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Show s1 PERIODICAL Division X"SL J i UNIVERSITY LIBRARY fl m U2UVESITY OF LTAH V )I ml) 4 ' city i&vpjy A C ff It) r"dHERrrrr--;1---'-- J; SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961 Rep. King Praises Peace Corps, Seeks Utahn's Appointment Rep. David S. King Thursday praised President John F. Ken-nedy's peace corps program as "potentially the greatest instru-ment for promoting peace and freedom which any Free World leader his devised since the cold war began." Congressman King disclosed that he has wired the President to urge that he choose Elbert R. Curtis, former superintedent of the Young Men's Mutual Im-provement Association, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, to head the peace corps. The congressman described Mr. Curtis, who was chairman of the Utah Citzens for Kennedy-Johnso- n Committee in the recent campaign, as "eminently fitted by his long experience in youth work and administration for this assignment." As President Kennedy had an-nounced to Congress that he has, by executive order, established the peace corps on a pilot basis within the mutual security pro-gram, Congressman King gave his unswerving support to early Congressional approval of the corps as a permanent and inte-gral instrument of American foreign policy. Mr. King, himself a former member of the YMMIA general superintendency, observed: "The peace corps plan caught the imagination of people around the world and in every state. Since the election I have had a dozen letters from young Utah adults who wanted to volunteer for the corps. "This program will demon-strate to every nation which needs and accepts this assistance that Americans are willing to give something of themselves, besides their dollars to improve ' the world; that we are motivated as much by a Christian desire to help less fortunate neighbors as by a selfish desire to check the spread of communism and bol-ster our own security." Congressman King cited two key advantages in a corps com-posed chiefly of young college graduates, as proposed by the president." "First, it would give under-developed countries the benefit of our finest product our well educated young adults. Such a corps would be the best advertis-ing imagineable for our demo-cratic way of life. "Second, it would set up a matchless network of person-to-perso- n communication, and give to the young adults who parti-cipated a long , span of life in which to use this experience to promote global good will." Utah Legislature s Final Days Marked By Compromises on School Financing The Utah State Legislature, in a whirlwind of activity typical of all past sessions, this week ended its regular session by clearing up appropriation mat-ters and compromising on school legislation. Bills flowed swiftly through both houses throughout the last week. The Democratic controlled Legislature was thrown into a temporary turmoil when Repub-lican Gov. George Clyde vetoed major school bills. The vetoed legislation called for a basic, state guaranteed support program of $5,400 for each classroom unit, with an . $800 supplemental state sup-ported program and a local six mill or 12 per cent board leeway program. The proposed compromise, which the Governor said that he would accept, keeps the same basic figure, reduces the sup-plemental to $775 and increases the leeway to 13 per cent, or six mills, whichever is greater. Under both plans local districts would have to levy 12 mills un-der the basic program, four mills under the supplemental. The governor had recommended a school program with a 16-mi- ll basic local levy and a four-mi- ll supplemental. ' Jackson Demo League Charts Variety Show A stag Variety Show is being planned by Jackson Democratic League March 24 at 8 p.m. The show is scheduled for the Murray National Guard Armory, 5189 South State, Murray, said Donald Petty, chairman. Price is a membership card plus $1, said Charles R. Liston. A top show plus refreshments is planned. Roy S. Hardy is club secretary. Final Plans Shape Up For Big J-- J Dinner - Last minute details for the March 16 Jefferson-Jackso- n Day Dinner at the Terrace were being worked out this week by com-mit- ee workers under direction of banquet chairman Walter E. Cosgriff. Mr. Cosgriff is being assisted by Mrs. Phyllis Scott, and by William O'Meara, treasurer. Funds raised will be divided between county, state and na-tional Democratic organizations. Coming to Salt Lake City to address the banquet meeting will be Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall.J It - will toe his first major address in Utah since becoming Secretary of the Interior. Democratic Women Plan Tea to Honor Officials . A tea honoring ' Democratic National Committeewoman Lucy Redd and State an Kathleen Meikle is being spon-sored by the Salt Lake County Democratic Women Friday, Mar. 