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Show Page 2 laly 27. THE UTAH STATESMAN THE MA Eisenhower's Health Secure, Heart Specialist Declares UTAH STATESMAN Weekly Newspaper Dmtei to Cool Gerenweit" Harry B. Miller, Publiiher heart Americas Dr. Paul White, Dudley specialist, who remains a medical consultant to the President, says his famous patient is back to his West Point weight. This, Dr. White indicates, is all to the good, that with all men it is better to be lean than fat, and that the ideal weight in later life is that 6f the best-know- Phone 421 Church Street EM 49 Entered ai 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act oi March 3, 1879. Subscription $3.00 per year. Single copy 10c Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, mid-twentie- 1956 n s. Statistically, President Eisenhower weighed 178 pounds before his heart attack of last Sept 24. diet of 1800 calJuly 27, 1956 His ories a day brought him down to 170. At the time of his operation, June 9, he was just under 170 and dropped to 11. The Presidents present weight is 163 pounds, although his diet has been stepped up since the operation to 2500 calories. Vo!. 10; Ho. 29 post-Denv- Editorial er Demos Rise Above Themselves .When the chips are down a statesman always rises above - party politics. This was again demonstrated, as men of courage have demonstrated over the years, on the floor of the Senate of the United States last week when eight Democrats refused to go in along with their colleagues to further socialize electric power America. In spite of strong party pressures, starting with Paul M. Butler, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, these Democratic statesmen voted as their consciences dictated and stood with 43 Republicans to defeat, by a 1 vote, a bill which would have committed government to the building of a $500 n border. million dam at Hells Canyon at the 51-4- Idaho-Orego- But the eight Democrats refused to be coerced. For them country came first, politics second. They would not vote to spend half a billion dollars of your money to reelect Senator Wayne Morse, turncoat Democrat of Oregon. ' i For Floor Stock Business firms subject to the new floor stocks tax on products included in. the recently passed Highway Act may now obtain copies of Form 2265 from the district office of Internal Revenue at Salt Lake City, District Director Charles I. Fox said today. Returns, with payments, are due by October 15. tractors. A new tax was imposed on tread rubber of three cents a pound. An instruction sheet accompanies the new form, Mr. Fox said. It explains and defines inclusions and exemptions in the products listed as taxable on the form itself. Continuing taxes called for under the Highway Act wili be paid as part of regular quarterly roadexcise tax returns. A to cost about building program 33 billion dollars will be financed by the taxes set forth in the new act. Two million copies of the form were printed to meet the needs of affected businesses. Of these about a third are being distributed directly by trade associations and manufacturers, with the s to be availremaining able through district revenue of16-ye- ar Now the Idaho Power Company can go ahead with the construction job it started on the Snake River last November under a Federal Power Commission license so that the people of Idaho and the great Pacific Northwest can have much needed at no cost to you and fices. power at the earliest possible moment Returns and payments should me, the people who, except for the courage of eight Democrats, be sent to the district office, and would have had to foot the bill. . checks or money orders should be made payable to the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Fox reminded business firms. two-third- GOOD GOVERNMENT IS EVERYBODY'S JOB! Sabscribe bow to THE UTAH STATESMAN "A weekly newspaper devoted to good government" end keep peco with local state ad national government news. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 3 years $2.00 CIRCULATION OFFICE 421 Charch Street - Salt Lake City. Utah NAME ADDRESS CITY Remittance STATE Bill me later valescent period will run about 12 weeks, or until late August. With the adjournment of Congress, President Eisenhower is expected to return to Gettysburg to rest for his trip to San Francisco where he is scheduled to accept the Republican nomination. One Story With The strains involved in" attending the Panama meeting of American presidents, followed by those A of the .closing sessions of Congress may well constitute the seNot all news is bad. Every verest tests the Chief Executive now and then something comes has had to ' meet since last With them safely over, we along that gives us the chance to report a story with a happy endshall all breathe easier. ' Heres Happy Ending Sep-temb- First Treasury Surplus Since 51 Reported Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey and Budget Director Percival F. Brundage have reported jointly, proudly and happily that for the fiscal year ended June 30, the US Treasury showed its first surplus since 1951. The amount of income over outgo is $1,754,000,000. And while the gentlemen have not indicated what should be done with it, others have been quick to point out that it is not enough to provide a worthwhile tax cut. But it is enough for a payment on the national debt which