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Show ll i.' i the Utah y4 UTAH r an V- ? - 8r Devoted to Weekly Newspt Good Government Vol. lO; No. 35 - Soil Lake City, Utah Sat-urad- y -- e m The other is for the nomination He is opposed by George D. of a candidate for United States Senate to Republican Sen. Clyde, Utah's water .expert and Wallace inoppose 6 general the Nov. former dean of engineering at the election. Utah State Agricultural College. Two seek the partys Clyde is presently director of the bid for hopefuls the Senate position. State Sen. Alonzo F. Hopkin, Rich County, a member of 'the Septembei 7, 1956 Dixon Plans Drought Aid Program in Provo Congressman Henry Aldous Dixon outlined for Provo Rotar-ian-s this week what the adminis-tio- n has been doing to aid Utahs drought stricken farmers. Dr. Dixon said he has been spending most of his time since arriving home in Utahs drought stricken areas meeting with farmers and livestock people. My purpose, he said, has been to speed up assistance in . these areas .where the. situation is rapidly growing more serious because of the lack of normal rainfall.- He met with Taylor Allen, State Chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, and others on August 17, in Salt Lake City, includng drectors of the Farmers Home Administration, the Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service, the U .S. Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service and Washington representatives. He met again in Salina last with about 200 livestock men to implement the findings of the first meeting. He listed these findings as: (1) County commissioners and county ASC committees of serious drought stricken counties that have not already been approved for drought relief should apply immediately to the governor. (Dixon said Washington has assured him that there will he no delay once the states makes its recommendations for any help.) 2. Farmers in approved critical areas can get $1.00 a hundredweight off on all feed grains. Recommendation by Dr. (3 Dixon to the U. S. Department of Agriculture that it allow farmers in drought stricken areas $7.50 off a ton on purchase of hay, as is now being done in Texas. (4) Forwarding to the Department of Agriculture a request by the group meeting at Salina for the lowest possible prices on surplus feed grain from other areas. (Dr. ' Dixon forwarded this request. (5) Legislation passed earlier this year allowing the Farmers Home Administration for the first time to lend money to Utah part-timfarmers and owners of small farms; (6) Legislation passed to ex Utah Legislature and dean of the State Senate; and of Utah, Herbert B. Maw. The interest which the primary election should arouse should give the incentive to Utahns to retain their record as the top voting state in the nation in presidential elections, a position held tend from 5 to 10 years the term of loans to farmers in critical areas. since 1948 Legislation passed to permit borrowers from the Farmers Home Administration to renew his loan and to increase them up to 100 percent of the security and to add up all his obligations not eligible for bank loans and put them under FHA. (7) (8) Request by (9) Small Projects Act of 1956 can help by permitting farm organizations and groups to bor- row money without interest to res line and improve canals, and water distribution systems. (Dixon said the State Water Board reports that some irrigation distribution systems waste fully half of the water.) (10) Legislation passed this year removing the federal tax on use. gasoline for head-ditche- non-highwa- In both 1948 and 1952 as well as 1946 and 1950 Utah had the highest percentage y (11) Much relief can come from the provisions of the Soil Bank and especially its appropriation of $500 million available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the purchase of perishable commodities to relieve market gluts. The Congressman has asked the Secretary to use some of these funds to purchase feeder cattle which might flood the market on account of lack of winter feeds. eli- nation. Other battles to be decided by the primary elections include: Democratic Secretary., of Stated Linn C. Baker.-oOgden opposing William A. Barlocker of St. George Attorney General: L. R. Alston, Attorney. ' General, opposing former Atty. Gen. Grover A. Giles. State Auditor: Republican Sherman J. Preece opposing Golden L. Allen; Treasurer: incumbent Sid Lambourne opposing Bryon K. Armstrong. Many counties have primary contest in one or both parties for county commission vacancies and for positions in the State Senate or the House of Representatives. Heavy registration for the election promises a heavy turnout in the primary vote. f left ud iacnakent J. Biackei Lee, finished Primary campaign thisweek. The two gubernatorial candidates George D. Clyde, ex-Depu- ty . await results of Sept 11th Primary Election. of Federal Bldg. Site Set by Budget Bureau Re-Stu- dy Senator