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Show U.S.and Soviet Davies- - Comparison Pages . UNIVERSITY OF UTAH The MAR IS 05 1975 ill Independent Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth 1rtr'k'ir1r'eic'tc'icir'tr'6rk'i!rtr'iHc'ec'kiriririr1r'kir'kikiHHHc'k'k'ir'r'ir'4HHr'ir'ic'tr Vol. 6, No. 9 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 KILLS February 27, 1975 EQUAL RIGHTS 54-2- 1 EQUALRIGHTS AMENDMENT by Erma J. Christensen our nation. The difference between both equally idealistic people was that of interpretation of the Equal Rights Amendment. The proponents felt for the opening of the gallery at deeply that this was a mandatory 1130. This was the day Legislature law that must be passed to help the was going to debate and vote on the poor women who are obliged to Equal Rights Amendment. The make a living and support their proponents had been at thccapitol families, that all the laws that are all night on a candlelight vigil to supposed to bring their equal rights show their deep concern over have failed, that women arc being women's rights all over the nation. treated as inferiors, their pedestals They wanted to show' the are crumbling, and that men and Legislature that they were willing women have been brought up m to brave the 25 temperature all roles that are too stereotyped. The opponents have slated night soasto impress them with the seriousness of the issue. again and again that women arc the Women opposing the F.qual privileged sex. the laws are Rights Amendment gathered in the functioning, and that the ERA will rotunda, each one of whom was not provide the equally disturbed and concerned relief for unfortunate women that about the rights of men and women Continued on page 9 ucsd;iy. February IK, 1975 was a suspense ful, exciting day for Utah Legislature. Men and women began arming at K:3() A.M. to congregate in the rotunda to wait 1 in Officials Cite Metro Objections Reprinted from the Green Sheet Cost Power Problems Etc. - by Michele Bartmess SALT LAKE. This countys three top elected officials join an ever growing chorus of officials and private citizens who are opposed to the government merger proposal that will be decided by voters on March 4. To a man, the three men are opposed to the plan although they differ in their suggestions to improve on the present form of county government. Commissioner William E. Dunn, the lone Republican on the commission, favors abolishment of the commission form of goemment, but is not happy in any way with the proposed charter. Pete Kutulas would prefer p consolito see a dation of certain services and a streamlining of county city-coun- ty step-by-ste- government, allowing pro- fessional individuals to man- age the various departments now headed by the commissioners, with the commissioners serving as an executive board to jointly administer - 4 ... J functions. Commission chairman Ralph Y. McClure favors making improvements within the present form of government that has served the county for more than half a century. Ford (Motor Company) didn't throw away the whole car when it became evident that it no longer served the publics need, they refined it and made improvements until they created a highly efficient machine, he said. Yet we are being asked to throw away our entire form of government for something completely untried and tested, he continued. un- MR. DUNN Commissioner Dunn admitted to having mixed emotions about the charter because of what he cites as a serious need to restructure government in the county, an effort he had been involved in for some 10 years. However, he said that he does not agree with the concept of complete consolidation of the city and county. In answering charges that political figures in the county have a vested interest in seeing the proposal defeated, the former Murray mayor said, That's preposterous. I would give up my job today if we were assured of a better form of government in this county. Of the options open to the study commission, the commissioner said that he favored the urban county form of government that was essentially an improvement in presentation without involvement of Salt Lake City. But that form was eliminated by the framers of the proposal. However, the commissioner said, further action from the State Legislature would be required before the type of government that would really serve the needs of this county could be evolved. Pitts , Mayor Conrad Harrison, & Pete Kutulas What is proposed is better than the present form, but not what we really need and I think the citizens of Salt Lake County should hold out until we get what is best for all concerned, he concluded in stating his intention to vote against the proposal. million. Of that $70 million, only $6 million is uncommitted at this time, thus the new government is facing a finan- MR. McCLURE admit that there will be no savings. I maintain that there will be a great increase in costs and it may turn out that in this thing. Proponents Also expressing concern about the cost of the proposed form of government was Commission chairman McClure. He explained that the 25 units of government, so strenuously objected to by the framers of the proposal have a bonding power exceeding $330 million. The new government would be given only the bonding power of Salt Lake County government which is cial disaster almost immediately, he explained. We would be buying a pig in a poke, he said. There are too many lurking dangers $70 less efficient services are actually provided. The commissioner explained that in other communities where consolidation has occurred, costs have risen up to three times more than the previous governments had operated on. He accused the framers of the proposal of playing Continued on page II |