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Show u:;ivs3A!i MicaoFiLir:a ccrp. BOX 2603 3 84101 CITY I Auditor Jones Says Departments Welcome Revenue Sharing Fund Jay E. Banks Named To Third District Court Judgeship Mr. Jones stated that where the revenue sharing programs (Continued on page 8) Reva Beck Bosone Honored by Home Town, American Fork Jay E. Banks After many months of controAt tliis most joyous season of the year let us stop versy over a judgeship on the from our ever hurrying schedule to ponder the true mean- The offices of the Salt Lake City Auditor and City Treasurer will now be kept busier with the arrival of the first revenue sharing check. City Auditor Lawrence A. Jones will be the person responsible for the added bookwork for the various funds of which the monies will be earmarked. Of Salt Lake Citys first revenue check in the amount of for the first six months June 30, was divided ending into six departments on full agreement of the City Commis$1,-796,5- sion. 88 Although the monies for the revenue sharing will help the various departments the allotted ! Third District Court bench, Governor Calvin L. Rampton has appointed Jay E. Banks to fill the seat. Mr. Banks will replace Judge Merrill C. Faux, who will retire from the bench on December 31. The much contested controversy arose from Mr. Banks prior to his appointment when he did not run for election to the bench. A state provision in the conBosone Reva Beck that no memstitution Reva Beck Bosone has been ber of theprovides can file for judge bar honored by her home town of (Continued on page 8) American Fcrk, Utah, with the addition of newspaper clippings and other articles on her life Jean Westwood Says being filed in the local historica files of the library at American Her Battle to Defend Fork library. The Chair Was Right Mrs. Bosone is best rememAfter a tough battle to keep bered for her work in Utah in the chairmanship position of the the fields of law, politics anc National Committee. government. She was the firs; Democratic Westwood said the battle Jean woman to hold numerous posts was well but worth the tough on the state and national level. time and effort. Mrs. Bosone is a graduate o Even though forced to finally the American Fork High School step down, she believes her fight and attended Westminster Junior to the end saved party reforms College in Salt Lake City anc which she believes are vital to enrolled at the University of the future of the party. California at Berkeley. Mrs. Westwood won her right She served in the U.S. House to keep the chair after defeating of Representatives, where she Texas lawyer Robert Strauss by was the first woman to serve on a vote of 105 to 100. After her the Interior Committee. fight and victory she resigned Reva Beck Bosone taught schoo her position in the interest of for seven years before she took party unity. up the study of law. In 1932 she Mrs. Westwood went on to say was elected to the Utah State that we must now give Mr. Legislature. She was appointed Strauss the time and help to Salt Lake City Judge December 1, 1936 and resigned January 3, bring the Democratic Party back amounts for each do not come anywhere near the first priority request of the departments themselves. To meet the priority need of the departments an effort will be made in the capital improvements budget for the next fiscal year to pick up more pressing need of some other departments. To change the budget for the upcoming year is impossible, but as the year progresses, Mr. Jones will be able to determine which department has any surplus and then may transfer the needed funds to the various departments which are running into a shortage of monies to 1949. complete the fiscal year. together, ing of the Christmas Season. The meaning at this time of year to most is the season for giving and the feeling of love to each other. But why only at this time of each' year does this feeling prevail? Let us try in the upcoming year to strive for unity among family, community state and nation, for the feeling of love towards mankind should be felt all year long and not just once a year. From the staff of The Salt Lake Times to you, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous Xew Year. TODAYS EDITORIAL - Profile of a Policeman Contrary to popular belief, it is not the sadist but the immature personality who is often drawn to police work and prone to trouble, suggests a police personnel expert. It is usually the insecure, passive, threatened police officer who is tempted to use force inappropriately, says I)r. Robert 11. Mills, head of the University of Cincinnati Criminal Justice Department. lie warns that unless the standard of police conduct :s raised quickly, policemen will remain an object of hostility from some segments of the community. One mans insensitivity in handling a potentially explosive crisis lias often adversely affected entire departments. (Continued on page 4) |