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Show Paae Eiaht FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Moss Will Continue to Oppose Spending for 'Protective Works' had agreed with his position in refusing the Department of In-terior request to appropriate the funds in the fiscal 1961 bill to begin construction of protective works. Summing up, the Senator said, "I well realize that Rainbow Bridge poses a real dilemma for many of those concerned. It poses a dilemma for the De-partment of the Interior which under the law, must ask for funds to begin the unnecessary protective works. It poses a di-lemma for Congress which must ne the action it took in the strained and emotional Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah declared to the Senate Thursday that he will continue to oppose the spending of $25 million to build so-call- ed protective works to prevent a small quantity of the waters of the Glen Canyon reservoir from backing up under Rainbow Bridge. He reintroduced his bill of the last session proposing to change the provision of the Colorado River Storage Project Act that states that no water from a res-ervoir may "be within" a na-tional monument to one that no such water may "impair" "any national monument. at-mosphere when the original bill was passed. It poses a serious dilemma for the leaders and members of the conservation and outdoor groups who will search their consciences and ask them-selves whether a man man pool far down under the arch of a bridge would not be far more desirable than any man made dam, plus the thrusts of access roads plus the other impedimenta of civilization which would blot the primitiveness of the area. "Mr. President, no one is more dedicated than I to honest con-servation and protection of our natural resources, and to appro-priating the money necessary to do so. But, now that the facts are in on Rainbow Bridge, I am convinced that to let the water take its natural course up the streambed is the best way to insure that this remarkable sce-nic wonder will be preserved in all its primitive glory. "By no criterion do I feel the expendtiure of1 millions of fed-eral dollars for the construction of a barrier or , diversion dam, or a combination of both, can be justified." He repeated his former argu-ments that to allow a sliver of water to back up under the San Juan County natural wonder would enhance rather than im-pair the bridge, and, that the findings of field parties sent to examine the area led to a joint Bureau of Reclamation and Geo-logical Survey report stating the water would always be far be-low the columns of the arch, and said: "I firmly believe that a serious mistake was made in writing the provisions into the Act at the time it was passed, and that we must now move to correct that mistake, otherwise we will spend at least $25 million needlessly, we will scar the primitive beauty of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument, and we will fail to make this spectacular natural wonder as accessible as it should be to the public." v Senator Moss then turned to two new items of support for his position: a report to the House Interior Committee by a sub-committee headed by Congress-man Stewart Udall of Arizona, who has been named by Presiden-t- elect Kennedy to be the Secretary of the Interior: and an article in Science magazine by Dr. Angus M. Woodbury of the University of Utah. After an inspection trip to the Rainbow Bridge area with Rep. John Saylor of Pennsylvania, also a member of the House In-terior Committee, Congressman Udall stated in his report that "to allow the water to back up under the arch in the natural stream bed" would "best serve the long run interests of this park and of the conservation movement itself." Mr. Udall also wrote: "Though the lake water offends a basic principle of park conservation, it is my conviction that the con-struction of any man made work within five miles of the present monument boundaries would do ar greater violence to the first commandment of conservation that the great works of nature should remain in their virginal state wherever possible." Dr. Woodbury stated in the Science article: "This is a case which calls for conservationists to do a little soul searching. The fallacy of joining a crusade with out a realistic appraisal of the facts should be obvious by this time. It is a fact that the pres-ence of the Glen Canyon Reser-voir will open up to the general public, by way of boating on Lake Powell, a thousand en-chanting nooks glens and alcoves in the tributaries that lead into Glen Canyon, many of which are practically inaccessible without the lake. It will open the vast scenic resources of the interior of the rough country of the west to regular use under the control of the National Park Service." Senator Moss also pointed out that the Appropriations Com-mittees of the House and Senate New Count Director Lists 6003 Businesses for Year 1960 (Continued from page 1) keep the business listings cur-rent. During the past 60 days, nearly 70,000 new names were added to the book and almost 65,000 were removed. During the period, the credit ratings were changed on more than 110,000 business enterprises. As one phase in revising credit reports and keeping them up to date, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. through its national network of offices, writes every year to all businesses in the book to request their financial statements. This year these requests are being sent to approximately 3,000,000 businesses, to the corner grocery store worth a few thousand dol-lars as well as to businesses worth millions. When the owner or officer of a business enterprise, or his ac-countant fills out and mails his financial statement it becomes a part of the credit report on his business and a factor in deter-mining the credit rating of his business. Each reference book listing is a condensed summary of the in-formation contained in the Dun & Bradstreet credit report. The report includes a history of the business; a description of what the busines does and how it does it; a financial section which in-cludes the latest financial state-ment; and a record of how the business pays its bills. Credit reports are primarily used by businessmen who want to evaluate the credit risk of a business before shipping or sell-ing. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., has been reporting on the American business since 1841 without cost of any kind to the business it reports on or lists in its refer-ence book. 