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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY Heres Your Answer Veterans! Congressional Reform Plan Outlined by CED Committee In a wide ranging program every fight to insist upon a refor Congressional reform, the sponsive and effective Congress. Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) has proposed a series of measures to help ease the burdens of Congress in dealing with the nations changing economic and social conditions. In a policy, statement entitled Making Congress More Effective, the panel of businessmen and educators urged a readjustment of committee structures or procedures in order to improve the Congressional decision making process and called for other steps designed to enhance the influence and effectiveness of The recommended Congress. are both pragmatic and changes immediately practicable, and are designed to overcome obvious weaknesses without undertaking a complete remodeling of the present system, the report has emphasized. The ED is a non-profi- non- t, repartisan and search and educational organization. It is composed of 200 trustees who study major national and international economic and social problems with the purpose of recommending policies to promote stable economic growth with rising living standards and increasing opportunities for all Americans. The formulation of public policy is a point responsibility shared with the Executive, but in the final analysis it is Congress that adopts or rejects the legislation- - that determines the health of the economy, the national security, the character of life both urban and rural, the condition of the environment, and the levels of generational, racial and other group tensions. The people of this country have non-politic- al - The study proposes a basic change in the Congressional handling of fiscal economic policy. To increase coordination and establish a central foculs for economic decisions, the Committee urged the eventual consolidation a single committee in each chamber. On an immediate called for the establishment of an annual budget review by a joint panel of committees concerned with economic and budgetary policy. With respect to the responsibility of Congress for administrative review, the Committee urged greater emphasis on the evaluation of program accomplishments and less upon comparatively minor spot inquiries into isolated expenditures. e In order to encourage planning the Committee suggesed that authorizations be made for a minimum of 4 years and that projects be approved on a full funding basis for their estimated total cost. The Committee emphasized the need for Congres to establish and observe deadline dates for both authorizations and appropriations. This change was necessary, according to the committee, in order to end the practice of extending the budget decisions long past the beginning of the fiscal year for which they are intended, as was the case in fiscal 1970. At the same time, the Committee placed heavy stress on the need for changing the federal fiscal year to coincide with the calendar year. The additional six months would give Congress more time to enact the budget and woudl insure that appropriations always precede expendtiures, the Committee explained. long-rang- Citizens for a Better Utah Pass Enforcement Resolution The central committee of Citizens for a Better Utah has passed a resolution asking Utahs legislature to amend the states present liquor law only to strengthen enforcement, Richard A. Van Winkle, chairman, said recently. The committee represents a cross section of community leaders from various religious, business, and labor organizations. Mr. Van Winkle said the resolution was passed without a dissenting vote, after considerable study and discussion of our present liquor law, the results it is bringing, and the attitude of Utah voters toward the law. To date our findings have led us to the conclusion that our Utah legislature did an excellent job in enacting this law, Mr. Van Winkle added. Members of the legislature who supported the legislation, approximately of both houses, can be proud of their efforts. The new liquor law went into effect in July 1969. Citizens for a Better Utah led the successful fight against the proposal before Utah voters in the 1968 election. A study of the adult consumption of distilled spirits and wine during the past year shows that the average adult in Utah increased his consumption less than a third as much as the average adult in the United States, the Citizens for a Better Utah leader noted. Information prepared from data of the Utah two-thir- ds , liquor-by-the-drin- . k Liquor Control Commission and from census reports show that last year the average adult in the United States increased his or her consumption of distilled spirits and wine from 4.81 to 5.00 gallons. In Utah, the increase was from 2.47 to 2.53 gallons. James E. Faust, vice chairman of the Citizens for a Better Utah group, pointed out that a recent survey of Utahs voters showed that the majority of them either favor the new Utah liquor law or would advocate changes resulting in a stricter law. The same survey showed that only 3.5 percent of Utahns believe the present liquor law is bad for Mr. Faust added. tourism, While there may be increasing pressures by some of those in the restaurant and resort business to liberalize our liquor laws, we must keep in mind that in the 1968 election Utah voters deprofeated a to a two posal by approximately one majority. A check of local police and sheriff officers across the state shows that they are generally pleased with the excellent cooperation they are receiving from the states Liquor Law Enforcement Division created by the new liquor law, said B. Z. Kastler, Jr., a member of the Citizens for a Better Utah committee. He noted that in the first annual report of Robert F. Carter, division director, that Mr. Carter observed that under the liquor-by-the-drin- . k 1, 1971 Q. How many months can a veteran take training under the GI Bill. A. Veterans with 18 months or more of service who have satisfied their active duty requirements have full entitlement of 36 months. A veteran with less than 18 months earns one and one-ha- lf months (up to a maximum of 36 months) for each month or fraction of month of service on active duty on or after Feb. 1, 1955. Q. How does a veteran go about establishing service connection for a disability? A. Make application to the nearest VA regional office and submit proof that your disability was either incurred or aggravated during military service. The best proof would be records of treatment received while in the Page Five Utah Symphony Holds Family Pops Concert . . service. Q. I understand that VA will pay me fill time benefits for taking 12 hours at college, is it correct? A. Yes, if the college considers semester hours full time. Q. I was a chaplain attached to an Army unit in Vietnam. Am I entitled to any veterans benefits? A. You are entitled to the same benefits as any honorably discharged veteran. See or write your VA regional office for the specific information on any benefit in which you are interested. 