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Show ' . f ) ' Page Eight ' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1960 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Mormon Battalion Maps Plans For Inaugural Parade March t f : X0 sv v V Col. Elias L. Day, second from left, was in charge of Sons of Utah Pioneers Mormon Batallion at dedication ceremonies for the mili-tary cemetery at old Camp Floyd, Cedar Valley. Some 100 members of Johnston's army are buried in the cemetery. Battalion will march in the Inaugural Parade for President-elec- t John Kennedy in Washington. eastward and crosses the Missis-sippi River for the first time to participate in the inaugural parade. In preparation for this out-standing trek all members in-terested in going with others of the Battalion and escorts will meet at the Armory, Fort Doug-las, January 3, at 7:30 p.m. Col. Fred M. Reese, chairman of arrangements for the Bat-talion's participation in the in-augural parade said buses will leave Salt Lake City with mem-bers on Jan. 13. Senator Frank B. Moss is a member of the Battalion and will be in Washington for the inauguration. Col. Reese said this week he did not know if the senator would be able to march with the Battalion. The Sons of the Utah Pioneers Mormon Battalion has been in-vited to participate in the great inaugural parade at Washington, D.C., January 20, as the official representative of the state of Utah. A great honor has been con-ferred upon the Mormon Bat-talion by giving it the opportu-nity of representing the state as well as the Mormon pioneers and the original Battalion in accom-plishing the longest march of in-fantry in the history of the world. On June 6, 1960, the Mormon Battalion was an invited guest at the exercises for dedication of the military cemetery for the soldier dead of Johnston's Army at Camp Floyd, Cedar Valley, Utah. History records that the last commander at Camp Floyd and who returned with the U.S. troops to the east was Colonel Phillip St. George Cooke, and that, although a Virginian, he remained true to the Union and was finally commissioned Major General in charge of cavalry. At the time of the construction of the monument of the Mormon Battalion on the State Capitol Grounds, May Belle Thurman, now Mrs. M. C. Davis, and who had much to do with the suc-cessful construction of the monu-ment, located and corresponded with Mrs. Jeb Stuart, famous Confederate Cavalry leader and whose wife was the daughter of Col. Phillip St. George Cooke. Mrs. Stuart was still alive at the time of the construction of the monument on the capitol grounds. It is with such a rich historical background that the Mormon Battalion now moves Kenned Inaugural Parade Thirteen Weeks in Production (Continued from page 1) dential parties, will head the parade to bring the President from the Capitol to the review-ing stand near the White House. Divison 1 will be the Service Academies, Division 2 will be headed by the Army, followed by the District of Columbia unit as host, Massachusetts, the Pres-ident's state, and Texas, the Vice President's state, then nine other states in the order of their ad-mission to the union. Division 3 will be headed by the Marines, followed by 12 states. Division 4 will be led by the Navy, fol-lowed by 11 statesDivision 5 will be headed by the Air Force followed by 11 states. Division 6 will be headed by the Coast Guard, followed by. the Reserve Forces of all the services. The parade route is approxi-mately 14 300 yards long. The parade itself will be nearly 3700 yards long and will move at 120 paces a minute or three miles an hour for autos and floats. Each state section will consist of its governor riding in a new convertible driven by a military driver. Each governor may be accompanied by such members of his family or friends as he wishes. Following the Governor will be one band of not more than 100 members, one float and one marching unit of not more than 200 persons. The selection of the individual units for each state is left to an i inaugural parade coordinator in each state, named by the chair- - man of the 1961 inaugural com-mittee, Edward H. Foley. These coordinators are a cross section of Democratic party leaders, some senators, some congress-men, some heads of the Citizens for Kennedy-Johnso- n organiza-tion, some Democratic State chairmen. In chosing the individual units the parade coordinators have been' given guidance by a special sub-committ- ee of band experts who prepared a list of the out-standing bands of the country. However, the coordinators have a free hand in choosing the band and marching units. Each band and marching unit is responsible for paying all its own expenses to participate in the parade. Float designs must be submit-ted to a special inaugural Float Design Committee for approval. The theme of the parade is of "World Peace Through New Frontiers" and each float must be in keeping with the theme. Members of the float design com-mittee are: Herman Williams, Gallery of Art of Washington; David N. Yerkes of Washington; Mrs. Joan Hill of Washington, and Don McLaughlin, Presenta-tion Associates of Washington. In case two states submit simi-lar designs, the first to reach Ihe float design committee will be accepted. In case a state does not wish to send a band or marching unit to Washington, Massachusetts or Texas will be given the privilege of providing a substitute. Series Explains Public Notices Public notices, or legal adver-tising appear in this and other newspapers regularly, as pro-vided under the laws of all of the states. These notices are a part of the basic right of the people to know what their gov-ernment does with tax money under the American system. Copyright 1960 By James E. Pollard THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT One of the important books of the 1950's was "The People's Right to Know." It was written by the late Dr. Harold L. Cross, a leading attorney and for some years on the staff of the Graduate School of Journalism', Columbia