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Show I t'----'- ' I imwuwir Mm"'1"1"'"1 RATLINS 6. YOUNG j 2135 SO. 19 EAST CITY 6 10-- 53 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, MARCH 7, 1958 Democratic PoliticalActivity Centers on Chairman Choke j Political activity picked up in Democratic quarters this week with several new names men-tioned for state chairman and backers of one of the principal candidates for the Senate nomi-nation taking large newspaper ads to urge their favorite to run. A number of backers of Salt Lake County Attorney Frank E. Moss for the Democratic nomi-nation for U. S. Senator bought space in daily newspapers to urge Mr. Moss' candidacy. The name of Warwick C. Lam-oreau- x, Salt Lake City attorney, was suggested as a possible can-didate for State Democratic Chairman. Two candidates al-ready are in the field, Laurel J. Brown, Salt Lake County mink farmer, and Joseph H. Weston, Utah writer. Milton L. Weilen-man- n, present chairman, has an-nounced he would not seek re-election. Observers were expecting an-nouncements of intentions soon. They pointed out that the "cru-cial" time for making public announcements is drawing near. Thus far activity on behalf of various real or imagined candi-dates has been of a behind the scenes nature. Trial balloons aplenty have been sent aloft to test the political atmosphere. Some have sent back favorable reports, others have been less optimistic. Apparently the feelers put out by backers of Mr. Moss have been most encouraging and he is expected to make a public an-nouncement shortly. Others whose names still are mentioned for the Senate nomi-nation include Mr. Weilenmann; Robert H. Hinckley, a vice-preside- nt of American Broadcasting-Paramou- nt Theatres, Inc., who also maintains business interests in Utah former governor Her-bert B. Maw; Obert C. Tanner, Salt Lake businessman and a professor of philosophy at the University of Utah. Much less interest has been generated in candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the (Continued on Page 8) Committee of Democrats Charts Course for Nation to provide an economic environ-ment in which private enterprise could accomplish most of the expansion would be lost. We would then again be confronted with a situation where the gov-ernment itself would be called upon to do more than it now (Continued on Page 8) Following is a third portion of a policy statement released re-cently by the Democratic Na-tional Advisory Committee. The previous portions were carried in The Salt Lake Times. Farmers are singled out in the GOP program not only for high-er interest rates on REA and other loans but for further and drastic cut in price supports. Farm people have already suf-fered a larger reduction in in-come than any other group in the last five years net farm in-come has fallen by a third. Re-duced supports are required, it ir:aid, to stop over-producti- on remove surpluses. This rem-edy, having failed to work over four years, is now to be applied with redoubled vigor. More than farmers and their families are involved in the reck-less doctrine as it must now be called. Income and employment in industries related to farming, and isdeed to the economy at large, are all involved. What We Must Do Walter Lippman has called the budget a "program for contrac-tion" and has noted that the President has listened to and accepted the views of those who "want to cut back, and in prin-ciple would like to dismantle the welfare measures which have come down from the New Deal." jj)emocrats will resist this re- - t from responsibility and at aime when men and factories are idle and when to use them means to restore the momentum of the economy. We have now reached the critical state where positive gov-ernment action should be sub-stitu- ed for rose colored glasses and exclamation points in Presi-dential messages. ' If the govern-ment waits until the recession deepens, the current opportunity ipuifliHtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM 1 News Preview I President Eisenhower plans to play a bigger role In shap-- 1 jing the GOP for the 1960 elec- - fjtions .... Vice President Nixon is trying unsuccessfully 1 to steer clear of any factional rivalry in the California elec-- j tions . . . Harold Stassen is entering a full anti-organiz- a-jtion slate in his effort to win the GOP nomination for Gov-- j ernor of Pensylvania . . . U. S. diplomats are working to j head off sabotage of American 1 business interests in revolt-- 1 torn Cuba. iinjiniiir)iiTJUiiitiMnMTiiKiuirjntnMniirj;iimTi!jnMutiJir!iiiiTMttiEiiitiir!H:ijiiii;;irTf Top Democrats Prepare 1958 Campaign Themes charged that foreign and defense policies were "timid and weak" and he laid responsibility at the door of the White House. Mr. Stevenson charged that the administratoin had "deliberately lulled the people into dangerous slumber." "I say we have been misled from beginning to end," Mr. Ste-venson said, "about our most vital concerns, about the power of the Communists, about our broad position in the world." o Leading Democrats are busy setting the theme for the coming November elections that party officials and most neutral ob-servers believe will increase the Democratic power in Congress and may lead to the recapture of the presidency in 1960. Former President Harry Tru-man, twice defeated presidential candidate Adlai S. Stevenson and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson teamed up recently to attack the Eisenhower adminis-tration in hard, specific terms. The three leading Democrats blasted off at a $100 a plate din-ner February 22. Neutral observers noticed these tilings about the speeches on this occasion. 