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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1960 Page Three Veteran Democrat Draws Honor From U. S. House At the opening session of Con-gress this month the House of Representatives paused to pay tribute to a prominent Democrat Speaker Sam Rayburn. In reporting the occasion Col-umnist Clinton Davidson noted: "Many great Americans have served in the Congress of the United States, but none with a greater loyalty, dedication and dictinction than Rep. Sam Ray-bur- n a man we are proud to have as a friend and fellow-America- n. "To millions of Americans in and outside his district in north-east Texas, most of whom have never seen him, he is Mister Con-gress. To his fellow congressmen and newsmen he is affectionately Mr. Sam. "The House paid tribute from both sides of the aisle to a great American on his 78th birthday. The sincere admiration and af-fection expressed by. his fellow congressmen brought lumps to the throats of spectators. "Mr. Sam, without doubt, has more friends and admirers in Congress than any other man. If he has a single enemy we have not, in more than 25 years ob-serving and reporting Congress, seen a hint that such a man ex-ists. "The Congressional Record, which reports the activities of Congress, included on Jan. 6 a statement of the remarkable record of achievement of Rep. Sam Rayburn from Bonham, Texas. "He has been a member of the House of Representatives for 47 years, longer than any other man since this democracy was born. He has been Speaker of the House in 17 of those years, long-er than any man in history, and almost twice as long as Henry Clay. "The record of his legislative achievements would, if assem-bled in one volume, make a good sized book. The laws which he has personally sponsored affect the lives of every American each day. Because he was born and reared on a farm and has lived all his life in a small town, he has had a close interest in legislation helpful to farmers and residents of small towns. "Some of the most notable leg-islation Rep. Rayburn has spon-sored include the REA, which has brought electricity to almost every farm in the nation; Farm-to-Mark- et roads programs; the SEC Act to protect the savings of millions of people who invest in stocks and bonds; GI insur-ance and veterans disability pay-ments; soil conservation and flood control measures to pre-serve our priceless national re-sources. "Little is generally known about Sam Rayburn the man, be-cause he has shunned personal publicity. He has never had a publicity man on his staff. He seldom makes a speech in Con-gress and he has steadfastly re-fused to write the history of his eventful life. Well, what kind of a human being is Sam Rayburn? "First, he is a simple, even old fashioned man. He dresses con-servatively, hates loud clothes, hats and ties. He is a bachelor, never having married. In Wash-ington he has lived in the same small comfortable apartment for more than 30 years. "He has enjoyed an unusual robustness of health. He has never been in a hospital, except to have his tonsils removed. He has never had a headache. He likes to walk at least two miles a day. He eats very temporately. "Rep. Rayburn is a man of. un-usual candor and straightfor-wardness, a fact that helps ex-plain his reputation for being blunt. "Tell the truth and have the explanations for later," he says. Waste, whether it is time, words or money, pains him: "Be just be fair," he tells people over and over. I He has never travelled abroad. When Congress adjourns, there is only one place he wants to go and does go home. Ufah Credit Unions Set Weekend Meet Nearly a thousand members of Utahy 245 credit unions, repre-senting all sections of the state, will attend the 26th annual con-vention at the University of Utah Unicn in Salt Lake City, Jan. 30 ind 31, according to Halley Thomas, Bounitf ul, president of the Utah State Credit Union League. Speaker at the yearly banquet which will end the two day meet will be Mrs. Mildred Boyd of Fresno, Calif., vice president of the Credit Union National As-sociation. Highlights the- - first day will include a discussion session for state regional credit union offi-cials and 23 educational work shops for local leaders. The President's report, to be made to a business session on Sunday will include plans for a proposed new headquarters for the League to be situated in Salt Lake City. Managing Director Karl S. Little, Salt Lake City, who will also report at the business meet-ing, will announce the formation of 24 new credit unions in Utah during 1959. He will also report that prospects for 1960 indicate a new high will be reached dur-ing the year in expansion of the movement in Utah. With combined assets of al-most $45,00,0000, League offi-cials stated that Utah's credit unions playe a beneficial role in the state's economy. This is due, they point out, to the unique manner in which credit unions operate, estimating that 80 per cent of the money saved by 85,-00- 0 members in Utah credit unions is savings that would not have otherwise occurred. Moss Supports Plan For Memorial To Woodrow Wilson A proposal to establish a Wash-ington, D. C, memorial to Wood-ro- w Wilson, America's World I President, received strong sup-port from Sen. Frank E. Moss (D-Uta- h) in a Senate speech. His short address was made at the time of his announcement of of a joint reso-lution to provide for a commis-sion to formulate plans for the memorial. In the light of the international events since his untimely death, Woodrow Wilson appears as a statesman with a clear vision of the future, Sen. Moss declared. "As he so well saw and so well said, America's great task, as yet unfinished, is to 'make the world safe for democracy.' Sen Moss characterized Wood-ro- w Wilson's first term as a most "fruitful one in the field of do-mestic legislation and reform." He specifically mentioned estab-lishment of the Federal Trade Commission, passage of the Fed-eral Reserve and Clayton Anti-Tru- st acts, lowered tariffs, and improved relations with Latin America. "He worked unceasingly to keep the United States out of the European war. When he be-lieved this to be impossible when the Imperial German gov-ernment declared unrestricted submarine warfare he prose-cuted the war energetically, but always with the great purpose before him of establishing a last-ing peace." Jn regard to the memorial it-self, the Utah Democrat said: "It has been suggested that the memorial might take the form of a functional buildine a livins memorial it is being called a headquarters for an organization related to areas of Wilson's con-tributions to American world government." He emphasized that any func-tion should not be allowed to overshadow the personality of the President, saying: "As I now conceive it ,the memorial should be of such a form, and offer such access and other facilities, as will assure it a permanent place on the itin-erary of those who come to Wash-ington to go sight seeing. Espe-cially L would want to be sure that the hundreds of thousands of young people who visit us every year have forcefully called to their