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Show . p PERIODICAL DIVISION j rJjl J k :. x UHIVEHSHY LIBRARY ,1 y-p- L UNIVESITY OF LTAH CITY 12 A n n II I tO(DJJi iy JJw(DJiriv Ji.JiJlllli (o) If ' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1961 D. Frank Wilkins Named Democratic State Chairman Pruett 23, Wilkins 20, and Well-ing 13. Under the rules, a majority of the vote cast was required for election, with a provision that a tie would be settled by the toss of a coin. The runoff ballot produced a 28 to 28 tie vote. Donald Holbrook, secretary of the state party organization who conducted the election procedure, then tossed the coin to decide the issue. Holbrook and Carl H. Taylor. Ogden, party treasurer, resigned their positions prior to the an-nouncement of the results of the runoff ballot to give the new chairman freedom in selecting appointive officers, v Mr. Wilkins said he would rec-ommend the reappointment of both at the next meeting of the State Central Committee. The new chairman succeeds William T. Thurman, who re-signed to accept an appointment as U. S. District Attorney for Utah. Mr. Wilkins' term will be until the next party organization convention in the spring of 1962. Kathleen Meikle, state vice chairman, presided at the meet-ing. Mr. Wilkins is a native of Tooele and a graduate of West High School in Salt Lake City. University of Utah and George Washington Law School, Wash-- ! ington, D.C. He has practiced law in Salt Lake City since 1951. The meeting was in the Salt Lake City Commission chambers of the City and County building. D. FRANK WILKINS D. Frank Wilkins, Salt Lake attorney, was named State Demo-cratic chairman last Saturday. He won by the flip of a coin after two ballots had failed to produce a decision. Loser of the contest was Ray L. Pruett, chairman of Tooele County Central Committee and an engineer. David M. Welling, businessman and chairman of the Weber County Central Com-mittee, was the third candidate previously placed in nomination. Count on the first ballot was i J. M. Cornwell, President or f USPA Reports on Policy of Secretary of State Dean Rusk titled group. Dean Rusk, secre-tary of state. Roger Tubby, his public affairs assistant and these other aides: Alfred leS. Jenkins deputy for Far Eastern affairs; James E. Webb, National Aero-nautics and Space administrator; Carl T. Rowan, deputy for pub-lic affairs, Adlai Stevenson, rep-resenting the UN; Adolf Berle, chairman of the Task Force on Latin America; George W. Ball, under secretary for economic afairs and Charles E. Bohlen, a noted member of the diplomatic corps. What may have set the pattern of the meeting was a statement at the outset: "This should be an interesting two days because we have lots of problems. If you leave more confused than you came, you may be in close touch with reality!" Several thousand words and a great many profound thoughts later, the reporters were in agreement. Our country's prob-lems in a strife torn world seem multitudinous. Viewed in total-ity, ther're frightening, for the vast majority of information presented was on the dark side. For example, a collective se-ries of quotes, not from one indi-vidual but gleaned from the words of all who touched upon the subject, concerning the Cuba fiasco. We miscalculated the amount of aid Cuban citizens would give the , invaders. The Cuban government is now a prisoner of the Sino-Sovi- et bloc. The aims of this nation are en-tirely incompatible with Cuba's situation, promising a continuing struggle. The administration had intel-ligence provided by the Central Intelligence Agency which pur-ported to be accurate. Yet the abortive effort was a crushing failure. The Eisenhower administra-tion was held blameless. Yet it was conceded our country is playing a somewhat sly game in (Continued on page 4) S (Editor's note: Utah State . i' Press Association delegated its .ff current president, J. M. Corn-- . well of the Murray Eagle, to at-ten- d the Secretary of State's ij briefing conference on foreign Yf policy. He was one of only 28 i weekly newspapermen admitted l to the two day briefing, at which f'! daily reporters and columnists Ij! were also enrolled and was the only Utahn in attendance. This f!j is the first of two installments). ' A nation beset by troubles not ' of its own making. A country u thrust into world dominance at II the close of World War II and V,' woefully unequipped for its role. A rich, powerful and influential I land threatened with loss of some of its prestige if it does ! not act forcefully and alertly in many troubled areas of the whole world. In short, an America repre-- " sented as John F. Kennedy pro-- V claimed it to be throughout his !, free swinging Presidential cam- - paign of 1960. That's a nutshell digest of a concentrated two day briefing ( session