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Show J PERIODICAL DIVISIOri ! i UiIIVtBSnY LIERARY I UNIViSm OF LTAH CITY 12 AC BJS0 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1961 King Supports Firm U.S. Stand On Position in West Berlin Rep. David S. King Tuesday told Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles that he "whole-heartedly supports" the firm stand the administration has taken on West Berlin. The congressman said he made a personal visit to the under sec-retary to convey to the adminis-trtaio- n what Mr. King gauges to be "the current mood of the Utah people" on the cold war. Mr. King and Mr. Bowles become personal friends when the latter was a member of the House. Mr. King, who just returned from a brief visit to Utah, de-clared: "As I interpret the feeling of Americans generally, and Utah citizens particularly, they are determined to see this country stand its ground in the world, whatever the price. "My mail on American-Sovie- t relations has been very heavy. The people are fed up with the retreats and the embarrassments the nation and the President have endured since the first Sputnik zoomed into orbit. "Whatever their party, Ameri-cans feel the President is Mr. America, both to them and to the world, and they don't like to see him embarrassed as he was at the Paris summit, in the U-- 2 episode and in the Cuban in-vasion. "They feel our corns have been stepped on too many times. They want to se us step on a few Rus-sian corns. They want us to stand firm on Berlin." President Kennedy Invited to Speak At FDR Dav Celebration in September at D I St ; 1 1 ' . H t vo WARWICK C. LAMOREAUX eating," the chairman said. There also will be awards to ticket sellers and ticket holders. Mr. Lamoreaux pointed out. The affair is open to the pub-lic. Mr. Rawlings was in Washing-ton to attend a meeting designed to drum up interest in the next year's senatorial and Congres-sional elections. In those elec-tions Utah Democrats are hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. Wal-lace F. Bennett and re-ele- ct the state's two Democratic Congress-men to present a solid front of Democrats from Utah in Con-gress. PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY Utah Democrats this week in-vited President John F. Kennedy to speak at the party's annual FDR Day celebration September 2 at the Utah State Fairgrounds. The invitation was extended on behalf of the party by Calvin W. Rawlings, national committee man. It was made after a meeting of party leaders in Washington this week. Mr. Rawlings said that John Bailey, chairman of the Demo-cratic National Committee, will issue the actual invitation to the President. Mr. Bailey already has prom-ised he will be on hand at the annual gathering. It has been proposed that the day be called Franklin D. Roosevel-t- John F. Kennedy Day. Meanwhile, Warwick C. Lamo-reaux, chairman of the observ-ance, said plans were going ahead on the local level to as-sure the "best FDR Day in many years." There will be top entertain-ment and "the best to be had in Ufahn Hails Act-io-n Of Sec. Udai! On Land Purchases Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah has hailed the action of Secre-tary of the Interior Stewart Udall allowing states and local govern-ments to purchase public lands for park and recreation purposes at the reduced price cf $2.50 an acre or to rent it for 25 cents per acre per year. "This wise move should be a stimulant to Utah's state park program," Mr. Moss said. "Utah's need is for big amounts of acreage, much of it in areas in which the land is principally valuable as scenery. "One of the major-stumblin-blocks to local park development has been the expense of land acquisition. In the entire nation in 1960 only 1,954 acres of fed-- i eral lands were transferred to states and localities for this pur-pose. "Past Interior Department reg-ulations have required payment cf 50 per cent of fair market value, and even then the lav limited transfers to any one state in one year to 640 acres." Senator Moss pointed out the needs of the park program of the Utah State Park and Recreation Commission led to his sponsor-ship of legislation to increase the amount that might be trans-ferred to states for their parks to 12,800 acres a year for three years, and then 6400 acres each year, still a ten fold increase. In his announcement, Secre-tary Udall said that the former price had practically stopped the practice of getting lands suitable for state or local parks into local control. He said the new pricing program marked a major step in meeting the nation's expand-ing needs for outdoor recreation facilities as spelled out by the President in his special message on natural resources. State of local governments ac-quiring land under this program must use them for public recre-ation or revert to federal owner-ship, and must agree to keep the facilities open without discrimi-nation or favor. No more than a reasonable charge may be made for the use of facilities on the land whether they are operated by the gov-ernmental units or by conces-sionaires and entrance fees may not exceed those charged at simi-lar state or iccal installations. ' City Commission Aproves V ote To Build Capital Improvements Salt Lake City Commission Wednesday approved a $17.5 million bond election to finance capital improvements in Salt Lake City. The issue was expected to go before the voters sometime in early September. The commis-sion directed that the election be held "not later than Sept. 5." Dilworth S. Woolley, chairman of the Citizens Committee on City Planning and Capital Im-provements, told the Commis-sion the committee tried to keep all costs at a minimum in the face of tax increases and "be cause of the fact the city's finan-cial condition is not the best.'" He said each individual proj-ect could be voted upon by the citizens, giving them an oppor-tunity to determine which proj-ects they desire. City Recorder Herman Hogen-se- n said he would now get the polling places and arrange for election judges. Mr. Hogensen said he had set up 55 consolidat-ed districts for the election. The bond issue is to be amor-tized over a 20 year period and will be financed by a property tax levy estimated at 5 to 6V2 mills. TODAY'S EDITORIAL Peace Corps Official Dates S. L. Visit The United States Peace Corps is sending a representative to speak with interested students, faculty and the general public on July 17 at the University of Utah campus. Bob Terry, special assistant to the director of recruitment, will explain Peace Corps operations and opportunities at an open meeting in the Union Building at 10 a.m. Mr. Terry will answer ques-tions concerning eligibility, type of work and compensation for interested persons. The function cf Peace Corps, newly inaugurated by President Kennedy, is to add a new dimen-sion of mutual assistance pro-grams. The Corps will make available a pool of trained man-power to help other countries meet urgent needs. Volunteers might functions as teachers, community develop-ment workers, agriculture exten-sion workers, sanitation engi-neers, construction foremen and workers, medical assistants, me-chanics, accountants or civil ad-ministrators. They might also work as librarians, social work-ers, nurses, vocational school teachers, surveyors, laboratory technicians, and in a variety of occupations. The Kennedy Administration's Defense Actions When the Kennedy Administration took office it immedi- - ately undertook intensive surveys of the adequacy of our defense v.; structure to meet the challenges of the 1960s. Rapid changes in military technology have meant that weapons systems and strategic doctrines alike have suffered from rapid obsolescence. In the new administration's six months specific steps have been initiated to overcome each deficiency in organization, doc-trine, manpower and weapons that has been revealed by these studies. Here are some of the important actions which have been taken : New emphasis has been placed on developing our for capacity limited non-nucle- ar war an increasingly important defense need which was given a back seat by the previous GOP Admin-istration. (Continued on Page Four) i News Preview j I Moscow is expected to beat I the U.S. into issuing a postage (stamp honoring Ernest Hem-- j jingway ... A major movej s will get under way inside the S !AFL-CI- O next year to bring I f the scandal ridden Teamsters I j back to the fold . . . Canada, x j Brazil and Mexico are active-- 1 I ly trying to arrange a meet- - j jing between Kennedy and j j Castro . . . Russia is expect-- 1 led to be the first nation to! ratify a UN zgreemcnt p!edg-- f I ing protection to Vatican City land the Holy Lands from A- - i attack in case of war . . j! Nasser is dickering with the! Swiss of rockets to match the j j new Israeli rocket program, j |