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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Page Four FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1960 I THE SALT LAKE PVlsFj I By BOB HICKS While many of us are pulling hard for the national ticket nom-inated in Los Angeles last week, let's not forget the important de-tails of life here in the inter-mounta- in west. It seems all the candidates for the governorship are agreed that some way has to be found to pull more payrolls into the state and provide sufficient new tax reve-nues from industry to give the average Utahn a break both in wages and in tax relief for the little man. Ira A. Huggins is waxing en-thusiastic over the way little old Mississippi has tackled the same problem facing us here. He wants some industries that will help Utah farmers supplement their income during off seasons when there are no crops to help bring home the bread and butter. With this plan, he said, many farmers who would otherwise lose their livelihood could keep head above water with a little extra cash earned while work- - ing in, say, a small tool and die shop. Sheldon R. Brewster was back in the news again this week with his plan for reorganizing state government. This man apparent-ly feel that a governor, like the president, should have a cabinet to handle the state's administra-tive needs, which are getting a little too big for one man. Like Huggins, Brewster worries a lot about 23 of the 29 counties los-ing population, because they provide no opportunity for youth who must leave the state to pur-sue their careers. Aside from politics: Utahns everywhere beam with pride over their own lovely Linda ment, Miss Universe of 1960. Miss Bement tells this reporter in her very modest way of the thrill she and her parents feel over this honor. No more so, however, than the way we all feel about lovely Linda. Her year ahead may be followed, she says, by an acting career or col-lege. Whatever she decides, we wish only the best for Miss Uni-verse, the Queen of Utah's heart. THE SALT LAKE TIMES ConUwd with Tb UU Laii Minhi 6 Ugd earless mium etj fthUj at sit uk a$ vh . Entered at the portoffice at Salt Lake Gtj a taxed IBdependeat clus matter August 23, 1923 wider the act of March t, leVSpaper 7U Smai Wwt Tefliple Tekpiooe EM 64 GLENN BJOKNN, Publuher SJRcription Price IJjOO per year in adrance 7iw pmMksthn is mat ewuU of entnibi h ) P"l 1"" Volume 40 Number 9 The Meaning of Pioneer Day (Continued from Page 1) pioneers Sunday and Monday. In these days of strife when courage like that of the pioneers is required of all of us it is well that we pause to reflect on men and women of '47. The same dauntless spirit that sustained them on their dangerous trips across the country more than 100 years ago is needed today when each morning's newspaper brings news of more violence and threats of violence in the world. It is well that we take stock of ourselves now and see if we measure up, if we would be willing to make similar sacrifices if called upon. That is the reason for honoring those who demonstrated their willingness to risk all for their beliefs more than a century ago. Sen. AAoss Reports Support For Vetoed Clean Water Bill the local governments could not afford it and they got little or no help from the federal gov-ernment. It should also be re-membered that in states like Utah, where 75 per cent of the land belongs to the federal gov-ernment, that a considerable amount of pollution and siltation of our streams has its beginning on the lands belonging to the federal government. Should not the nation accept the responsi-bility for the conditions they have allowed to be created? "Certainly, this is no time and no area in which to get parsi-monious with federal expendi-tures." Senator Frank E. Moss has re-ported that in Utah public sup-port for the clean water bill (Federal Water Pollution Act of ,1960) has increased since it was passed by Congress and vetoed by the president. He said he was encouraged by the "increase in articles and edi-torials which have appeared in Utah publications." He put into the Congressional Record one by Editor Lee Kay which appeared in the April issue of the Utah Fish and Game Magazine. Indicating that the campaign to step up the federal program of pollution abatement was not over, the Senator said: "As every military man knows, the loss of a skirmish can sometimes in-spire victory in a full scale bat-tle." Mr. Kay's article said that the streams of America reflect the conscience of American and con-tinued: "America's streams, clouded and befouled with the siltation from mountain and prairie land dirtied with the refuse from fac-tories, and made dangerous and unproductive with the refuse of man and other animals, presents a picture that indicates the peo-ple have little conscience." Mr. Kay takes issue with those who contend that fighting con-tamination is a local matter: "Water pollution is nationwide. Local governments cannot cope with the problem. Although some aid has been given as federal appropriations it has not been enough." He praised the vetoed bill as having several factors of "great merit," and said: "The problem is so great it is foolish to think that without some subsidation most states can carry on the work of making clean water from the mess cre-ated. "In recent years, as a result of national emergencies, small towns have become moderately large cities and communities have been built that never be-fore existed. It is true that some of these municipalities have had their water pollution problems J taken care of but there are many I that have not, mainly because the-LE- ASED GRAPEVINE r The state school office this week reported a nearly three million dollar increase is ex-pected