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Show the Utah Hopefuls5 Looking At S0CUT10N Senate Seat In Next Years Vote Campaign . A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government :c VoL 11; No. 36 Salt Lake City, Utah Parties Prepare For Big Push As Candidate Interests Rise 1 Friday, Sept. 13. 1957 States 57 Cash on Hand H Rule Increases In General Fund Petitions Surplus, Income Tops Earlier Estimates Circulated The Utah State Finance Commission closed its records on the last biennium Monday and reported that the states purse is in healthy condition about healthier than the budget presented to the Legislature indicated. The cash surplus in the general fund as of June 30 was $8,357,515 $343,809 more than anticipated. The commission reported the surplus Monday after checking off all expenditures, all appropriations and the funds which had been appropriated but had lapsed back to the general fund at the close of the biennium. $2,-754,0- 00 DawsonCites V Probl U. S. Inflation eral fund revenues for the fiscal t year starting July 1 would be An drive to obtain a $34,527,500, an increase over its home rule charter for Salt Lake original budget estimated of City got under way Monday. Petitions asking for charThe revised totals of the gen- ter proposal be placed on the eral fund balance, estimated 1957 municipal election ballot earnings and a five million dol- were in circulation and will be lar appropriation from the states available to citizens all week long. welfare fund to the general fund, A force of 50 or more volungives the state a total of $57,885,-01- 5 teer workers hope to corral some to meet its governmental ex- 7,000 signatures favoring the charter proposal by Saturday. penses during this year. A total of 6,670 signatures of Appropriated from the general fund this year is $38,961,200. Not registered Salt Lake City voters allowing for any deficit appropria- is needed to have the charter tions, that gives the state a bal- question submitted to the people ance of $8,923,815 above its ob- in the Nov. 5 city election. Four booths opened in downligations. town Salt Lake City Monday $2,753,809 Total on the mezzanine of Thus, the expected increase in morning revenues and the general fund the Hotel Utah, at' the 2nd South balance gives the state $2,753,809 and Main Walker Bank Building, more to work with than the Leg- at 3rd South and Main and at 143 islature had anticipated in set- So. Main St. Volunteers carrying petitions ting up the budget. e a started canvass The general fund is. the states which blanketed all Monday night out the which it of pays purse areas the at some of time city the of governexpenses running '' ment. It does not include other during the week. J. D. Williams, secretary of expenses, such as the support proHome Rule Committee, said the gram for public schools, an obligation met from the uniform school signatures on the petitions will be checked by the Salt Lake fund. The revenue, received over ap- Coiinty Clerks office as fast as propriations and deficiency appro, possible. To be valid, signatures must priatlons made by the Board of Examiners during the last period be those of registered voters livwas $570,796. The increase over ing within the city and eligible the budget estimates was $7,430,-26- to cast a ballot In the 1957 elecAnd the amount lapsed into tion. Mr. Williams said all persons the general fund by state agencies which did not spend their total carrying petitions have been urged to stress the fact that petition appropriations was $356,455 are only signifying their making a total balance of $8,357,-51- 5 signers to have the home rule desire as of June 30. charter question placed on the November Estimate ballot. We are stressing to the citizen The finance commission, in pre- that he is not endorsing home paring the budget for the cur- rule or any specific form of govrent biennium last November, ernment by signing these petiestimated the end of the fiscal tions, Mr. Williams said. All the citizen is asked to enyear balance of $8,013,706. redorse is whether the electorate It had figured that it would ceive about $700,000 from the should have a chance to decide State Welfare Commission as a if a l&member charter commislapsed appropriation. But $700,000 sion should be set up to study of the welfare commissions funds city government and frame a were appropriated back to the charter for submission to the voters at a later date, he said. commission by the Legislature. all-ou- $2,-410,00- 0. house-to-hous- -- The federal government must curtail expenses as its starting contribution to a solution of the countrys greatest problem of inflation, Rep. William A. Dawsaid Monday upon son h his return home for a visit. Congress, he said, must especially resist extension of the federal government into new fields of expenditures and economize all down the line, including foreign economic aid. (R-Uta- h) two-mont- Demos Reverse The GOP congressman declared that the Democrats, as majority party in Congress, talked economy but in many fields supported proposals which would feed inflation. "Democratic policies in the field he commented, of economy, were guided by politics rather than by economies. Pep. Dawson said he was not entirely satisfied with the record of the last Congress, remarking that some good things were accomplished but that some unwise actions were taken. He added that Utah fared