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Show 'Dawson, Clyde Scheduled As Guest Speakers At Salt Lake City Confab REP. WILLIAM A. DAWSON . . . Sets GOP Talk Some 178 Republican party lead ers will meet at the Newhouse Hotel Saturday, at 9:30 a.m. to form an immediate organization for election victories in 1960. Representatives from throughout Utah counties and other levels will attend the meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss and form plans for the Victory in 1960 election drive. Slated to attend the meet are state, committeemen, county chairmen and vice chairmen of the Republican party. An analysis of the 1958 election will be presented by Dr. ElRoy Nelson and Mrs. Dorothy Stevenson at a morning session. Governor George Dewey Clyde and former Representative William A. Dawson will be featured as luncheon speakers. Among the topics to be discussed in the afternoon will be fund raislevel, Young ing at the gross-roRepublican activity, citizenship service Committees, apprentice programs and regional training confer ot ences. Thomas G. Judd, state chairman of the Republican party, stated that We Republicans are convinced that we have a superior product to offer the citizens of Utah. By that we mean the best and the most economical kind of government But the results of the last election showed that the opposition d and us. We do not intend to be caught short twice. out-organiz- out-financ- ed out-vote- Funeral Services Planned TheUtah This Week For Rep. Reed, Ranking House Leader Funeral services will be held this influential members of the GOP week for Rep. Daniel A. Reed of Old Guard in the House of RepNew York, ranking Republican resentatives, died last Thursday of member of the House Ways and a heart attack. Means Committee. Reed was a member of Confor some 40 years, being Rep. Reed, dean of Republicans gress to the House for 20 conlected in Congress and one of the most secutive terms from the western district of New York. He had been undergoing medical treatment in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. at the time of his death. Rep. Reed, became chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the 83rd Congress when Republicans took control and the EisenSenator hower administration took office. Washington, Feb. 17 has He directed the revision of the enWallace F. Bennett Anderson Clinton Senator joined tire federal tax code. of a bill to authorize as Known as an outspoken and public land states, such as Utah, to select certain public lands in exg opponent of extravachange for land taken by the United gant government spending and high States Government for military and taxes, he was an advocate of proother uses. tective tariffs. The bill is supported by the Elected to his latest term in the Western States Land Commission Association. It will be considered House of Representatives last Noby the Senate Interior Committee. vember, he was sworn in at the Under provisions of the bill, if hospital last month. He had not atthe Federal Government condemns tended any of the sessions of the state-owne- d land, the state may new 86th Congress. However, acelect to take other unreserved Fedto his office staff, Reed eral lands of equal value in lieu cording of cash payment. In case of dispute had been active and dictating coras to whether the lands are of respondence as late as Wednesday. equal value, the Federal courts are Reed was bom in Sheridan, N.Y., given the power to determine the and was a graduate of Cornell value. He The lands taken by the states in University, majoring in law. such cases could be either mineral was elected to his first term in the lands. or House in 1918. Bennett Sponsors Public Land Exchange Bill A Weekly Newspaper Devoted To Good Government Vol. 13; No. 6 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, February 20, 1959 Utah Farmers Appeal For Farm Labor Union; Oppose Ike Farm Bill (R-Uta- h) or hard-fightin- non-miner- al An appeal for organized farming, similar to labor organizations, was issued by Douglas T. Simpson, Kamas, President ot Thfe Utah Farmers Union. Speaking to delegates at the Sixth Annual Farmers Union held in Logan last week, Simpson stated that mayberwhat agriculture needs is a union shop, actually that is what a federal marketing order amounts to. He said that farmers should take a good look at possibilities along this line. If there is to be orderly marketing and guaranteed food supplies for all, in times of crisis, there must be cooperation and some kind of regulation, Simpson continued. In return for this, farmers have asked only a fair price on their commodities, backed up by federal legislation. The Utah farm chief also pointed out that labor became well organ ized, strong and effiecient because of a good tool given them by legislation. He said this was the first closed shop and then the union shop. Laborers are doing a good job taking care of themselves, and the laboring man doesnt have to ask for a tax write-of- f or for subsidy, because he gets a good price for the product he has to sell, he said. The Utah Farmers Union also went on record favoring a resolution which propses that all farm commodities be sold on the open market with supply and demand setting market prices, thus passing on to consumers, the lower prices reflected by increases in production and reducing the necessity of government commodity buying and storage of farm produce. The farm program price support resolution added that "we believe payments made to any one.producer should be limited to an amount calculated as necessary to sustain the average farm family on an economic level commensurate to other segments of the economy. The resolution said the Farmers Union believes, these price supports should be affected through production payments direct to farmers in an amount equal to the difference between the. average market price for the same quality or grade and the full parity price. When necessary to prevent over production of any given product, we favor imposition of marketing quotas based on bushels or pounds rather than on acres. Delegates also pointed out that, Specifically we oppose the Presidents proposed wheat program, and supported in principale the wheat program as adopted by the National Association of Wheat Growers. They also favored the National Wool Act of 1954 and its direct payment to the producer. Congressman in Washington Dixon Reviews The West In Deep Freeze By Henry Aldous Dixon Proponents of wilderness area legislation who every session manage to drop a number of bills into the hopper are once again waging a fight to see that vast areas of land, primarily in our Western States, are preserved in their primitive form. The principle object of these bills is that their promoters display very little concern for our western economy which is based upon multiple use of public lands. The bills are designed to prohibit any lumbering, mining or grazing activities on these vast tracts and would place a large part of the West in deep freeze. Utah has already lost one of its prized resources, the Echo Park Dam site, as a result of this untouchable concept of. the wilderness supporters. passage of a utilization research bill for agriculture to develope new and improved uses and markets for farm products and new commercial crops to replace part of the present surplus productions. The prohibition of road building prevents almost all people from seeing the scenic wilderness area, unless they are able to go by pack train. While these areas should be preserved and protected, the proposed legislation is certainly too extreme. Utilization Research I believe the climate is better this year than it has ever been for the The bill I have introduced would provide funds for the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for up to five years to the land grant colleges and other research institutions and for graduate fellowships. The Secretary could grant exclusive licenses for up to five years to companies who would try commercializing the new crops or uses. Agricultural experiment stations would probably receive the greater Recently I met with Rad Hall share of these funds for research. who was raised in Utah and is currently executive secretary of A tribute to the pluck of the the American National Cattlemen's teachers of the United States is the Association. The cattlemen have new National Education Association been quite independent of goven-mebuilding which was dedicated early aid and are currently trying last week in Washington. The $9 to develop a voluntary self-hel- p structure has program to minimize million, eight-floo- r the ups and been financed through the volun- downs in the cattle price cycle. tary contributions of teachers. The primary cause of the swings At the dedication ceremonies Utah was represented by Assistant in the price cycle is the lack of Superintendent Jphn C. Evans, Jr., stability in the number of cattle Ogden City Schools, and Principal raised. To help solve this problem Roy C. Metcalf, Weber High the Cattlemens Association has set School. Mrs. Dixon and I were also able to attend. See DIXON Pg. 3 nt |