12 Register for 1971 Advance Ski School The Salt Lake County Recreation Department will register students 9 years old and older for the 1971 Advanced Ski School January 4 through January 8, 9:00 a.m. til 4:30 p.m. at the Recreation Departments Administrative Offices, 4th Floor, County Complex, 2033 South State, Salt Lake. Lessons will be given at Solitude beginning January 9 and continuing for the following 5 Saturdays. A fee of $13.00 will be charged. This fee will entitle the student to 6 lesduration. No sons of two-hotaken by be will registration for the traPlans or mail. phone ditional Beginner's Ski School will be announced at a later date. For additional information, Call ur 486-938- conditions are much better than they were. Our committee believes that the Utah legislature should give consideration to further strengthening this state enforcement division created by the new liquor law, not only to further enhance the cooperative effort with local law enforcement officers in liquor control but also in the control of the use of drugs, Mr. Van Winkle said. Under the new liquor law, the state enforcement division is charged with drug control as well as with liquor control. Certainly every responsible Utah citizen favors greater control of drug traffic in the Beehive State. new liquor law If its printing ... dial 364-846- 4 DRIVERS NEEDED Train now to drive semi truck, local and over the road. Diesel or gas; experience helpful but not necessary. Ycu can earn over $4.50 per hour after short training. For interview and applicaor write tion, call United Systems, Dept., Safety U.M.T.A. Credit Union Inc. Bldg., 223 W. 700 South, Salt Lake City. Utah 84101. 801-322-32- 12, (12-2- 5 1-- 1) d An exciting treat is in store January 16 when the Utah Symphony presents another Family Pops Concert. The entire family is sure to enjoy this venture into the realm of familiar, and always popular music. The Family Pops Concert, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, has easily become an annual event, by popular demand. Appearing with the Symphony will be three outstanding Barbershop choruses and, as a special added attraction, the Internationally famous Evans Quartet. Ardean Watts, Associate Conductor of the Utah Symphony, will direct the full Orchestra in a program of familiar orchestral favorites, plus hit songs from the leading Broadway musical Oliver! There will be something for young and old, for seasoned concert-goers and for those attenda Utah ing Symphony concert for the first time. Returning again, after last years triumph, are the Bountiful Chordbusters, directed by Turk Evans. Two other S.P.E.B.S.Q. S.A. (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America) choruses make their first appearance this year with the Symphony. They are the Salt Lake Beehive Statesmen, directed by Robert Brock, and the Utah Valley Skyline Chorus, Val Hicks, director. All three choruses will join together to render Do You Remember When with Carl Hancuff as narator. Then each chorus will perform numbers from its own barbershop bag of songs, such as I Never fun-fille- See Maggie Alone, Goodbye, to the Me Get Love, My Lady Church on Time, and By the Time I Get to Phoenix. All three choruses and Orchestra will present a rousing finale, a medley of familiar barbershop songs. The Evans Quartet is one of a kind. They were the first International Champion Barber Shop Quartet from the Western U.S., and their great musicianship has earned recognition everywhere, as a result of their many appearDec-c- a ances and their best-selliand Chord recordings. They ng New $5 Food Stamp Coupon Available The United States Department of Agriculture is notifying retail grocers participating in the Food Stamp program that a new $5 coupon soon will become avail- able, augmenting the present $2 and coupons. Since $2 coupons cannot be used as change, retailers are being advised to increase their working supply of unendorsed coupons to meet an increased need for change-makin- g as the $5 coupon maroon in color with an oval picture of Abraham Lincoln on the left side comes into use. The new $5 coupons will come in a book of six, with serialized identification numbers. The time of introduction will vary. In some states it will be available immediately, but in others it will not be in general use until some time later. Some 17,000 retail grocers in nine western states, including Alaska and Hawaii, are authorized to accept USDA food stamps. 50-ce- nt 50-ce- nt have traveled over a million air miles to present this American style of singing. Inactive for a time, they are together again and better than ever!: The Evans are continually sought after throughout the nation for personal ap. pearances, but, fortunate for Utah music lovers, they prefer to appear in their own home country. They will appear on the Family Pops oncert as a special added attraction and will add lustre to an already exciting evening for the entire family. Tickets are on sale at 55 West First South, at all Z.C.M.I. stores, and from members of the barbershop choruses. Tickets are priced at $2, $3, and $4. A special family ticket for only $10 admits the whole family, with seats in the best locations. While the ' Utah Symphony, just as any major orchestra in the world, is biest known for its . performances of symphonies, concertos and other serious works, concerts of liyhter music and popular favorites are an important part of their activities. Throughout the Utah Symphonys thirty year history, Pops concerts hape been able. to and interest a growing audience of music lovers. . de-liy- ht - . Ecology Croups May Be Working Against Selves ' Fear that ecologically oriented groups may actually be working against themselves, the public and the environment they seek to protect was expressed in Washington by an executive of the American Forest Institute.' Insects and disease, unchecked in the name of ecology, are becoming a serious threat to parks and wildemes areas, said George C. Cheek, executive vice presi- dent. Unless measures corrective are taken, the nations future timber supply also could be re- duced, he said. American Forest Institute is a non profit association of forest products companies and others with an interest in conserving the nations timber producing forest land. It is best known for its sponsorship of the tree farm program, and has members in every state. Cheek said some of the nations largest insect- infestations are in the boundaries of recreation areas, includig Yellowstone National Park, and that two other potentially large areas are being considered .for. inclusion in new reserves. Control measures applied on commercial timber lands are banned in park areas on grounds that interference with natural would destroy the processes character of the forest. The result is the destruction of the forest itself. This is a nat-rphenomenon, but the natural process of regeneration takes hundreds of years. Minor intervention by professional foresters can preserve the character of a forest indefinitely.. Cheek said presently affected areas include over 100,000 acres in Yellowstone park, about 100,-00- 0 acres in Minnesota and in miles of insect killed lodgepole pine in the Chamberlain basin of the Idaho Primitive area. In the Minam river area, under consideration for addition to the Eagle Cap wilderness in Oregon, current losses of trees to insects is per year. - - . 3 ' . al |