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Show RAWLINS B. YOUNG 2135 SO. 19 EAST ' ! SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, JANUARY 24, 1958 Keddington Lists New lumbers for Salt Lake County Voting Districts The Salt Lake Times this week continues as service to voters in Salt Lake County, a series of short articles listing new voting district numbers which will go into effect in the 1958 elections this fall. The new numbers were as-signed by County Clerk Alvin Keddington after an extensive study of county population and growth patterns. The week The Times will carry old and new numbers for one or more of the county's voting dis-titt- s. larther details, including dis-trict boundaries, may be ob-tained from the County Clerk's office in the City and County Building. In the following list of district numbers the first number is the former district number, the sec-ond number of numbers the new district designation and the third number or numbers the unas-signe- d designation. Salt Lake County Precinct No. 3 280, 354, 355; 280A, 352, 353; 218, 350, 351; 282, 361, 362; 282A, 369, 370; 283, 376-37- 7, 378; 283A, 386-38- 7, 388; 284, 371, 372; 285, 374, 375; 285A, 373; 286, 385; 286A, 383, 384; 287, 363; 287A, 366; 288, 367, 368; 288A, 364, 365; 289, 357, 358; 289A, 356, 289B, 359, 360; 290, 380; 290A, 379; 291, 382; 291A, 381. Salt Lake County Precinct No. 4 205, 561; 296, 560; 297, 557, 558; 298, 555, 556; 299, 553, 554; 300, 549, 550; 300A, 551, 552; 301, 559; 302, 547, 548; 302A, 545, 546. Salt Lake County Precinct No. 5 307, 521, 522; 308, 520; 309, 518, 519; 310, 498-49- 9; 211, 500, 501; 312, 502, 503-50- 4; 313, 505, 506-50- 7; 314, 539, 540; 314A, 537, 538; 314B, 535, 536; 314C, 523-524-52- 5; 314D, 533, 534; 314E, 526, 527; 314F, 528-52- 9; 314G, 530, 531-53- 2; 315, 508-510-51- 2, 509-511-51- 3; 315A, 514-51- 6, 515-51- 7. (Continued next week.) Mass Meetings Expected To Bring Out Candidates For Senate, House Races In less than three weeks selec-tion of political convention dele-gates will get under way. That fact, coupled with other realities of seeking office, is ex-pected to flush out a number of candidates for state and national office. Attention is focused on the race for U. S. Senator, the office now held by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, who has assured supporters that he will be asking for reelection. This fact and other signs of growing support for Democrats is expected to bring out one of the strongest fields the Demo-crats have boasted in a number of years. In recent weeks some "new" names have been mentioned by party workers and those persons who make it their business to keep tabs on all political doings. Among these are Robert H. Hinckley, vice president of the American Broadcasting - Para-- , mount Theatres, Inc., a native Utahn who of recent years has spent much of his time in New York and Washington. Never-theless Mr. Hinckley, who also has business interests in Utah, has kept close ties here. He is re-- I garded by many as a man who would fill the announced desire of some party officials for a man who has not been too deeply in-volved in party doings and who has gained some measure of fame in the business world. Mr. Hinckley is also regarded (Continued on Page 8) Favored Departments Of Salt Lake County To Boost Salaries Salaries in some county de-partments are due for a hike this year, it appeared this week. As suggested earlier in The Salt Lake Times, it seemed like-ly that only departments headed by Republicans would be al-lowed to hike salaries. This became evident when the 1958 budget was approved. It was noted then that those de-partments headed by Republi-cans were granted budget in-creases while those headed by Democrats were either cut back or held to slight increases. The Salt Lake County Commission is solidly Republican. The County Commission has asked heads of all departments to submit for commission con-sideration and study their tenta-tive list of proposed salary in-creases, said Commission Chair-man Lamont B. Gundersen. "There will be no blanket sal-ary increases." he said. According to Mr. Gundersen each department lists its requests for salaries and wages in its yearly budgets. He said that this year there have been additional monies placed in the budgets for certain salary and wage in-creases. Some 1956 budgets (headed by Democrats) have been trimmed and probably will not be able to give raises, one veteran ob-server of county affairs noted this week. Mr. Gundersen said that if salary increases are submitted to the commission by departments which can not cover them in their budgets "they will not be granted." TODAY'S i Democratic Chairman Finds II. S. EDITORIAL Unhappy With Republican Policies ed: "The state of the' Democratic Party is good. But the state of the nation's economy under the Republican tight money policy is taking a majority of Ameri-cans dissatisfied with the Eisen-hower administration and Re-publican policies." The condition of the nation's economy as a result of tight money, inflation, high interest rates, a farm depression and de-clining small business coupled with recent Rusian scientific ad-vances are issues of paramount concern to the American peo-ple, Democratic National Chair-man Paul M. Butler reported this week. Mr. Butler, who recently com-pleted a tour of several key sec-tions of the country, noted: "From precinct worker to party chairman, economic issues are of growing concern with the majority of the people very much aware that the Eisenhower administration is aggravating in-flation rather than curbing it. 