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Show a i f PERIODICAL DIVISION ; i t innVERSITY LIBRART I ?Jy UJUVESCTY OF ITAH J COT 12 AC :;;;l-,ISi- l ; i, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1958 Democrat Senator Speaks At Wilderness Hearings Democratic State Senator A. F. Hopkin, speaking as president of the Utah Cattlemen's Associ-ation, came out against the pro-posed Wilderness Bill on which hearings were held recently in Salt Lake City. Democratic Senator James E. Murray of Montana officiated at the hearings. While Sen. Hopkin voiced the opposition of his organization, Jack Allshouse, representing the Utah Wildlife Federation and the Utah State Board of Big Came Control, submitted a state-ment in favor of the bill. A number of other Utahns sub-mitted papers or spoke in favor or against the proposed legisla-tion. In his statement Sen. Hopkin pointed out: "To begin with, its purposes and declared objectives are en-tirely contrary to the purposes and objectives of those who have thus far developed the western part of the United States. From the time of the pioneers until this day it has been the dedicat-ed effort of our people to re-claim, improve, and build into beneficial use the lands of this great frontier. "It has not been their intention to isolate, to ignore or to neglect any portion of it. We submit that this effort to lift from the cate-gory of beneficial use millions of acres of land constitutes a complete reversal of the very policy which has been followed in the development of Western America. It appears to us to be an ill-advis- even a ridiculous effort to destroy the multiple-us- e program in favor of reserving a vast area for this purpose for such a small minority of our people. "This portion of the United States has been left in a wilder-ness condition all together too long now and it didn't fulfill its purpose until the hand of man and his ingenuity was brought to bear upon it. We have always had dreamers among us and we probably always will. They feel they are superior to the ordinary American citizen. They pride themselves in delving into the unknown. They like to think they are walking on virgin soil where man has never trod before and in their own minds they see and hear things in the trees, in the rocks and streams that no other man has ever experienced. In fact, their imagination car-ries them so far into the un-known that they discover some-things that the great Creator never placed there. "These dreamers like to lose themselves in their own dreams. They like to wander alone m out-of-t- he way places. It is for this group primarily that the Senate bill would reserve mil-lions of acres of land to accom-modate their selfish interests. It is not our intention to belittle those who love to be in the great out of doors. In fact, cattlemen see something a little special m (Continued on Page 8) A V DEMOCRAT SENATE LEADER SEES END TO GOP "ERA OF DOUBT" The Nov. 4 election results re- - fleeted the end of a long era of "doubt, fear and anxiety" in U. S. politics and the beginning of a new era of confidence. This was the opinion given by Democratic Senate Leader Lyn-don Johnson of Texas at a news conference this week. Sen. Johnson said the Demo-cratic 86th Congress would open a new era of prudent progressiv-is- m in Washington. Meanwhile, Utah's new Demo-cratic members of Congress, Sen. elect Frank E. Moss and Repre-rentativ- e elect David S. King, were making plans to take up their new duties in Washington. At his press conference the Texas lawmaker said the purpose of the big new Democratic ma-jority at the capitol would be "to be responsible, to be progres-sive without being radical, to be prudent and conservative and not a mossback, a standpatter." The suggestion that his in-creased Senate majority would make his leadership more diffi-cult and create trouble for the government was discounted by Sen. Johnson. He remained non-committal on the civil rights question expected to be one of the most difficult to face the ge-nial Texan. The Senate leader said he had talked this week with President Eisenhower about his appear-ance at the United Nations in behalf of the government space program and about the govern-ment's financial problems. Since the Nov. 4 election the President has said that the nation elected a Congress of "spend-ers." Sen. Johnson said he re-minded the President that the Democratic controlled 85th Con-gress had cut the administration budget requests by more than five billion dollars in two years. He said that in the year ahead Congress would "carefully and prudently review the president's spending program." In some areas, he said, there would doubtless be additions to the President's budgets. In many others it would be cut. "All mem-bers of Congress want to be eco-nomical, want to be prudent with the taxpayers' dollars, both at home and abroad," the senator added. The Democratic leader pre-dicted some liberalization of the Senate's present Rule 22 gov-erning dilatory debate, or fili-buster, but he was not specific about how far the Senate might go. He avoided