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Show Report From Washington by Rep. Laurence J. Burton Just what does a Congressman Ms time? Im sure that a lot of those who asked me that while I was in Utah recently were just ribbing me with: So, what are you doing having a Congressional recess? Why arent you back in WasMngton at work? But, all kidding aside, there are those who really wonder why their two Senator sand Congressmen were not hard at work in the nations capitol. The easy answer, of course, would be to say that everyone needs a short vacation to catch up on a little rest. But the more I thought about the questions asked, the more I thought that it would be interesting to put down on paper just exactly what a Congressman does in his daily work in WasMngton to deserve a recess. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has printed results from a survey they completed which shows that the average Congressman spends 59.3 hours per week at Ms job during a typical week wMle Congress is in session. Surprisingly enough, only a little more than a fourth (25.8) of Ms time is spent on the floor of the House of Representatives. But not so surprising at least to every Congressman is that almost as much time (24.1) is spent in committee work, legislative research and reading. The survey also stated that an average Congressman spends over seven hours each week answering mail. The rest of the time is filled with handling constituents; problems, committee work outside of committee, lea-ders- functions, writing speeches, preparing press work course, meeting with constituents in WasMngton. Mind you, tMs survey was tabulated during the 89th Congress, my second term representing Utah. Since that time I have found myself honored with several appointments in addition to my main committees: Interior and Insular Affairs and the Select Committee on Small Business. In the Interior Committee alone 874 measures were referred for action! Also, I serve on the Public Land Law Review Commission, a bipartisan group of 18 people, six chosen by the House leader-sM- p, six from the Senate and six by the President of the United States. The chairman of the PLLRC'is Colorado Representative, Wayne Aspinall, and we have been meeting twice monthly recently. One such meeting was called immediately after the November elections, so some of us had to leave the day following our election and fly to Arizona where the commission held a three-da- y meeting. Usually, however, the commission meets over a two or three-da- y on period weekends. So there. are a few more hours that werent included in the survey. Another honor wMch came my way recently was appointment to the Republican Policy Committee wMch usually meets on Tuesday afternoons. But if were in committee and the House calls for a quorum or a vote, then each Congressman must leave the committee meeting and go immediately to the House and then regroup to pick up Ms committee and, of discussions. My duties on the Republican Congressional Committee could call for me to be in any part of the country at any time. TMs committee works especially hard during an election year and we are often called upon to make a speech in behalf of one of our colleagues who is up for According , . ,, setto Institutes survey, the average Congressman spends about days a month in the district. Oh, those lucky Virginia and Maryland Congressmen! WMle it takes them a matter of a few hours to return to their districts, the Utah Congressional delegation spends a day going back to the state and another day returning to Washington. I enjoy getting letters from my constituents, but theres notMng that really compares with hearing the problems firsthand wMle back in Utah. Another of my more pleasant duties is to personally take as many constituents as possible around the Capitol Building. Time consuming, yes, but the Capitol is so full of history, I never tire of conducting a tour through the do with area. What is a little irritating and I'm sure every Congressman feels the same way is the phone call in the middle of the night from someone with a problem. TMs doesnt happen too often, but there are times, believe me! I subscribe to Utahs newspapers, both weeklies and dailies and several publications from the state. These I feel are important to me because it keeps me posted on the problems and progress of our state. When anyone talks about the exciting life of WasMngton,' I always have to smile a little. True, there are banquets a Congressman can attend just about but every night of the week tMs kind of life gets tiring fast. Jan and I enjoy going to a banquet occasionally, just as anyone does, but for the exciting life' no thanks! There has been some talk of devoting the first three months of a session solely to committee work. The tMnking beMnd tMs is to get the major legislation ready for orderly consideration by the full membersMp of the House. Of course, wMle tMs proposition has some merit, I doubt that it will ever come to pass because of tradition.' The House Rules would have to be changed and there are just too many members who would oppose . that. After tMs report, still confess that I love the work and honestly, there isnt a better job in