'Democrats around the country are united in their desire for leadership and in their determi-nation to do something about it. "They have already started by building strong organizations, and I am convinced that we will elect an overwhelming Demo-cratic Congress this year and a Democratic president in 1960." The National Chairman found a growing awareness in everyt section of the country of the lask of presidential leadership as evidenced by the budget fi-asco, the dangerous cutbacks in national defense and scientific research, the worsening inter-national situation and the vacil-lation of the president on such vital issues as schools and civil' rights. Having met and talked with thousands of people on his re-cent tour the chairman conclud-- 1 City Pushes Plan for Bond Issue provements, their costs and the whole question of whether the bond issue should be floated to the voters. According to the finance com-missioner htere has been con-siderable interest shown by in-vestment firms which desire to bid for the bonds if the program for financing should receive the go ahead from the commission and the city's voters. Salt Lake City Commission this week was preparing to float a 15 million dollar bond issue to finance needed capital im-provements. The move was merely in pre-liminary stages but new finance commissioner Theodore I. (Ted) Guerts said the city should get moving as soon as possible on the program because the bond market currently is "favorable." Even as the commission moved toward making arrangements for the 15 million dollars City En-gineer Roy W. McLeese came up with a figure of more than 23 million dollars for capital im-provements requested by city departments. However, Commissioner Guerts said fellow commissioners have been asked to submit their must projects and that this figure is likely to be close to the 15 mil-lion dollar mark. Voters of Salt Lake City have the final say in whether or not a bond issue will be floated. The city commission must sub-mit the proposed capital im-- j We Fumbled Again on Okinawa The Eisenhower administrtaion has another political bungle to answer for. This one occurred way out in the Pacific with only a handful ' of Americans knowing what was going on. From the outcome it is understandable that the Republicans would just as soon we never head of it all. But press coverage being what it is these days it becomes virtually impossible to hide anything from the public. So the sad story of the American defeat in the recent elections in As the Christian Science Monitor notes in a recent dispatch, victory of Communist-backe- d Saichi Kaneshi in the Naha mayo-ralit-y elections confronts the United States Military adminis-trators of Okinawa with a dilemma which many observers feel is of their own making. Mr. Kaneshi, though not an outright Communist, has had a long record of blatant anti-Americanis- His opponent, mod-erate Socialist Tatsuo Taira, whom he defeated by 35,118 votes to 34,118 was only slightly less American. Both candidates wanted the United States to withdraw from Okinawa and return to Japan. But Mr. Taira appeared somewhat more willing to achieve accommodation with the Americans for the present. Now that the more anti-Americ- an of the two has been elected the United States Military administration can not very well turn him out without laying itself open to the charge that universal adult sufferage, a postwar reform brought to Okinawa by the Americans, is a farce. On the other hand, the mayorship of Naha, Okinawa's capital and largest city, is a post second only in importance to that of the chief executive of the Ryukyu Islands. Naha is Okinawa's chief port and supplies for United States bass on the island come through Naha. Mr. Kaneshi, (Continued on Page 4) Democrat1 Victorious Sn Penn. Contest Another sign of growing Demo-cratic strength was noted this week in Pennsylvania where a State Senator, John H. Dent, had an impressive victory in a West-moreland County special elec-tion to fill the Congressional seat vacated by the death of Rep. Augustine B. Kelley. Unofficial returns showed Mr. Dent running almost 10,000 votes ahead of his Republican oppo-nent Herbert O. Morrison. |