very well in the . session. Request Granted The requested appropriation for the Upper Colorado River Project was granted, he said, and not many projects were granted the full request. Rep. Dawson, who 1ms been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Republican Senate nomination next year, said he was not yet ready to discuss his plans for the 1958 campaign. He will establish an office in Provo next Monday, and this will be kept open until Oct. 1. At that time he will set up an office in Salt Lake City (Newhouse Hotel) and keep that open until about Nov. 1 when he will leave to participate in a series of committee hearings on reclamation. Income Outlook Up The Utah State Tax Commission reported recently that gen- - - 8. Politicians in both parties are starting to take a closer look at prospective issues and candidates for the 1958 congressional election, the chief incentive being the return of Utahs congressional members. The chief focus of attention is the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins The senior senator said upon his return that he was not yet ready to talk about plans for next years (R-Uta- campaign. Already a sizeable list of po- tential Challengers has developed for his seat. And the list may grow or contract by the time fil- ing period rolls around. J. Bracken Lee, who served two terms in the governors office as a Republican and sought a third as an independent, is confiding to close associates that he intends to seek the Senate seat next year. But he is leaving unanswered. the question of whether Civil Defense Sets Date For Conference Cooperating with the Federal Civil Defense Administration, the State of Utah will hold its annual Womens Conference at the Newhouse Hotel on Sept. 18, beginning at 8 am. There will be representatives from Federal Civil Defense Administration headquarters in Bat tie Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Jean Wood Fuller, who is in charge of Womens Activities for the United States. Mrs. Lovilla Lalor from Region VII in Santa Rosa, Calif., will also attend, and both of these ladies will give instructions and information on the progress of Civil Defense in Womens Activities. Governor George D. Clyde will also be present to open the he will make a bid for the GOP nomination or run as an independent. A law passed by the last State Legislature presumably will prevent him from trying both routes. The new act rules that anyone unsuccessful in seeking a party nomination is ineligible to file subsequently as an independeht candidate. Most frequently mentioned as possible candidates for the GOP nomination, other than Sen. Watkins and Mr. Lee, are State Sen. Sherman P. Lloyd and Rep. William A. Dawson. Associates of Sen. Lloyd say his decision to run or not to run will not be determined by what anyone else decides to do. Some of the backers of Rep. Dawson report he will seek to his Second District House Seat. Others insist he may still decide to bid for the r Senate term. On the Democratic side, at least a half dozen names can be placed in the prospective list, either n a basis of their own expressed interest or because of trial balloons being flown by groups who would like to get them interested. The group includes State Sen. Alonzo F. Hopkin, the partys nominee for the office last year; former State Sen. Iro A. Huggins of Ogden, who received a lot of encouragement to become a candidate in 1956; Salt Lake County Attorney Frank E. Moss, who sought the partys gubernatorial nomination; Oscar W. Jr., the Second District congressional nominee in 1956; Calvin L. Hampton, Salt Lake attorney who also was subjected to some pressure to run last year, and Worwick C. Lamoreaux, attorney and former state senator. Mr. Hopkin has indicated to the party leaders that he is not interested in a rerun but some of them are unwilling to accept this re-electi- six-yea- . Mc-Conk- For Young Utahns Academy Exams Announced Utahns who are interested are Young Utahns interested in appointment to U.S. invited to write to either Utah WASHINGTON service academies may arrange Senator, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., to obtain the ations that will be offered at 17 necessary application forms. The Utah posts offices on Nov. 18, completed forms must be returned Senators Arthur V. Watkins and not later than Oct 15. To be eligible, candidates must Wallace F. Bennett of Utah announced today. be citizens, single, not less than The Utah Senators use the an- 17 years of age nor more than nual Civil Service examination to 22 by July 1, 1958. An exacting aid in selecting candidates for ap-- . physical examination is required. pointment to the U.S. Military, The qualifying examination inNaval, Air Force and Merchant cludes problems in mathematics, Marine Academies. Candidates English, spatial relations and othwill be enrolled in the academies er subjects. class of 1958, upon satisfactory Utah examinations will be conin post offices in American the of ducted final completion qualifying examination and other entrance Fork, Beaver, Cedar City, Delta, requirements of the particular Richfield, Salt Lake City, St. George, Tooele and Vernal. academy. now to take qualification examin- Mrs. Wallace L. Willins, who Is In charge of the Home Rule Peti- tion booth at the Walker Bank Bldg, in Salt Lake, receives the signature of C. B. Maxfield. (Photo courtesy of Desert News.) ie |