University. As its foreword point-ed out, the book was in reality a report to the American Society of Newspaper Editors which had sponsored the study. This 400-pag- e bok has to do with the status of legal access to the public records and pro-ceedings in the United States. It deals with various aspects of what the book calls the "never-wo- n struggle for a maximum of basic freedoms in a free society." Concerted attention has been fo-cused upon this problem in re-cent years by a number of agen-cies, both state and national. In wartime and under the se-curity conditions-necessar- y even during the cold war, there has been a tendency to go beyond necessity in witholding informa-tion from the public. Some of this has resulted from overzeal-ousnes- s on the part of the armed services. Some has grown out of the tendency of bureaucracy to protect itself and, in so doing, to make its own ground rules. But as a result of the efforts of Dr. Cross and others, some progress has been made in breaking down the fences erected around legiti-mate information. Public notice, or legal adver-tising, is another aspect of the people's right to know. It is for the protection of their rights, both personal and collective. Whether it has to do with tax rates, a special election, or set-tling an estate, the principal is the same. The newspaper, in turn, performs a public service in publishing public notices. They are part of the legal ma-chinery of helping to insure the people's right to know. Third of Utah Personal Income Went For Taxes, Study Finds dollar. Welfare expenditures increase moderately in 1960. Utah con-tinues to provide grants that are above the U. S. average for most cotegories of public assistance. The Foundation reports that highway spending declined in 1960 as a result of the cutback of the scheduled federal high-way program. Despite this fact highway expenditures in Utah in 1960 still were nearly two and a half times above the 1955 level and four times that for 1950. Nearly a third of the personal income received by individuals in Utah went for taxes in 1960, according to a year end review of governmental activities pre-pared by Utah Foundation, the private governmental research organization. The Foundation study shows that Utahns paid a total of $525 million in federal, state and local taxes during the 1960 fiscal year. Total taxes paid by Utahns amounted to $212 million in '50 and $51 million in '40. Taxes in 1960 were equal to nearly $600.00 for every man, woman and child residing in the state. Thus for an average family of four persons, the tax burden amounted to nearly $2,400 in 1960. Although income levels in the state have nearly doubled since 1950, the Foundation observes that taxes are taking increased proportion of the higher income. In 1960 approximately 32 per cent of the total personal in-come of individuals in Utah went for taxes (both direct and hidden). By contrast, the relative tax burden was 25.9 per cent in 1950, 20.2 per cent in 1940 and 11.9 per cent in 1930. Foundation analysts point out that government not only takes the, largest sahre of the personal expenditure dollar, but con-versely is also the largest single supplier of personal income in Utah. More persons in Utah' are employed by government (fed-eral, state and local) than by any other segment of the state econ-omy. In June, 1960, there were 61,976 persons working for some governmental unit in Utah. This is equal to 23 per cent of the total nonagricultural work force of 270.000 in the state. In addi-tion, there are many others who are employed by private con-cerns which deal primarily in governmental contract work. The study shows that federal taxes accounted for $331 million or 63 per cent of the 1960 tax load in Utah, while state and local taxes were qeual to $194 million or 37 per cent of the total. This is almost a direct reversal of the situation that pre-vailed in 1940 when 69 per cent of the total tax burden resulted from state and local taxes and only 31 per cent for federal. According to the Foundation study, most of this shift in em-phasis to the federal government occurred during the war years of the 1940s when federal taxes and expenditures expanded. In recent years, however, the rate of growth in state and local taxes has been greater than that of the federal government. Since 1955, state and local taxes in Utah have increased 66 per cent, compared with a 45 per cent rise in the federal tax burden. As expected, education is the number one expenditure item for state and local government in Utah. The Foundation reports that Utah spent $131.1 million for education (local schools, col-leges and other) in fiscal 1960. This represents an increase of $12.2 million or 10 per cent in the year. Educational expendi-tures in Utah have trebled in the past decade and have multiplied more than eight and a half times within the past twenty years. Part of the rise is accounted for by enrolling increases and re-duced purchasing power of the (QnroawofflX ( g ) Good Reading for the Whole Family News Facts Family Features The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. 1 year $20 6 months $10 3 months $5 Name Address City Zone State PB-1- 6 Tax Instruction Booklets Ready Instruction booklets which are part of the income tax package received each year by federal income taxpayers are not the only material available for their guidance, Roland V. Wise, Dis-trict Director of the Internal Revenue Service said this week. "Three comprehensive tax guides, written in simple and understandable language, also are available to help taxpayers with items not fully covered in the regular instruction booklet," he said. The three guides are: "Your Federal Income Tax," 40c; "Tax Guide for Small Business," 40c; "Farmers Tax Guide," free. Each booklet is completely in-dexed by subject, and chapter headings afford quick guidance to answers to nearly all federal tax problems. Copies of the guides may be obtained at Room 366, Federal Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. |