1. They constituted a frontal attack on President Eisenhower personally. 2. They showed the Democrats in a buoyant, self-confide- nt role. The keynote speech of former President Truman showed the predominant group of the party willing to proclaim civil rights with a take it or leave it attitude toward the South. 3. It indicated that at 73 Mr. Truman still is a power to reckon with in the internal affairs of the party. The dinner at which the three leaders spoke was called speci-fically to honor him rather than as the traditional Jefferson-Jackso- n day dinner. The turnout was big and the funds gratifying, according to reports from the Christian Sci-ence Monitor. Mr. Truman told the gathering which included just about all potential presidential candidates that unlike 1956 he intended to make his choice of a candidate well known in advance of the convention. All this apparently means that Mr. Truman intends to play a big part in internal affairs of the party in the next several years. In his arraignment of the Re-publican party Mr. Truman said the current business slump was a "Republican recession" and TODAY'S EDITORIAL Symphony Charts Youth Concert All school children of Utah are invited to a special symphony concert to be presented by the Utah Symphony orchestra Sat-urday at the Salt Lake Taber-nacle. This will be the final youth concert of the season. It is spon-sored by the Foodtown and AG Food Stores and free tickets for the event may be obtained at any of these stores. One of the features of the pro-gram will be the "Carnival of Animals" by Camile Siaint-Saen- s. The work will be narrated by Rolfe Peterson, well known ra-ri- o and television sar. Also included on the program will be March Militaire by Franz Schubert; Overture to "Merry Wives of Windsor" by Karl Otto Nicolai; "War Dance of the Chey-enne- s" by Charles Sanford Skil-to- n and Marche Slav by Peter Tschaikowsky. The final subscription concert of the tUah Symphony is sched-uled for Saturday, March 15, with Jose Iturbi, pianist. Another special feature of the symphony will be the presenta-tion of "Vienna on Parade," to be staged at the Tabernacle on Wednesday, March 19. This pro-gram will feature the famed Deutschmeister Band and the Boys and Girls choir from Vi-enna. Tickets for these events are on sale at the offices, 55 West First South in Salt Lake City. ExpandOurMountain Recreation Facilities For a number of years we have been hearing about the need for greater developments in Utah's excellent winter sports areas. And for just as many years we have been hearing that these developments cannot be made because they would endanger Salt Lake City's water supply. As a step toward solving the problem the city is building filtration plants at the mouth of canyons involved. But under the current Republican dominated city and county administration the thing apparently is going to sop right there. A major step the filtration plants (launched when the Democrats were in power) has been taken. Now it's time for some more forward movement so that Brighton and Alta might reach their full development. It's time for the Republican dominated city and county commissions to take their collective heads out of the snowbanks and look to positive ways of breaking through the water pollution scare. In some sections of the country large cities obtain water from rivers into which other cities upstream dump raw sewage. Yet the downstream cities are able, through scientific means, to purify the city water. Surely the science of water purification has also extended westward. Surely the same methods must be available to Salt Lake City. What is needed is a positive approach to the situation. In-stea-dy of saying we can't allow any further construction at Brighton and Alta because it will endanger the water supply, we should be saying we must permit further building and we must find out how to keep the water pure too. No one denies the present and potential need for clean (Continued on Page Four) yj S. L Judge Orders Bonding Changes A change in the Salt Lake City jail's bonding schedule as that schedule affects the release on bond of persons charged with drunkeness was ordered this week by City Judge Arthur J. Mays. Heretofore the bonding sched-ule has been $150 for the first three drunkeness offenses of the year and increasing amounts for subsequent offenses. Noting that the burden of the court has prevented him making a complete study of the existing bond schedule, he ordered that effective Wednesday bail bond rates on drunkeness will be twice the indicated court fine in each case. Cash bail half the bail bond for consecutive offenses will be $10, $20, $30, $50, $75 and an additional $25 increase for each subsequent arrest after the fifth arrest of the year. |