the whole world than representing the people of Utah ip the United States Congress. I Let us rise up and build. (Neh. 2:18). Gods miracle-workin- g power goes to work for us. When we meet life with the faith that with God all things are possible, we break from the bondage of false ideas, and become free and confident. We then express ourselves freely and easily, for Gods love inspires us to know that we can. We appreciate life and its t THE NATIONAL REPORT Poets, songwriters, and lovers have been talking about hearts for centuries. Now nearly everybody is reading and talking about hearts, heart operations, and heart research. Advanced heart research involves much more than heart transplants. Every day, various heart defects are corrected during operations that are less publicized but no less important than are transplants. So you can know your heart better, this column will present a series of four articles containing lists of heart terms, their pre- -' ferred pronunciations, and their meanings. These words are mainly about heart conditions: ANGINA PECTORIS or pek'to-ris- ) (an'jin-a- h (an-ji'n- ) Literally means chest pain. A condition in which the heart muscle receives an insufficient blood supply, causing pain in the chest, and often in the left arm and shoulder. Commonly results when the arteries supplying the heart muscle (coronaries) are narrowed by atherosclerosis. CONGESTIVE HEART FAIL- URE (kon-jes'ti- When the heart is unable adequately to pump out all the blood that returns to it, there is a backing up of blood in the veins leading to the heart. A congestion or accumulation of fluid in various parts of the body (lungs, legs, abdomen, etc.) may result from the hearts failure to maintain a satisfactory circulation. OCCLUSION CORONARY (kor'o-na-r- e An obstruction (generally a blood clot) in a branch of one of the coronary arteries which hinders the flow of blood to some part of the heart muscle. This part of the heart muscle then dies because of lack of blood supply. Sometimes called a coronary heart attack, or simply a heart attack. HEART BLOCK . Interference with the conduction of the electrical impulses of the heart which can be either partial or complete. This can result in different rhythms in the upper and lower heart chambers. HYPERTENSION Commonly called high blood pressure. An unstable or persistent elevation of' blood pressure above the normal range, which may eventually lead to increased heart size and kidney damage. ORGANIC HEART DISEASE Heart disease caused by some structural abnormality in the heart or circulatory system. STROKE (strok) Also called apoplectic stroke, cerebrovascular accident, or cerebral vascular accident. An impeded blood supply to some part of the brain, generally caused by: 1. a blood clot forming in the vessel (cerebral thrombosis) 2. a rupture of the blood vessel wal (cerebral hemorrhage) 3. a piece of clot or other 4. material from another part of the vascular system . which flows to the brain . and obstructs a cerebral vessel (cerebral embolism) pressure on a blood vessel, as by a tumor. Write to NIH Feature EAUM TALENT EIHLEE E U ALL ! entertainment on the Fairgrounds this year is FREE Yes, Sept. ALL FOR ALL! After paying the regu- 3 lar gate admission prices of $1.25 for adults and just 25 for children under 12, enjoy all the talent you can see FREE! that 'a great '"JpllliJ in the beehiie Mate XJUUUUUUu II Serv- ice, Bethesda, Md. 20014, for a free copy of the illustrated booklet of 350 definitions, A Handbook of Heart Terms, Publication No. 1073. jTtL OTAUfl STATE (UTAH STATE EAMHS, PHONE 529-339- 0 OF HEALTH MRRURHI KNOW YOUR HEART I Heart Conditions pek'to-ris- MARJORIE MICKELSEN FROM INSTITUTES lEIKESOt blessing, opportunities and responsibilities. The words, we can, inspire us today. to the Massachu- - IRedttuyttd 'Hcum Utah Climate Good For Cbristmas Tree Growing 00 Barney Douglass, who is in charge of Special Forest Products for the U.S. Forest Service in Portland, Oregon is an authority on growing Christmas trees. He visited Utah tMs week and predicted a great future for the Christmas tree business in tMs State. Fve never seen greener needles on Scotch pine, said Mr. Douglass when looking over a plantation on private land near Ogden, Utah. The growth characteristics of the trees indicate that conditions in tMs particular spot are very favorable.' Mr. Douglass came to Utah through the cooperation of the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region at the special request of the Intermountain Region Forest Service personnel in charge of State and Private Forestry programs. The training session on Christmas tree management was developed for the Utah Section of Forestry and Fire Control as part of the help the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the Department of Agriculture, provides through the State and Private Forestry monstration work, visiting plan- The M.I.A. had its opening social Tuesday eveMng under direction of the YMMIA presidency. They went on a hay ride up in the gray Mils and had cMliburgers and root beer. Here for the Open House of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Christensen for their 65th wedding anniversary