Arthur V. Watkins today announced that he had been advised informally that the Bureau of the Budget will request of the proposed new the Federal Building for Salt Lake re-stu- dy City. The senior Utah senator made his announcement following nearly a week of conferences here with field officials of the Bureau of the Budget and General Services Administration. The officials, Lawrence Smith of Washington, special assistant to the director of the Bureau of Budget and Mr. Otto Klein,- - Denver, Regional GSA Administrator, left Salt Secretary Benson has pleaded Lake City Wednesday morning. with- the Democrat controlled Senator Watkins said that both House Committee on Agriculture the and GSA officials for the privilege of using some joinedBudget in the informal recommensurplus commodities for livestock dation after their inspection visit and poultry feeds which cost the here. The will include government $1 million a day stor- consderation of adding additional These age, Rep. Dixon said. offices to the new buildwould commodities have been of agency ing some of which announced intremendous benefit to our drought terest after the original survey stricken counties, but the House was made. The site location also Committee denied his petition in will be reviewed. - re-stu- every instance. The Congressman said the present administration has been able to get onfrpart of its program through Congress and what has been In effect has been in effect for only about one year. He added further that farm income is now upyabout 10 percent over what it was the last six months of 1955. of gible voters cast ballots in general elections of any state in the Representa- tive. Dixon that Agricultural Secretary Benson exercise his authority in critical areas to reduce the interest rate to borrowers from five to three percent. . Tuesday, Sept. 11th, Utahns State Water and Power Board. Democratic voters face a dego to the polls to narrow candidates in the 1956 primary elec- cision of electing either Salt Lake tion. City attorney John S. Boyden or Salt Lake City Commissioner Tremendous Interest on both Democratic and Republican party L. C. Romney as their candidate tickets promises an enthusiastic, for the states top position. Boyden was a primary candiheavy vote turnout. date for governor in 1943, while Most of the interest in the priis taking his first crack mary is generated by the wide-ope- n Romney state since serving in at fight in both parties to the State politics Senate. select a gubernatorial candidate. Democrats face another deThe Incumbent Gov. J. Bracken cision of in their importance Lee is fighting for a third-tervote. nomination in the Republican primary party. 1)11 l. thoroughly I personally sat in on many of the meetings held by Mr. Smith and Mr. Klein with individuals and groups proposing new sites or making suggestions on the type of building needed, said As a result Senator Watkins. of these studies I agreed with the Federal agency representatives that the whole matter should be reconsidered. Senator Watkins said himself will not delay that the the building project more .than a few months. The net result may even be a larger building than we originally counted on," he said. In addition the action will provide time for the Government agencies involved, to thoroughly investigate all available sites. re-stud- y , The Utah Senator pointed out that this did not mean that the GSAs recommended Fort Douglas site on Sunnyside Avenue will be abandoned. When I started working on this project two years ago, projects with federally-ownesites were ones the only being approved by the Congressional committies. Availability of such an outstanding site in Salt Lake spurred approval of our project. It remains a very admirable site from many standpoints. He stated that the GSA will study the entire building proposal between now and January when the Congress is scheduled to reconvene. A nearly recommendation by the GSA and the Bureau of the Budget will permit Congressional Committee action early next session, he indicated. He said he expected to have the full support of the entire Utah Congressional Delegation for early action on this project. re-stu- d . Republicans Cite New Name for Opposition Party The Republican Party will not refer to the Democratic party as the Democratic party during the campaign, a spokesman reported Wednesday. L. Richard Guylay, director of public relations at the Republican National Committee said that it will be a matter of policy for the Republicans to refer to the Democrat opposition as the coming Party, rather than the Democratic. The GOP convention in San Francisco was the first place the new policy was enacted. The word Democratic was omitted from all convention utterances and was replaced by the word Democrat. Guylay says that the GOP feels that the party previously called the Democratic Party should more properly be called the Democrat Party because of the diverse viewpoints within it. |