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Show Page Four . FRI DAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1 959 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Demo Legislators Unite to Raise Public School Funds (Continued from Page 1) been the subject of much activity in legislative halls with all the Democrats pledged to support it but with some few renegging on their party platform. Concerted opposition by Republican party members of the House would not in itself defeat the repeal but the refusal of scattered Democrats to support the party platform could well throw the balance. With the nation on the verge of a presi-dential election year, both par-ties are watching the behavior of possible candidate material for the coming campaign. The Monday session marked the first real action during the session with the House refusing to adjourn until after 7 p.m. Scattered comments by Legis-lators were summed up in the remarks of Rep. Ernest H. Dean (D-Uta- h) who called attention to the fact that while House mem-bers had been perhaps justifiably criticized for lack of action, the result of the day's work entitled them to credit for being ready to move. THE SALT LAKE TIMES S Combined with The Salt Lake Minint & Ugal News FcarleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second Independent class matter August 23, 1923under the act of March 8, KeWSpaper 711 South West Temple Telephone EM 64 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price $3.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 , Number 40 A Hopeful Sign in Berlin Crisis (Continued from Page 1) which should make an impression on some neutral countries if not on the Soviet Union itself. The note expresses a wilingness to discuss the German problem in a broad rather than a limited framework and to do this in the presence of advisers who could represent the West German government and the Communist supported East German regime. This represents a dual concession on the part of the West a flexibility for which they should receive credit. In the first place it extends a sort of semi-recogniti- on to the East German government and secondly it opens the door for discussions of the neutralization of Germany, a disengagement of forces in Central Europe and a ban on nuclear weapons. Rep. King Plans To Spend Easter in Utah Rep. David S. King this week made tentative plans to spend the traditional Easter recess ni Utah. Tradition prevailing, the Con-gress will remain adjourned from March 26 until April 6. The Congressman has several invitations to tell Utah audiences about the American space pro-gram. He also plans to attend the general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- -day Saints, and to discuss the legislative program of the 86th Congress with several constitu-ent groups. In less than a month, Mr. King as a member of the House Com-mittee on Science and Astro-- , nautics, has heard more than 60 hours of testimony by key scien-tists and administrators in the nation's space and defense pro-grams. , He recently made an inspection tour of the Cape Canaveral and Redstone missile installations. Mr. King said that while much of what the Committee has now learned is classified, he will be free to discuss several critical developments in the space pro-gram during his Utah appear-ances. opinion the bill had not been held but that all it had ever lacked was interest from the ma-jority. "All this bill has ever lacked was a majority vote," he told legislators. Rep. John W. Rowberry (D-Tooe- le) attacked the Right to Work law as being "misnamed, unconstitutional, and the most wicked piece of legislation ever placed on the books of the state." This is not a "Right to Work" measure, he said, but a "right to destroy organization." He said that the bill had been "deliber-ately held," and demanded that the repeal measure oe lifted and acted upon. Rep. Algie E. Ballif (D-Uta- h) told fellow legislators that she had two points to make, the first being that the Right to Dork bill as passed in the 1957 session was "not good legislation," that it was a "punitive" measure, and that Democrats were obligated to stand upon the party platform which elected them. Rep. Finley F. Wilkinson (R-Dav- is) opposed lifting the meas-ure ahead of any bills sponsored by himself. Rep. Joseph C. Foley (D-We-b- er) in one of the few statements he has made before the House, roundly championed the repeal-ing measure, saying, "I would like to remind the Democratic members of this house of their obligation to their party. We all ran on the Democratic platform. Let us do the things we were sent here to do. Let us be men." He charged in answer to accusa-tions that the matter was being railroaded, that he thought H.B. 38 had been subjected to "back-door railroading" and demanded that Democrats stand together and take action. Rep. Carl Taylor (D-Web- er) also answered charges of "rail-- j roading" the repeal through' with a reminder to opponents of the "then Republican majority in the House crammed the Right to Work Bill down the Demo-- j cratic throat." Rep. Taylor called attention to the fact that the bill has had widespread publicity and that action ought to be taken on measures important to public. Rep. Ralph C. Anderson CD-Sa- lt Lake) then rose to read to! Legislators the statement signed by "each and every one of us at the time we became candidates for these offices." The statement clearly defined obligations of candidates to the political party of their choice, "that I am a member of the party; that I believe in and intend to support throughout my term, if elected, the principles and poli-cies of such political party; that I affiliated with such party at the last general election," etc. He then charged Democratic Legis-lators with "not being hypo-crites." Rep. G. Douglas Taylor (R-Sa- lt Lake) provided an unwit-ting break in the mounting in-tensity of feeling when he rose to remark that he felt quite flat-tered since in all his years of service "This is the first time I have been privileged to attend a Democratic caucus." Then the laughter came when, within min-utes, he absently voted with the Democratic majority. He re-versed his vote immediately but not before the House roared with laughter. Final tally of votes cast on lift-ing the bill from Sifting was: Ayes, 34; Nays, 29; Absent, 1. Joining Republicans in the Nay vote were Albrecht, Beus, Dalton, Green, Macfarlane, H.A., Ravsten, Squire