were: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Christensen and family, Price; Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Sorenson and family, Axtell; Mr. and Mrs. Craig Christensen and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Christensen, Logan; Eric Christensen, Salt Lake City. They had a family dinner Saturday eveMng and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Christensen and sons were with them. Mr. and Mrs. Ernel Christensen had their family together for dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. JuMor Lund and family, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Nielson and family, Center field; Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Holyoak, Cedar City and Mrs. Mary Christensen, were present. Mrs. Orson Harward, Provo visited last week with the Ernel and Mrs. Blaine Poulson. Mrs. Jewel Poulson went to Salt Lake Thursday to meet their son,-- . Breck who came from Michigan after spending the summer there working. Mr. and Mrs. Neldon Peterson and family, Salt Lake came Friday and stopped at the Adley Petersons and Charles Hamptons. They were on their way to CaliforMa on vacation stopping in Las Vegas on their way. Mrs. Charles Hampton went with them. Mrs. Merrill Hampton had a party for her daughter, Cynthia on her 7th birthday Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Russell, Salt Lake spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Edris Mickei-se- n. programs. Christensens. Deputy State Forester Richard P. Klasson, Assistant State Forester Clyn Bishop and five Area Foresters from the Utah Section of Forestry participated in the training. Foresters from the U.S. Forest Service who participated were Mel Hyatt, Dick Henthorne and Bob Pattee. The group spent most of the week in the field on actual de Scoutmaster Douglas Jensen took the scouts on an overMght camping and fisMng trip to Rex Reservoir Friday Mght. They made a project of cleaMng up the beach and around the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hayes and family, Santa Monica, California visited two days with Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Poulson, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Poulson and Mr. Mss Jolene Knorr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knorr of Salt Lake has been visiting the past wo weeks with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Nels tations of Scotch pine, Austrian pine, Douglas fir, Colorado blue spruce, ponderosa pine and natural stands of lodgepole pine in area and near the Kamas. The stands of Christmas trees were all on private land. Mr. Douglass, a recognized Ogden-Pro- vo authority on shearing of Christmas trees grown in plantations and the cultural work needed in natural stands, expressed the opinion that there is a real potential for production of Christmas trees in Utah. It is a crop that with good management can be harvested in about 10 years wMch is a relatively short time when compared with the period it takes to grow sawtimber approximately 100 years. Uy Neighbors Cen-terfie- ld Theres no hot water! Mrs. Alveretta Draper came home from Salt Lake. She had spent two weeks with her children, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sturdivant. Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Lind-har- dt and family and Mrs. Grace Lindhardt, Salt Lake spent the weekend with the Evan Mickel-sen- s. Peterson. Carolyn Peterson was home over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Max Peterson. She is working as a typist in the Home Study Department at B.Y.U. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lund and Thursday, Page 3 September 11, 1969 family and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Lund and family went to Tooele Saturday to attend the wedding of a near relative. Mrs. Rebecca Hales is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Marwood Hales. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jensen and Mr. and Mrs. Ward Jensen were in Nephi Thursday to visit the Harold Jensens. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Jensen and grandchildren were in T.aicp Shore Friday ahd visited Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Poulson. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Streadbeck and children, Salt Lake visited Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs.' Que Mickelsen. Mrs. Streadbeck stayed all week and the Que Mickelsens took her home Mon- - . day. Mrs. Terrel Nelson was in the Gunnison Hospital for medical care Tuesday to Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jensen went to Hyrum over the weekend to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gates. Grace Nelson, accompanied by her father, Hilton Nelson left by plane for Savannah, Georgia to attend the graduation of Cliff Nelson from helicoptor school. They left on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson of Salt Lake City visited over the weekend with Mrs. Vera Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jensen and family of Granger' visited the Lester Jensen home. Mrs. Ivo Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Petty of Salt Lake City were guests at the Mrs. Delta Williams home. |