giving any support to reports the new Congress would avoid civil rights legisla-tion. Democrat Named To Tax Commission ' ' S N WOK V & i - 'iK HERBERT F. SMART Herbert F. Smart, Democratic member of the State Finance Commission the past four years, was named to the State Tax Commission this week by Gov. George D. Clyde. The Tax Commission has four members, two Republican and two Democratic and the Finance Commission has three members, two of whom are Republican and one Democratic. Mr. Smart's appointment is ef-fective Dec. 1. He will fill the term of Selvoy J. Boyer, who re-signed earlier this year to be-come president of the London Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ cf Latter-da- y Saints. Mr. Boyer was in charge of the Com-mission's property tax depart-ment. Mr. Smart will be given the same assignment, said Commis-sion Chairman H. C. Shoemaker. Mr. Smart is an attorney. In the past he has headed the State Insurance Fund for the Finance Commission. Before the State Land Board was reorganized by the 1957 Legislature he was the Commissioner in charge of state lands. TODAY'S EDITORIAL Demo Women Honor Reva Beck Bosone . By Lavina S. Cheetle Federated Democratic Women's Clubs of Utah met at the New-hous- e Hotel Saturday, Nov. 15, with Delia Loveridge, Federation president, presiding. The event honored Reva Beck Bosone, for-mer member of the U. S. House of Representatives. Mrs. I. R. Morrison, program chairman for the State Federa-tion, presented various plans to continue the active interest of the Democratic Women in the or-ganizations in the state. She stated that it was the re-sponsibility of the women to be-come informed on issues on all levels. She told the group that taxation and inflation were two of our most pressing problems today and that the women could help solve these problems if they acted as an informed, well-organiz- ed group. Mrs. Anthony Lund, historian, reported on duties of the his-torian and the importance of record keeping in each club in order to follow the progress of the Federation. Iva Critchley, treasurer, gave the treasurer's report of the ganization. Kathleen Meikle, Democratic vice chairwoman of Utah, re-viewed the success of the Demo-cratic party in the recent elec-tion and the active role of the women in helping to bring about the Democratic' landslide. Ruth Eames Olsen, vice-preside- nt and County' Recorder of Weber County, also spoke. The group was entertained by a musical recording with words and music composed by Ella Ed-wards. Reva Beck Bosone addressed the group on the responsibility of the Democratic party and its tremendous obligation toward a better government for American people. She urged the women to unite in their efforts to ban the testing of nuclear weapons. The counties of Salt Lake, We-ber, Utah and Carbon were well represented. A tea was held at Democratic headquarters following the meet-ing with Mrs. Frank Moss and David S. King presiding at the tea table. The South Davis Jane Jeffer-son Club, Sunday Anderson, Oro Roe, Virginia Fitzgerald, and Hanna Crookston furnished the refreshments. Others assisting were Frieda Wood, Freda Doug-las and Faun Poulson. Ella Ed-wards furnished the musical en-tertainment. An Encouraging Sign It is encouraging to notice that the Salt Lake County Democratic organization intends to keep its office in Newhouse Hotel open all year. This is an indication that under the chairmanship of Laurel Brown the county committee intends to keep right on working for another victory two years from now. Planning and work now will again pay off at the polls. The big victory celebrated last Saturday at a party sponsored by this same Salt Lake County organization was the result of hard work by all party workers. It will take a continuance of this activity to assure victory in I960 when Democrats will have an opportunity to regain control of the too-lon- g Republican state government and also the national adminisrtation. It's not too early , to start grooming a good candidate to drive Gov. George D. Clyde back to the campus. Let's Take a Look At Africa A recent meeting of the Rocky Mountain Assembly brought to light some interesting views on Africa the so-call- ed "Dark Continent" which is now coming into the light. The assembly pointed up the fact that Africa no longer is a land of savages and a few domineering white traders but a vital area in today's scheme of things. The assembly noted for instance that: Africa today has high aspirations. Its people are demanding freedom, equality, education, and rapid economic progress. Ad-vances already achieved are forcing an accelerated rate of change. Confronted with this swift pace of events, the United States must continually reexamine its interests in Africa. (Continued on Page Four) County Demo Office To Remain Open Salt Lake County Democratic Chairman Laurel J. Brown this week announced that the county office would remain open during the year. It will continue at its present location, room 1240 in Newhouse Hotel. The office telephone number, EL also will remain the same, Mr. Brown said. |