next year in the Utah pub-lic school program guaranteed by state funds. The office reported the basic program cost about $46,818,650 in the last school year and will cost an estimated $49,759,930 in the next year. Cause of the increase is an esti-mated 11,315 more students. Mayor J. Bracken Lee has asked the City Commission to authorize a study of all contracts providing exclusive rights to concessions at city parks and golf courses. The latest proposal of the Utah Highway Department on the southeast quadrant of the belt route around the metropolitan Salt Lake City was endorsed by the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. The proposed route will parallel Wasatch Blvd. from Parleys Canyon to 62nd South and swing southwesterly to 64th Sotuh as it progresses west be-yond Murray. Wilbur L. Rasmussen, 63, 756 E. 17th South, superintendent of claims, Salt Lake City Post Of-fice, has announced he will retire July 31 after 41 years service with the department. , A study is under way on Capi-tol Hill in response to a Salt Lake City request that the state begin paying for city water used there. Gov. George D. Clyde referred the request to Attorney General Walter L. Budge for review. Purchase of 30 shares of stock in the Brown and Sanford Ir-rigation Co. at $135 a share or a total price of $4,050 has been approved by the Salt Lake City Commission. Some 32,333 or 3.64 per cent of Utah residents are receiving public assistance or welfare pay-ments, according to a survey by the Utah Taxpayers Association. Backers of initiative legisla-tion to put Utah deputy sheriffs under civil service have until Sept. 19 to come up with the re-quired number of valid signa-tures, Secretary of State Lamont F. Toronto ruled this week. MSgt. Derold L. Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Simmons, 563 Willard St., recently began a three month tour of the U. S., including Alaska, as a member of the Army Field Bind. The band, commanded and con-ducted by Maj. Chester E. Whit-ing, is regularly stationed at Ft. George C. Meade, Md. Sergeant Simmons, a clarinet-ist, entered the Army in 1934. He attended the University of Utah and Utah State Agricul-ture College. Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked . Porter. Democrats Must Pull Together Democrats in convention in Los Angeles have come up with a candidate combination which should appeal to all including many of the so-call- ed "independent" voters. Since the convention went off in a smooth manner with no major party splitting fights there is every reason to believe all factions within the party will pull together to assure victory in November. , After eight years away from the White House the Demo-cratic Party appears on the verge of a return to those historic halls. But a lot of hard work lies ahead. As Sen. John F. Kennedy demonstrtaed in his campaign for the nomination, nothing pays off better than good, hard work. It is expected that all party members will go into the cam-paign with the same zeal and determination as the standard bearer. Don't Be A Firebug Campers, smokers and incendiary carelessness annually ac-counts for nearly half of the destructive range and forest fires in Utah, according to American Forest Product Industry reports. Department of fish and game spokesmen note that these figures again highlight the need for caution when using fire while in the outdoors. Each year in the United tSates hundreds of thousands of valuable range and forest lands are lost through carelessness with fire. Often these lands play a critical part in the production of fish and game. Earth scorched by fire cannot support game animals or birds and siltation from these burned out areas often means the end of fishing in nearby waters. Range and forest conditions throughout most of Utah are tinder dry during the present continuing drought period. Care-lessness with fire of any kind can mean the loss of hundreds of acres of productive range lands. It is a time to exercise special care as we go afield. Make sure your campfire is cold before leaving it unattended, break matches before throwing them away, and use your car ashtrays. Don't be a firebug! Rep. David S. King Addresses Meet of United Steelworkers "Attempts to make a political football of the labor movement and the labor issue do this nation a serious disservice in this criti-cal hour in American history," Rep. David S. King declared on Wednesday. The congressman was a speaker at a regional conference of the United Steelworkers of America of the non-ferro- us metals indus-try at the Newhouse Hotel. "When the opposition persists in its smear attacks on labor, it serves to divide clas against class to divide wage earners against employers, at a time when the need for national unity has not been greater," he said. "The issue of labor reform is behind us. The job now is to encourage the harmony between labor and management which will promote the national we need to unity triumph in the long range struggle against commu-nism, oppression and aggression. The Congressman said that if it his his privilege to represent Utah for another term, he will ask the 87th Congress to support an annual United National type assembly among national lead-ers of labor and management. "Such an assembly would give these forces a chance to discuss national problems and mutual problems as fellow Americans and not as adversaries, in an atmosphere free from the ten-sions and discords which sur-round them at the bargaining tables where they usually meet, Mr. King concluded. Duty is the sublimest word in the language; you can never do more than your duty; you should never wish to do less. Robert E. Lee. , uuu -- You only lose your temper yhen you are not sure of your ground. Frederick Dunn. |
