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Show Page Ten FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, I960 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Book Pounds Home Theme: Government is Your Business Either we run our government or our government runs us! Always true, this fact is some-how more important right now since the nominees have been chosen and we're on the verge of that every four year Ameri-can phenomenon, the presiden-tial campaign. Our government is on almost everybody's mind. Very fortunately, in our coun-try we still have a free choice of government. When things are1 m a bad way, it's partly the fault J of each and every one of us; when things are right and de-cent, it's to the credit of each' individual. That this is our government nd in the last analysis its sur- - j vival depends upon us is the' proposition James Keller ad-- ! vances in the book Government is Your Business. Keller points out that from j , worr about inexperience. If you i are on the side of right you can't go wrong. 3. Encourage your local press. Oppose any attempts to stifle it. Don't skip lightly over a news-paper story dealing with govern-ment or public affairs. papers put considerable effort into getting the facts into your hands. Write your local editor commending a well written edi-torial, feature, etc. 4. Get the facts. Be informed. Then speak up. Voice your praise or disgust to your local officials, representatives and Congress-men in Washington. Send a post-card or a letter; write or tele-phone. 5. Vote. It has taken centuries of tireless effort to make your vote possible. Use it in local as well as presidential elections. Don't lose your freedom by de- - our earliest beginnings, America has been distinguished for its people people like you, your friends, your business associates and the couple next door. People ran the country and people were the country. They still are! Today as in every time gone by, there are the greedy and corrupt who grab the limelight, but only be-cause they are actively working for evil while many others are doing nothing for good, integrity and decency. Part of the answer to the prob-lem of running a huge local state and federal government is in your hands. Here in brief form are a few tips for helping at the precinct, state and national level: 1. Point out to your friends at every opportunity that the pun-ishment of wise men who refuse to take part in affairs of gov-ernment is to live under the rule of the unwise. Plato said this nearly 3,000 years ago, but it's just as true today when mil-lions live under dictaaorial and and totalitarian systems. j 2. Don't bemoan inefficiency, ' and corruption without doing something about them. Volun-teer your services where you are. Run for local office. Don't fault. It has happened to mil-lions. Be sure it doesn't happen to you. j - 6. Stir up others to vote I any way you can. Make phone ; calls. Ring bells. Distribute lit-- i erature. Drive to the polls those who can't go alone. Baby sit for mothers who can't otherwise get out. Set up a nursery in your i home. Collect your friends and acquaintances to go to the polls together; and invite them back to your house for coffee. Offer your services along these lines to the party of your choice. 7. Take a government job if you can. If you can't support those interested in doing a good capable job. 8. Be interested in costs. Gov-ernment has no inexhaustible bank account. The money comes out of your pocket! You pay hun-dreds of dollars each year for government make sure it is spent wisely. Beware of false economies that can cost more in the long run. 9. Keep America a "Nation Under God." Our Constitution specifies that our rights are God given, not state given. Totali-tarianism is just the opposite, claiming individual rights are given by the state. Freedom has been deprived many because of this theory. Fight it every way you can. 10. Begin where you are. Do something today! As our country grows and prospers there is a human tendency to do less and less. Don't abdicate your respon-sibilities. Many of evil intent are waiting to jump into the gap. Everywhere you go, to everyone you can, keep emphasizing one simple fact either we run our government or it will run us! Spare a few moments a day for freedom. Kenned Calls Social Security Nation's Greatest Welfare Act (Continued from page 1) i at Hyde Park today, not merely to commemorate the cornerstone but to help complete the edifice. "'It is fitting that we celebrate this anniversary. It is essential, from time to time, that we pay tribute to past greatness and historic achievement. But we would betray the very cause we honor if we did not now look to the future as well. We would be unfaithful to the man we honor if we did not look beyond his work to the new challenges the new problems the new work that lies ahead. For the last public message he wrote, on the morning of his death, closed with these words to the Ameri-can people: "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move with strong and active faith." "This is not 1935 or 1945. It is 1960 and today there are 16 million Americans past the age of 65. Three out of every five of these more than nine and one half million people must struggle to survive on an income of less than $1000 a year. Three million more receive less than $2000 from all sources combined. Those who draw social security receive an average check of $72 a month which in 1960 dollars does not begin to do the job. "With the cost of living con-tinually spiraling upwards, with the cost of basic items continual-ly rising $72 a month or $1000 a year cannot pay for even