and Speaker of the House Brewster. No Republicans joined the Democratic majority. HOUSE DEMOCRATS FORCE ACTION ON "RIGHT TO WORK" REPEALER (Continued from Page 1) fair to favor any bill over an-other. In answer, Rep. Ernest I. Wil-son (D-Jua- b) maintained that with H. B. 38 a matter of Demo-cratic Party platform, it had as-sumed major importance, and that if any legislator had spon-sored a bill of such widespread importance which had "received the shoving around this bill has" he was sure that House members would favor action rather than continued stalling. Rep. Thorbit C. Hebertson CD-Uta- h) told House members that fellow Democratic lawmakers had no choice but to give the bill its chance. He pointed out that the matter had received no opposition when it was included in the Party platform; that suc-cessful Democratic candidates had had the approval and sup port of Labor, and that they had an obligation to fulfill the cam-paign promises. Rep. Heber Bennion, Jr. (D-Dagge- tt) asked House members, "Have we come to a point in America where we put things in our platform just to get votes?" He too insisted that passage of the repeal was a matter of moral obligation, and one upon which Democratic legislators would be judged. Rep. R. V. Evans (D-Sa- lt Lake) called continued avoidance of ac-tion on the measure "political cowardice." He told House mem-bers that action would have to be taken and that delay could serve no purpose. Rep. Frank C. Memmott (D-Carbo- n) favored action rather than continued smothering. Rep. Loren D. Squires said that in his GOP Administration Has Failed The Republican Administration in the short six years it has been in office must have established some sort of record for tear-ing down the country. It has brought America to the worst depression in 20 years and ot mortal danger of war and world-wid- e defeat abroad. It has done this by failure to give the nation leadership. Senator Hubert Humphrey in a recent Senate speech de-tailed some of the present administration's failures. They include " More than five million unemployed. The highest prices in history. The loss of American influence and prestige everywhere in the world. The daily danger of war in the Middle East. A Communist dictatorship that has caught up to us in many areas in scientific skill and is speeding ahead at a faster rate of progress in power development. An inadequate military establishment to meet the Red threat and to keep our vast commitments. Corruption and influence seeking in high place of govern-ment. A farm simp that has driven four million people off the farms in five years, lowered farm prices, reduced farm income and increased farm indebtedness. Race relations made worse instead of better. These GOP failures and many more are documented. Let us all hope that the country can with the help of a Democratic Congress, stave off disaster for two more years until the people can replace this administration with one of ability to restore this nation to its rightful place of world leadership. the-IEA- SED GRAPEVINE v Mayor Adiel F. Stewart said this wek there is hope that other cities will join Salt Lake City in requesting federal support in construction of stub routes to freeways running through cities. He said he conferred for two hours in Washington, D.C., with Harry Betters, executive secre-tary of the United States Confer-ence of Mayors about the prob-lem. He said he was told by Mr. Betters a survey would be made to see if other cities will join in a united effort to have the fed-eral government bear the cost of the stub routes. The State Insurance Commis-sion is moving to comply with an auditor's recommendation that some five million dollars in com-mi- ss iesnoructciev'earthlosedmu mission securities be deposited in a central location, Carl Hul-- I bert, state insurance commission chairman, said this week. I Dr. Homer R. Warner, 1330 Penn St., director of the cardio-vascular laboratory at LDS hos-Ipita- l, has been awarded a $50,-- ! 000 grant to pursue a broad re-search program during the next year. Rex L. Campbell, program di-rector for KSL Radio, announced the appointment of Ted Capener as farm director for KSL Febru-ary 16. Mr. Capener has been active in agricultural circles for the past five years, serving as assist-ant editor of the National Wool Growers Magazine as well as handing publicity, advertising, and public, relations for the Na-tion Wool Growers Association. . John M. McDermott has been appointed manager of Develop-ment Laboratories at the Utah Division of Thiokol Chemical Corporation. In his new position, Mr. Mc- Dermott has responsibility for devolpment of fuels and mater-ials at this division. In addition he acts as consultant and advisor to all Thiokol rocket divisions on problems concerning rocket fuel anda processing. The election of H. W. Haight as chairman of the board of di-rectors of the Carter Oil Co., effective Feb. 9, was announced this week by Carter's president, John W. Brice. Mr. Brice, in his capacity as president, will con-tinue as Carter's chief executive officer. First U. Law Dean Honored at Lunch The first dean of the Univer-sity of Utah's Law School, Frank E. Holman, was honored at an invitational luncheon Friday at the U. of U. Union Bldg. At that time, an oil portrait of Mr. Holman was presented to the university, according to Dr. D. J. Dykstra, present dean of the College of Law. A native of Sandy, Mr. Holman was graduated from the Univer-sity of Utah in 1908 and that year was appointed a Utah Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England. Hereceived a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Jurisprudence at Oxford in 1910 and Master of Arts Degree from Oxford, in ab-sentia, in 1914. Mr. Holman was admitted to the Washington Bar in 1911 on settling in Seattle. The next year he returned to Utah and was ad-mitted to the Utah Bar. After serving as U. of U. instructor in law, Mr. Holman was dean of the Law School from 1913 to 1915, during which time he reorgan-ized the school, includnig trans-fer of the school from its down-town location to the campus and establishment of a law library. He returned to Seattle in 1924 and now is senior partner in the firm of Holman, Mickelwait, Marion, Black and Perkins. He has held offices in the Utah and Washington state bar associa-tions and in 1948 was elected as president of the American Bar Assn. He also has served on vari-- i ous committees and boards. |