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Show " """"" - "'"" " ,a,.iiir-aiHi- ' triiW-"1"- ' JWMVJW'tJH,W RAWLINS B. YOUNG ( ; 2135 SO. 19 EAST CX1Y 6 10- - 53 I SALTLAKECITY, UTAH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957 Demo Chairman Blasts GOP On Missiles Lag Paul M. Butler, chairman of the Democratic National Com-mittee, this week charged that "the United States would be vir-tually unarmed in the missile field today had it not been for the foresight and awareness of former President Truman and his advisers who produced the eleven operational missiles that stand between us and the Soviet Union." Mr. Butler called on President Eisenhower to report the facts on current missile progress fully, stating that "all of the missiles which the President claimed as 'operational' in his November 7 chins-u- p speech' were initiated under the last Democratic ad-ministration." The National Chairman cited a Department of Defense un-classified "Fact Sheet on Guided Missiles" dated November 21, which he asserted "make it clear that all of the funds, research or full development of every one of the operational missiles today were the result of Truman Ad-ministration policies and pro-grams. "In the light of this public in-formation it is anything but re-assuring to hear President Eisen-hower report that of the 38 dif-ferent types of missiles either in operation or under development almost one third of these are in actual operation." Mr. Butler was quoting from President Eisen-hower's nationally televised re-port of November 7. "The Department of Defense Fact Sheet actually lists eleven missiles as operational. From a study of this unclassified infor-mation and other published data on our missile program, it is apparent that on every one of the eleven missiles presently op-erational, that is, in the hands of the Army, Navy or Air Force and ready to use today, the ap-propriations, research or produc tion can be credited to the fore-sight of the former president who initiated the program." Mr. Butler spoke at a meeting of Young Democrats of Mary-land in the American Legion Hall at Towson, Md. Mr. Butler continued: "The time has come to halt Re-publican efforts to distort the record on the present missile lag by trying to blame the Demo-crats. The time has come for the Republican leaders to halt their false and divisive tactics if we are to catch up and surpass the Soviet Union in scientific pro-gress which the President said would require the hard work and sacrifice by a lot of people. "Republicans are trying to blame the Democrats when the Republican controlled 83rd Con-- ( gress shares the blame with the j President for the country's lag in scientific research and missile race. It was the 83rd Congress, following President Eisenhower's 1952 campaign pledge that cut ; the defense budget. The Repub--! lican Congress went ever further jthan the President when it cut $6 billion from the defense bud-'g- et that President Truman had submitted after careful evalu- - ation of the Soviet threat." The Democratic Chairman said that "today's inflation under the Eisenhower Administration is further weakening the U. S. de-fense effort since actual defense spending for missiles and air-craft is less today than in 1954 as a result of the cheaper dollar. In listing the following record on operational missiles taken from the official Department of Defense fact sheet, along with other published data, Mr. Butler termed it "more than an quate reply to Republican at-tempts to shift the blame for the Eisenhower failures back to the administration of Harry Tru-man." Commission Studies Budget; Kills Business Privilege hx to go to the Legislature," said Mr. Holley. Mr. Christensen told the commission it should em-bark on a program that "would get it the greatest support from the Legislature." He said that if a one half per cent sales tax could be obtained the city could reduce its ad valorem tax. Mr. Ellis reported that of 33 cities contacted in the state 18 said they wanted the sales tax. Mayor Stewart said that the city should attempt to come out at the end of 1958 without any ob-ligations. o Salt Lake City Commission this week was aiming at a 1958 bud-get of some $13,112,824, an in-crease of about $1,250,000 over that of 1957. At a series of meetings this week, commissioners weighed various revenue producing plans and decided to kill for this year a proposal to institute a business privilege tax. Instead the com-mission decided to triple the present business tax. The business privilege tax would have taken a bite of one .Quarter of one per cent of gross .ail sales and produced an yjlimated two million dollars in additional revenue. The increased business tax is expected to pro-duce an additional $400,000. The commission agreed to study the possibility of a fifteen mil-lion dollar bond issue for capital improvements. Mayor Adiel F. Stewart told fellow commissioners that "I feel we should go on record to put this bond program in motion after we have taken care of the budget." The proposed bond issue would be serviced and retired by con-tinuing the special four mill water and sewage levy for 20 years. Commissioners L. C. Romney, fiver G. Ellis, City Attorney 4)f Ray Christensen, City Auditor r,uuis E. Holley and Chief Depu-ty Auditor Otto R. Maas will draft an amended business li-cense fee ordinance to raise the $400,000 additional revenue. Mr. Romney said a new for-mula would be