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Show r: ' 6 - PERIODICAL DIVISION 1 V--I t UNIVERSITY LIBRARY j V 0 WIVES ITY OF LTAH , k CITY 12 AC I I SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, MARCH 25, I960 ! i ... County Democrats Name Smoot As New Chairman of Party .tea i o STEPHEN P. SMOOT Stephen P. Smoot, a young Salt Lake businessman, is new Salt Lake County Democratic chairman. Mr. Smoot was named to the post at the county organization convention Saturday at The Ter-race. He won out over Hal G. Taylor by a vote of 303 to 71. Other county offices named at the Saturday convention include Mrs. Ethel Spillsbury, as vice-chairma- n; Mrs. Virginia Fitz-gerald, secretary, and Otto R. Maas, reelected treasurer. Mrs. Spillsbury won the vice chairman post in a contest with Mrs. Ora Roe by a vote of 262 to 111 and Mrs. Fitzgerald won the secretary post over Fred Evans MRS. ETHEL SPILLSBURY by a vote of 182 to 156. Mr. Smoot replaces Laurel J. Brown, who did not seek re-election. Mr. Brown is running for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state. Mrs. Spillsbury succeeds Mrs. Dorothy Henderson and Mrs. Fitzgerald succeeds Mr. Smoot in the secretary position. The convention adopted a reso-lution designating the county convention delegates as delegates to the forthcoming state organiz-ing and nominating conventions. Instead of the usual keynote address this year were short ad-dresses by various candidates for Democratic nominations. Phil L Hansen Announces Candidacy for Attorney General 3 AV i 3 .. . V Akvv St l- - - v " - i , - I . K , &&.j .i'ZMs fall of 1956, when he accepted the Democratic nomination for District Attorney for the coun-ties of Daggett, Summit, Tooele and Salt Lake. ' As chief defense counsel for two of the three defendants in the prison murder trial of last yea, he was instrumental in ex-posing conditions which resulted in the calling of the Salt Lake County Grand Jury. "Realizing the responsibilities I would have as one of three members of the Board of Exami-ners with the Governor and Sec-retary of State," Judge Hansen said in his announcement, "and being aware of the consequences of the reliance thatwill be placed on my many interpretations of the law, it is my firm conviction that having been judge, prosecu-tor and defense counsel should help me to reach the objectives of the office of Attorney Gen-eral. H T . i II I'l PHIL L. HANSEN Phil L. Hansen, Salt Lake at- - torney, former Murray judge, and life-lon- g resident of Utah, announced this week that he will be a Democratic candidate for Attorney General. Judge Hansen received his law degree from the University of Utah and also attended Carroll College, Montana State School of Mines and Northwestern Uni-versity. He has been a lawyer since 1950 and was a prosecutor as Murray City Attorney before he became the youngest elected judge of the nation in 1951. He served as judge until the no one can actually preaici what his acts or thoughts will be at any given time. When, in fact the time does arrive for a deci-sion to be made, the experiences of the past, all of the facts and circumstances of the present and the desires for the future should be considered. "Therefore, rather than mak-ing the customary, stereotyped, expedient yet usually unfilled promises, may I say simply but sincerely, that I shall always do my very best for the people of my state and nation and human-ity as such." Mrs. Romney Declines To Seek Reelection To National Position Mrs. Roxey Romney, for the past 10 years Utah's Democratic National Committeewoman, has announced she will not seek re-election at the state organization convention in Salt Lake City in June. Mrs. Romney has been an ac-tive worker in the Democratic Party for a number of years. She expressed appreciation for the support that party members have given her. Speculation as to who might seek her position on the national committee was quick. Among names heard frequently were those of Mrs. Sunday Anderson, former member of the House of Representatives, and Mrs. Ann Davis. On the state level it was re-ported that Freda Wood was under consideration as a pos-sible candidate for the post of state vice chairman. Demo Women Ready 12th District Meet The 12th Legislative Demo-cratic Women's Study group will meet at the home of Mrs. Elmer B. Newren, 321 E Street, Salt Lake City, Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. An interesting program is be-ing arranged by Mrs. J. Allan Crockett, program chairman. Hostesses for the evening are Mrs. Newren and Mrs. Ann Da-vis. All ladies in Legislative 12 are cordially invited to attend. TODAY'S EDITORIAL Louis E. Holley Announces Intent To Run for Auditor Nomination Mr. Holley made the an-nouncement at the Salt Lake County Democratic organization convention Saturday. Mr. Holley is serving his fifth term as city auditor. Prior to his election as city auditor he was an accountant for the state road commission for nine years. Long prominent in Democratic organizations and activities, Mr. Holley has served in numerous district offices, on the state and county central committees and as a delegate. One of Mr. Holley's major civic interests has been his as-sistance to crippled and handi-capped children. He currently is president of the Utah Society for the Physically Handicapped and for 26 years has served as chairman of the BPOElks com-mittee to aid crippled and handi-capped children. LOUIS E. HOLLEY Incumbent Salt Lake City Aud-itor Louis E. Holley announces that he will seek the Democratic nomination for state auditor. President Signs Rep. King s Bill On Phosphate Mining The White House advised Rep. David S. King of Utah Tuesday that the President has signed into law his bill enabling phos-phate prospectors to obtain fed-eral leases on their discoveries without opening them to com-petitive bidding. Congressman King hailed the new law, which was sponsored jointly by himself and Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah as "a victory for small business." Mr. King said the bill estab-lishes two year prospecting per-mits to protect the prospectors' claims. "If, within that period, the prospectors can show the Secretary of the Interior there are no valuable phosphate de-posits on their claims, they will be entitled to leases on any or all of the lands covered by the permits," he explained. "In the past leases have al-ways been awarded through com-petitive bidding, without regard for the person who made the original discovery. Often the hard working prospector who made the discovery was edged out of it in the bidding." V GOP Has Lulled Americans Into Sleep The farm policy of the Administration has not only evoked wide criticism from its one-tim- e supporters, but has also proven to be unrealistic and discriminatory. It needs severe revision. Farm prices have fallen steadily in the face of higher surpluses. The Secretary of Agriculture indicates he is primarily con-cerned with withdrawing government support rather than with proposing more effective methods of dealing with theVimpact ,.jT" of increased productivity on the farm economy. New probli require new thinking and new solutions. The present adminis-tration has not exercised sufficient flexibility to initiate these approaches. The lack of leadership in aiding and abetting the Supreme Court decision on integration is one of the most unhappy de-velopments of recent years. The Chief Executive might have taken the reins of leadership and provided Americans with a sense of purpose and duty in seeing that every citizen enjoyed his constitutional rights. Instead, he chose to stand aloof. (Continued on Page Four) |