attention this man's dedication to the public service. Sen. Moss took note of the drama in President Wilson's pub-lic career: his nomination on the 46th ballot at the 1912 Demo-cratic convention in Balitmore. and the split in Republican vot-ing strength when the GOP candidate, William Howard Taft (father of the late Republican Senator Robert A Taft) was op-posed by Theodore Roosevelt, candidate of the Bull Moose party. Institute Finds Need For Federal Aid to Education In a fact packed summary re-port Federal Support " for Edu-cation, "The Situation Today," the Public Affairs Institute de-clares that in the present educa-tional crisis there is no "real alternative to general federal support for public schools." If the "chronic deficiencies of our Education" are not met, the re-port concludes "the consequence will be calamitous." The study, made by staff mem-ber F. P. Seidner, represents the thinking of a broad segment of the educational leadership of the nation. For in pre-pri- nt form it was submitted to 100 prominent educators and their comments and criticisms were accommodat-ed in the published report. Former U. S. Commissioner of Education Dr. Earl J. McGrath summed up the views of these educators when he termed the study the "most comprehensive statement on this subject I have ever seen. The report details the facts on the grave shortcomings of U. S. education under headings that discuss the shortage of class-rooms and teachers, a projection of demands for the future, the legislative background of federal support, present legislation and congressional action, the admin-istration's position and the need for federal support. The study finds that United States educational facilities are not keeping pace with rapidly growing student enrollments. Overcrowded classrooms and low teachers' salaries are viewed as two of the principal shortcom-ings of public schools today. "Until salaries are raised to an i adequate level, it will continui i to be exceedingly difficult U draw competent young person; into teaching, or to retain oui qualified teachers." Among the long range develop-ments listed as requiring a quali-tative improvement of public ed-ucation are automation and the accelerating occuptional trend toward more professional and skilled technical workers. "Far higher standards will need to be achieved in future educational efforts," Mr. Seidner writes. "Higher levels of preparatory education are needed for the in-creasing percentage of students going on to college and to supply the manpower demands of an increasingly complex and tech-nical society." The report outlines the present legislative battle on federal sup-port for education. It summarizes the content of the major legis-lation under consideration and evaluates the political situation and strategy being employed by both sides. The swelling tide of public in-terest in the whole problem of public education promises to make federal support for our public schools a key issue in the next Congress and the 1960 elec-tions to follow. Sides are being drawn now, and this factual summary of the situation is in-tended to supply well assembled thoroughly reliable statistics on all major phases of the issue. In this respect, the study deserves a much needed purpose, for such a factual summary has been lack-ing heretofore. "The Situation Today" can be obtained from the Public Affairs Institute, 312 Pennsylvania Ave., S. E. Washington, D. C, at 15c per copy. A discount of 30 per cent is allowed on ten or more copies. The Institue, a non profit, non partisan research organization enjoys a long established repu-tation for research on important and controversial subjects. The author of this study, Mr. Seidner, is a graduate of Hamilton College and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Af-fairs at Princeton University. He has had experience in both the legislative and executive parts of the federal government. Business Population Shows Increase In Salt Lake County Statistics released this week , by D. E. Smith, district manager of the Salt Lake City office of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reflect the trend of the business popu-lation in Salt Lake County dur-ing the past year. Figures obtained from a physi-cal count of the Dun & Brad-stre- et Reference Book for Janu-ary, 1960 totaled 5,944 manufac-turers, wholesalers and retailers in this area as compared to 5,750 in January, 1959, an in-crease of 3 percent for the period. The Dun & Bradstreet Refer-ence Book lists all manufactur-ers, wholesalers and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit. It does not include some of the service and professional businesses such as beauty and barber shops, security dealers, and real estate brokers. There-fore, the figures for businesses in Salt Lake County would ac-tually be higher than the 5,944 quoted above. The Dun & Bradstreet Refer-ence Book, which is the world's largest regularly published vol-ume, is revised every 60 days to keep the business listings cur-rent. During the past 60 days, nearly 70,000 new names were added to the Reference Book and almost 65,000 were removed. During this period, credit rat-ings were changed on more than 110,000 business enterprises. Using the Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book listings as a guide, it is interesting to review what has happened in the nine principal Salt Lake County communities in the past year: Salt Lake City showed an in-- , crease of 3Vfe per cent: Kearns 26 per cent and Sandy 14 per ) cent. All other towns in thi 5 county remained the same as in the previous listing. , As one phase in revising credit . reports and keeping them up to date, Dun & Bradstreet, through its national network of offices, writes every year to all busi-nesses in the Reference Book to request their financial state-ments. This year, these requests are being sent to approximately there million businesses, to the corner grocery store worth a few thousand dollars as well as to businesses worth millions. When the owner or officer of business enterprise, or his ac-countant, fills out and mails his financial statement to Dun & Bradstreet, it becomes a part of the credit report on his business and a factor in determining the credit rating of his business. It is not necessary for the business man to wait for the Dun & Brad-street reporter's call to hand him his statement. When the Dun & Bradstreet reporter receives a businessman's financial state-ment in advance of his periodic call he can make a more detailed analysis of the financial condi-tion of the business and discuss its operation more intelligently. The Dun & Bradstreet credit rating consists of two symbols. The first, a letter of the alphabet indicates financial strength or the tangible net worth of the business. The second symbol is a number which reflects a com-- : posite appraisal of the back-ground, operations, financial sta-bility and payment record of the business. mmm sssboqse J Good Reading for the Whole Family News Facts Family Features Tha Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. 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