followed to elimi-nate inequities that are known to exist in the present ordinance. Commissioners agreed that their actions were only a "stop gau" program to tide the city over until the next sessoin of the Utah Legislature can be asked to provide a sales tax for local finances. "We must lay the groundwork o Mr. Nixon Reaches Out The following appraisal of Vice President Richard Nixon as a politician appeared orig-inally in the New York Post. It was written by William V. Shannon of the Post staff. " . . . Nixon thus has his line out in all directions agriculture, foreign aid, de-fense, judicial patronage and civil rights. He also keeps to his tireless political pace by courting every faction. One can almost hear him saying to himself: " 'The Negroes I must get up to Forest Hills to give Al-th- ea Gibson the winner's cup . . . The church going prot-estan- ts must get up to New York to appear with Billy Graham . . . The Catholics, can't forget them must drop over ot St. Patrick's and see Cardinal Spellman while I'm in New York . . . The farm-ers must remember to call Alcorn and Benson . . . New Jersey true, Forbes has no chance, but there is a lot of money in New Jersey, and it can't hurt to put in an appear-ance there . . Henry Luce and all those magazines, hmm, must remember to keep that date in San Francisco and say something about dynamic cap-italism . . . Labor oh, yes, labor must invite Dave Mc- Donald of the Steel Workers to the luncheon for the Queen . . . Must remember ..." Humer Durham Won't Run for Nomination Dr. G. Homer Durham, vice-preside- nt of the University of Utah, in an interview this week with Joseph H. Weston of The Salt Lake Times, said flatly that under no conditions woudl he be-come a candidate for the Demo-cratic nomination to the seat of United States sentor from Utah, to be filled by election next No-vember. "I have chosen my career in public education," Dr. Durham said, "and after 25 years in this field, I believe it offers me the best opportunities available for public service. So I shall not con-sider running for the United States senate under any condi-tions." "However, he added, "I am mindful of the compliment in-tended by those who suggested that I run, and am thankful for the high opinion in which they evidently have held me." A complete disgust with lack of leadership or adequate pro-gramming by the Republicans on a national level has turned peo-ple of all political faiths toward the Democratic cause. In words of Lou Gardner, com-mitteeman in Voting District No. 26, Salt Lake City, "If an elec tion were held tomorrow, there wouldn't be any Republicans left at all." o o City-Count- y Bldg. Hears Historic Chimes Toll Again The long silent bells in the City and County building are ringing once more. Not since the bells fell silent in 1938 have wofkers in the mas-sive stone building heard their sounds. The bells are sounding every quarter hour. County Commis-sioner Edwin Q. Cannon pressed the button which officially re-activated the chimes. At a quarter past every hour there are four notes and at half past there are eight plus an ex-tra gong. At a quarter of they sound 12 times and on the hour there is a 16 note Westminster chime melody and the sounding of the hour. The bells, purchased at a cost of $20,000 in 1894, could not be duplicated today for $100,000, said Newell Knight of the city auditor's office, who was instru-mental in the reactivation. He said the restoration job is costing some $2400 which is be-ing raised through contributions and various fund raising enter-prises. The trouble with most argu-ments is that they are devoted to determining who's right rather than what. I TODAY S I EDITORIAL Our Sleepy Administrator! Recent security reports and Congressional hearings have brought out startling things about the current Republican ad-ministration and its attitude toward our security. It comes out that at least two reports have been available for some time which show beyond doubt that the Russian mili-tary machine has been steadily gaining on and in many instances overtaking our own. Yet in th fact of this devastating fact the GOP dominated Defense Department has consistently been cutting back. The Gaither Report, drawn up by a committee of experts (Continued on Page A) County Budget Hike Set at $729,347 Salt Lake County expects to spend some $729,347 more in 1958 than it did in 1957, accord-ing to the county's tentative budget. The county's 1958 budget calls for spending $8,246,224.50 com-pared to an expenditure of .50 in 1957. County Auditor Glen T. James said December 27 at 10:30 a.m. in room 206 of the City and County Building had been set for a public hearing prior to the adoption of the budget. In addition to usual depart-mental requests the 1958 budget includes an appropriation of $125,985 for expenses for con-ducting general and county elec-tions next fall. i Democratic Women Plan Christmas Party The Democratic Women's Club of Salt Lake County will hold a Christmas party at 2 P.M., Fri-day, December 20, at the Youth Center in Murray, Miranda New-man, president, announced. A chicken dinner will be served and each guest is to bring a gift, to be placed on the Christmas tree and shared, with other gifts, by lot. Ardeli Miller is chairman of the program. Others helping to plan the event are: Sarah Burns, first vice-preside- nt; Edna Welch, second vice-preside- nt; Mrs. Clif-ton Cook, secretary, and Minnie Kuhn, treasurer. |