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. The line of receiving will in-clude: Miss Lucy Redd, Mrs. Kathleen Meikle, Mrs. Roxey Romney, Mrs. Calvin W. Rawl-;ng- s, Mrs. Wm. T. Thurman, Mrs.. Stephen P. Smoot, Mrs. Ethel Spillsbury, Hon. Delia Loveridge and Mrs. C. L. Jack. Pouring the tea will be the six Senatorial vice chairmen: Mrs. Alia Mulhall, Mrs. Gladys Christensen, Mrs. Nora Walton, Mrs. Carol ' Ipson, Mrs. Maxine Hobbs and Mrs. Ivie Mitchell, Study Group Presidents Mrs. Frances Anderson and Mrs. Ar-de- ll Miller. The tea will be held at the home of Mrs. Ethel Spillsbury, Salt Lake County vice chairman, 1511 South 13th East, St. Patrick decorations will be carried out. Mrs. Maud Kim-ball will be in charge of dining, assisted by the 21 Legislative vice chairmen. Sunday C. Anderson, general chairman, said an interesting program is being arranged and Miss Lucy Redd will give the highlights of the inaugural pro-ceedings. The event will take place the day after the annual Jefferson-Jackso- n Day dinner. TODAY'S 1 EDITORIAL Democrats Fill Two County Positions The Salt Lake County Com-mission this week filled two county jobs on a party line vote. Appointment of Ray Van Noy, 765-3r- d Ave., employed in the city license assessor and collec-tor's office for 27 years, as Salt Lake County license director was approved by a 2 to 1 vote. He replaces Alonzo Macka'y. The appointment was made on recommendation of Commission chairman W. G. Larson, a Demo-crat. C. W. Brady, the other Democrat on the commission., also voted for the change. Ed-win Q. Cannon, Republican, voted against it. Mr. Van Noy's appoinment was effective March 1. His salary is $450 a month. Robert Gerrard was named superintendent of the Salt Lake County garage at a salary of $475 a month by the same voe mar-gin. He replaces Joseph Apo-shia- n. Democrats Can Not Take It Easy Democrats can not sit back on their haunches and expect the opposition to give up. Right now everything seems to be going their way. But, unless there is constant attention to im-proving the party, Republicans will make inroads swiftly. This point has been hammered home recently in speeches by Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey. In a recent talk in Santa Monica, Calif., the chairman pointed out: "As we plan for the next campaigns and work to strengthen our organization we would do well to forget two myths: one, that the suburbs are hopeless Republican strongholds, and two, that we Democrats are greatly superior to the Republicans in getting out the vote," he said. "Here are some random Democratic percentage vote gains from suburban areas. Baltimore suburbs showed a 17.1 increase. Chicago suburbs went up 10.1. The New York-Ne- w Jersey suburbs went up 16.4. , "What happened in California? The San Francisco sub-urban Democratic vote went up from 45.6 per cent in 1956 to 51.1 in I960 and we carried the San Francisco metropolitan area. We lost the Los Angeles metropolitan area and it was the i suburban vote which did it. We polled only 41 per cent in the Los Angeles suburbs. If we can make gains in other suburban (Continued on Page Four) Moss Seeking Funds For Water Study Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Uta- h) said Tuesday that he will ask Congress to appropriate $50.-00- 0 for research to determine if Utah water yields can be im-proved by the elimination of use-Jes- s, water-consumin- g vegeta-tion. He said the growth of such nlahts along Western streams is increasing rapidly and is already discharging millions of acre feet of water into the atmosphere every year. He said President Eisenhow-er's appropriations requests did not contain funds in the Forest Service budget for a Utah pro-gram. Senator Moss said he has therefore written Senator Carl Hayden (D-Arizon- a), chairman of the appropriations subcom-mittee on Interior and Related Affairs, asking that considera-tion be given to adding the $50,-00- 0 to the fiscalr year 1962 re-quests. Moss said the Forest Service, is now carrying on this type of research in Arizona and Cali-fornia. He said that he had been in-formed by Richard E. McArdle, Chief of the Forest Service, that the studies in those states "will (Continued on page 4) Young Demos Name Del Miller President Del Miller this week began his term as president of the Utah Young Democrats. Mr. Miller succeeds Richard H. Moffat, who becomes a mem-ber of the group's board of di-rectors. Other officers elected at a meeting in the City Commission chambers of the City and County Building are Gerald E. Nielson, vice president, and Russell Lis-ton, treasurer. Board members named in-clude Ronald Stanger, Mrs. Ross C. Clay, Jackie Babcock, Karren Weggeland, and Mrs. Warren Weggeland. News Preview I Australia is uneasy over an J j Indonesian showdown with j the Dutch over New Guinea.! !. . . Friends say dent Nixon will definitely step I aside in favor of Rockefeller j for the '64 GOP presidential! I nomination. . . . Philadelphia ! Democrats are offering their success as a nationwide party! model. 1 |