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Show Watkins Won't Yield To Favor Moss There appeared little chance this week that lame duck Sen. Arthur V. Watkins would resign to allow Senator-elect Frank E. Moss to be appointed in his place and thereby gain seniority that would be beneficial to Utah and the west. Such a suggestion has been presented to Sen. Watkins and J Gov. George D. Clyde, who would have the power of appointing ap-pointing Mr. Moss to serve out the remainder of Sen. Watkins' term. However, Republicans Clyde and Watkins have expressed little interest in the proposal. If it were carried out, the move would give Mr. Moss seniority over other new senators and give him a better chance of gaining more important committee assignments as-signments in the new Congress. He would then be in a better position to serve interests of the state and the west. Gov. Clyde said he had consulted con-sulted with Sen. Watkins, who said he would report to the governor gov-ernor if he thought it would be a wise move. The governor said the plan would endanger Sen. Watkins' pension benefits and "might do Utah more harm than good." The governor added that it did not appear that the move would be in the best interests of the state. He did not specify why. |