the most basic rudiments of a decent and dignfied old age. And even worse, the substandard incomes the poverty and neglect dis-sipate and destroy the morale, the self respect, the personal pride of our older citizens." Nellie M. Jack Attending Officials Convention fmWl MH my, --rsjij MRS. NELLIE M. JACK Mrs. Nellie M. Jack, Salt Lake County Recorder, is one of some 2.000 county officials in the na-tion now attending the Silver Anniversary Conference of the National Association of County Officials taking place this week in Miami Beach, Florida. Mrs. Jack, during a program-packe- d three day session, heard Sen. Thruston Morton, chairman of the Republican National Com-mittee and Gov. LeRoy Collins, chairman of the Democratic Na-tional Convention, outline the platforms and programs of their respective parties as they pertain to the major domestic problems now confronting local officials. The policies of the two major political platforms were related to NACO own American County Platform, the official policy statement of county government. Other major speakers on the panel included President Eisen-- j hower's chief economic advisor,' Dr. Raymond J. Saulnier; U. S. Senator Frank Moss of Utah; Washington publisher Austin L. Kinlinger. and Federal Highway Administrator Bertram Tallamy. ' In addition to these major speakers, and two general ses-- 1 sions devoted to the conference1 theme. "Counties and the Fed-eral Government." thp dpi attended eight different work-shops dealing specifically with various problems now confront-ing the nation's localities. These included natural resources, edu-cation and mental health welfare and public health, county plan-ning, civil defense, air pollution control, federal real property holdings and roads and high-ways. Academy Applications Now Available At Salt Lake Times Senator Frank E. Moss this week reminded high school sen-iors that those interested in receiving his nominations to U.S. Service Academies must have applications in Washington by September 20. The Salt Lake Times at 711 South West Temple has appli-cations forms, which students may obtain by coming in or writing. Sentor Moss emphasized the fact that his nominations are made on the basis of competitive examinations. Tests for students who wish to enter the academies in July, 1961, will be conducted in Utah this November. Nominations will be made to: The U. S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, the U. S. Academy at West Point, the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. Final selections will be made by the schools on the basis of physical and scholastic examina-tions. Senator Moss said that male residents of the state of Utah can qualify if they are citizens of the U. S, unmarried, of good moral character, in good physical condition, high school graduate, and at least 17, but not more than 22 years of age on the 1st day of July, 1961. Applications should be directed to Senator Frank E. Moss, U. S. Senator, Washington 25, D. C. Upon request he will also supply brochures and catalogues on the individual academies. Moss Announces Change inDat e Of Hearing in S.L. Senator Frank E. Moss said Thursday that the Federal Com-munications Commission moved up two days the date of its Salt Lake City meeting on television booster regulations. It will be held in the Gover-nor's Board Room of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Sept. 1 from 9 to 4. FCC engineer Mclvor Barker will conduct the meeting. Senator Moss said: "This meet-ing is for the purpose of assist-ing Utah TV booster station operators to comply with new licensing regulations. Copies of the translator rules, application forms and instructions for com-pletion of required interim forms-wil- l be distributed. FCC person-nel will explain the steps that must be taken and answer ques-tions about the individual opera-tions. "Booster stations constructed on or before July 7, 1960, must file applications for temporary operating authority by October 31 of this year. Applications for licenses must be filed by Feb-ruary, 1961, and complete com-pliance with all regulations met by October. 1961. "I have been assured that the Commission recognizes the prob-lems of operators in becoming familiar with new regulations, and the need for a reasonable time to convert them. I hope the rules will prove to be practical, and that operating under them - will solve the licensing problem thta has plagued the booster sta-tions and the many Utah areas thta depend on boosters for free TV service." i PARK &TILFD SERV ' " ': A CENTURY fSfe 7wMskey i OF QUALITY JST ". 9 IN EVERY BOTTLE jfe-- j :h BLENDED WHISKEY, 70 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. 86 PROOF. IHSBiNMIM '. '. NEW YORK I: .! U. of U. Law Students Awarded Scholarships University of Utah College of Law students from Salt Lake City and Bountiful have been awarded $375 Walker Bank and Trust Co. scholarships to con-tinue their law studies at the U. of U., according to Dr. Daniel J. Dykstra, dean of the college. Recipients are E. G. Bennett, 1788 Foothill Dr., and David S.l Cook. 6885 So. Orchard Drive,! Bountiful. ! Mr. Bennett, a native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, is a 1943 graduate of Ogden High School. He has completed his second year of law studies at the U. and will be i research and copy editor of the! Utah Law Review for this next1 year. He is married and has three ! children. ! Mr. Cook was born in Logan and was graduated in 1956 from Davis High School in Kaysville. He has completed his first year of U. law studies and also has been selected for the Utah Law Review staff. He and his wife have one child. |