences for the past couple of decades with its unfailingly accurate insights into family life of the 1880s. a theme The play turns on the age-o- ld theme of the men against the women that has plenty of mileage left even today Lindsay and Crouse adapted the play from the memoirs of Clarence Day, whose writings about his own family life near the turn of the century appeared in the ' New Yorker for many years. The play is biographical inmany ways, since Clarence Day is an actual member of the cast and the strwy is remarkably true to the facts of the family's history Tickets are available at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre box office. Persons wishing to reserve tickets by telephone may do so if the tickets are picked up at the box office 24 hours prior to the performance. rural legislators favor the latter plan for the reason that both Congressman would therefore have personal responsibility to the outlying counties. |