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 1961 By James E. Pollard WHAT IS A NEWSPAPER? There are times when what looks like a newspaper may not qualify as such for legal pur-poses. In many places there are what are know as "shoppers" or "throw aways." They contain more or less news, they serve a purpose but their primary pur-pose is advertising. Such publications are useful and many of them have been in existence for years. Some of them make a fine appearance, but it is significant that they can not qualify for second class entry under the postal laws. This is be-cause they do not come within the definition of a bona fide newspaper under the regulation. Then there again are special interest newspapers which with-in their limits also serve uesful purposes. These may be fraternal or religious in nature or may have to do with a specific trade, business, industry or profession. But in the very great majority of cases the thousands of state laws governing public notices or legal advertising specify the use of bona fide newspapers of paid general circulation in the com-munity for such purposes. This is becaues such newspapers, usual-ly give maximum coverage, cir-culate throughout the commu-nity, their main purpose is to public editorial and news matter and their paid circulations are undeniable proof of their merit, their influence and their being wanted in the community. Rep. King Introduces Bill to Authorize The Dixie Project , Rep. David S. King of Utah introduced a bill to authorize the Dixie Project, which would create two dams and irrigate 16,200 acres in Washington County, Utah. The bill proposes to finance the project under a 50 year re-payment schedule. The congressman was opti-mistic about the prospects of the 87th Congress taking action on the Dixie project. "The Bureau of Reclamation has said that its Boulder City, Nevada, office expects to com-plete the first draft of the Dixie Project report next month," he said. "We believe the report will follow the plan of development outlined in the original report, issued in 1949. Of course, the new report will be updated to reflect current economic condi-tions, and will incorporate in the pay-o- ut schedule a basin account to assist water users." Mr. King said two other de-velopments have brightened the prospects of early development. 1. While this project, like some others in the Upper Colo-rado River Basin, will require financial assistance beyond the repayment ability of the water and power users. It is contem-plated that surplus power reve-nues from Lower Basin plants may be used to aid the Dixie Project in meeting the payment schedule. The Southwest Water council, which represents Cali-fornia, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico as well as Utah, now supports in principle the use of power revenues to aid project repayment. Mr. King's bill would draw, where necessary on Hoover Dam power revenues to help finance the project. 2. Resolutions of water rights on the Lower Colorado, of which the Virgin River is a tributary, advanced a step last month when the Special Master of the Su-preme Court submitted his find-ings of fact and recommendation to the court. Brightman Letter Spikes Temperance Organization Fears The following letter has been sent by Samuel M. Brightman. publicity director of the 1961 inaugural committee to Erwin F. Bohmfalk, president of the Na-tional Temperance League, in Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Bohmfalk: I am sincerely sorry that you did not get in touch with me before you sent your open letter of protest about which I read on the news wire this morning. I am sorry that you did not get in touch with me because your pro-test is based on false premises. Here are the facts about sponsor-ships of inaugural events. There will be no sponsorship of swearin-g- in ceremony and the net-works have made no request for sponsor coverage of the event. The networks have asked us if we would permit sponsorship of the parade and of the ball. We have said that we would per-mit sponsorship of products we deem appropriate and have also stipulated that he would have to review the proposed commer-cial announcements for good taste before we made any deci-sion. While formal approval has not been given for any sponsors several are under favorable con-sideration. None of these products are beer or any other form of alco-holic beverage. The policy of the inaugural committee is that we are not going to waste our time deciding hypothetical questions about the sponsors. When actual requests are made they will be reviewed and our decisions will be made public. Let me repeat again, the ques-tion of a beer sponsor has not' been before the inaugural com-mittee and has not been dis-cussed by the inaugural commit-tee. I am particularly distressed that your open letter and state-ments by other groups have cir-culated the untrue statement that the swearing-i- n ceremonies were going to be sponsored by a beer company. As I said earlier there is no sponsorship of this cere-mony and there has never been any effort by the networks to obtain permission for such spon-sorship. I hope you will take steps to apprise the members of your organization of the facts I am hereby transmitting to you." Bosrd of Regents Names Sorensen The Board of Regents at the University of Utah announced thta Professor Parry D. Sorensen, director public relations at the University.' has been appointed acting head of the Department of Journalism. Professor Sorensen will re-place Dr. Quintus C. Wilson, who resigned to accept a new post as Dean of the School of Journal-ism at the University of West Virginia. Professor Sorensen, a gradu-ate of the University of Utah, obtained a Master's Degree in journalism at Northwestern Uni-versity and has completed ex-tensive graduate work at other institutions of higher learning. During his journalistic career he has worked on the Washing-ton Post, Los Angeles Examiner and the Deseret News. Professor Sorensen has trav-eled in England and Europe. He worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942-194- 5, and has been director of public relations at the University since 1946. The well known Utah educator is a member of Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity. He will continue as director of the Public Relations department of the University as well as assuming his new duties as head of the journalism de-partment. Elmer J. Smith Appointed to Head Federal Joint Crusade Elmer J. Smith, Salt Lake Re-gional Manager of the Veterans Administration, has been ap-pointed Utah Chairman of the 1961 Federal Service Joint Cru-sade. The FSJC is a government authorized solicitation of fed-eral employees in behalf of the thre einternational agencies CARE, Radio Free Europe, and American Korean Foundation. Mr. Smith said that a pre-campai- gn meeting of Utah fed-eral agency representatives will be held Thursday, January 12. The official campaign period will be from Jan. 16 to Feb. 25. The Joint Crusade is conduct-ed concurrently with a federal campaign for the national Health Agencies. Mr. Smith succeeds the late W. W. McBride as Utah FSJC chairman. He is a Salt Lake City native, where he attended the University of Utah. His military service included duty at the Pentagon, and Western Pacific. Active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, he fulfilled a mission to the Ha-waiian Islands in the 1930's. He recalled that Utah has led the nation in past years in per capita support of the Crusades agencies. Both President Eisen-hower and President-elec- t Ken-nedy have strongly endorsed the Joint Crusade as well as National Health solicitations, he said, and urged generous support this year by all federal employees. Navy Lt. Clare B. Billing, son of C. L. Billing of 70 E. North Temple, is serving aboard the USS George Washington, the na-tion's first nuclear powered Po-laris missile firing submarine, operating out of New London, Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. J. J. Reynolds. |