would be quite a novelty! e. . ing. It seems that a fellow of aver- age means received a bonus of $150 from his employer. He decided to put half of it into United By States Savings Bonds, and use the other to buy a gadget for his Cola G. Parker, president of a home tool shop. the National Association of Man- hobby With the $150 in his wallet, ufacturers, has urged businessmen to spearhead a nationwide he headed first for his bank, drive to help school systems ob- where he bought a $100 Series tain locally the funds they need E Savings Bond for $75. He put to meet all legitimate require- the bond in his wallet with the and emphasized that remaining $75, and went next ments, school needs can and should be to the hardware store to mage the met at. the local level. other purchase. When he reached In an open letter to NAMs for his wallet to pay for the item, 21,000 members, including these it was gone. , in Utah, Parker pointed out that Somewhere between the bank federand has the the hardware, the wallet had Congress rejected al bill which been lost. This fellow never knew yould have parcelled out some whether his pocket had been $1,600,000,000 to the states over picked or his wallet had bounced a four-yea- r period. He predicted out as he walked. Neither police that there is little likelihood that efforts nor a newspaper ad ever the issue will be revived at this turned up the missing wallet. session of Congress. While in the bank a few weeks The money to provide that later, he told his sad story to the federal aid would have come teller who had sold him the bond. from the people of the respec- You know, of course, the govtive states, in the first place. ernment will replace the lost Parker said. Nothing would be bond, the banker told our ungained by sending this money to fortunate friend. Why, no, he did Washington only to get it back not realize that. Anyway, he did shrunken in value and with in- not even have the serial number evitable strings attached in the to identify the lost bond. form of federal direction and conBut the banker persisted. He trol of local school systems. provided the proper form and our skeptical friend certified his Needs Still Exist Parker stated that the needs loss and applied for relief. The which the education bill was in- Treasury Department checked its tended to eliminate still exist. records, found the bond in quesWhere there is a shortage of tion had not been offered for rehe said, more demption, and issued a duplicate classrooms, schools must be built immediate- to the owner. The Treasury reports it rely; teachers are underpaid and there are not enough of them; ceived a nice reply from the school officials and administra- grateful bond owner. Why, that tors deserve the recognition and makes Savings Bonds even better financial rewards commensurate than cash, he had written, to with their responsibilities. say nothing of the interest they The NAM president said that draw. if the businessmen of America Replacing lost bonds is just will spearhead a vigorous and one of the many services the sustained movement to raise the Treasury offers the million standards of public education, individuals who own Savings supporting, and cooperating with, Bonds. Each year thousands of local school authorities in efforts burned, mutilated,' and destroyed to obtain adequate budgets, the bonds are replaced without nations schools will continue charge. On occasion the Departto be responsive to the will of ments legal unit goes into court the people of our communities to protect the interests of coand will not come under the con- owners and beneficiaries upon trol and direction of federal death of the original bond NAM Tax Urged - Mr. Butler had made federal development of Hells Canyon one of the four pieces of must legislation, enactment of which would be vitally important in our retaining control of the Congress for the next two years. A federal Hells Canyon dam was also according to his to be a key factor in helping to reelect Senator Wayne plans Morse of Oregon next November. Morse has long been a leading advocate of federal power expansion in the Northwest, and the Democrats had counted heavily on a federal dam at Hells Canyon to give him an impressive campaign issue. Despite the slight gain in the, weeks since surgery, the Presidential physicians say they are not too concerned about weight. But they now say that the con- Schooi Funds on The Hells Canyon issue, in itself, is not of major importance Increased taxes are levieditems stocks of the following floor except as a part of the whole picture of a great and expanding on hand as of last July l: gasoAmerican economy. These men were voting for Americans line; tires of the type used on not for a campaign highway vehicles; truck, bus and of every political conviction everywhere trailer chassis and bodies,- and issue for a few politicians. year $1.00 1936 . . 40-od- d Mining - to help Utah grow Many manufacturing industries prefer to build their plants a source of raw materials. So Utah's tremendous variety of minerals and its skilled engineers and miners can be the basis for attracting much more industry to our state. Mining helps Utah prosper now and holds forth the promise of even greater prosperity in the future. close to UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "From the earth comet an abundant life for all" |