presented journalists of j' the nation April 24-2- 5 at the 1 behest of the Secretary of State. During those two word filled days, no less than 19 speakers appeared. Any one of them might be found in the headlines most any day. Each tore a page from his personal notebook and jf. filled in the audience on what he V considered to be the most serious factors involving American se-curity as seen from his particu-lar vantage point. These men were specialists in virtually every phase of thought from African affairs to intelli- - ; gence; from the military strong and weak points of NATO to the China question. To adequately sum up would require a volume. To break it . down in capsule form' is to ex-tract from it only what seems the most important in a whole series of significant statements. Re-porters were repeatedly remind-ed that the information given them was for publication if they saw fit, but no statements were to be attributed to individuals. Although no earth shaking statements emerged, it was dis-closed much of the information presented had not been officially disclosed before although specu-lation had alreadly put a good deal of it in print. Depending upon your point of political view, the conference had one implication or another. The Kennedy Administration is either continuing to propound its theory that the nation is indeed in troubled waters or these are very real facts however disturb- - I ing they may be to the American f public. 1 Speakers on the opening day l of of the briefing were a heavily ! Hampton Applies for Commissioner Post Ben Hampton, employee of Salt Lake County. N is the latest contender for the Salt Lake City Commission post left vacant by the death of Commissioner J. K Piercey two weeks ago. The commission must choose a successor to the post within the next two weeks. So far, appli-cants for the position are: Mr. Hampton, Wilbur C. West, Salt Lake attorney and businessman; G. E. Slingerland, Union Pacific employee, and Hal E. Urquhart retired policeman.; Others who have not made of-ficial application but are being mentioned as possible candidates are Bruce Jenkins, local attor-ney; L. E. Holley, city auditor; Jennings Phillips, public rela-tions figure and Ralph Anderson, state legislator. Commission members have not publicly advocated the appoint-ment of any prospective commis-sioner, , Utah State Bar Will Meet in S.L. The Utah State Bar will hold its annual convention in Salt Lake City June 8 and 9, George S. Ballif, Provo, president, said Friday. G. Hal Taylor, Salt Lake City, was appointed general chairman of the convention by Ballif. Assisting him will be Calvin W. Rawlings and A. Pratt Kesler, en , of the speakers committee; A. Wally Sandack and Cullen Y. Christenson of Provo, entertainment; Robert L. Schoenhals and Grant Macfar-lan- e Jr., dinner-danc- e; Mrs. Irene Warr, tickets; Mrs. Cullen Y. ' Christenson, entertainment for bar auxiliary, and Mrs. Lucy Redd, publicity. TODAY'S Young Demo Conclave EDITORIAL Scheduled for Logan Dwayne Stevenson, president of the Young Democratic Clubs of Utah, announced the schedul-ing of the biennial Young Demo-cratic Convention May 19-2- 1 in Logan. At the same time Mr. Steven-son also announced the appoint-ment of Professor John Beyers of Utah State University as the general arrangements chairman. Other convention personnel ap-pointed include the following committee chairman: Phil L. Browning, credentials; C. De-mo- nt Judd, elections; Thomas W. Madron, publicity; Richard Mof-fat- t, rules and order of business; Leon Ward, resolutions. Mr. Stevenson said, "This year we expect to have the most suc-cessful convention in the history of the Young Democratic Clubs of Utah. Through this conven-tion we hope to present our view concerning some of the critical problems facing us today. We hope to carry forward the pro-gressive ideals of the New Fron-tier." Democrats Prove GOP Has No j Monopoly on Fiscal Soundness jj Democrats have, proved again that the Republican party 1 has no monopoly on fiscal soundness and support of private en- - terprises! In our Post Office Department, for example, we have in ;! recent weeks dropped an expensive experimental program which i represented a major departure from traditional methods of ! handling the. mair and threatened competition with private j business. This was the so called "Facsimile Mail" program for j sending messages by coaxial cable or microwave radio. ! In most industrialized foreign countries the telephone, tele-graph and broadcasting facilities are owned by the government. Fortunately that is not true here. We have felt that if messages i were to be sent by wire or radio it could best be done by private firms. They have already made great progress on facsimile trans-mission of m-ssaj-res and to the extent there is sufficient public ' demand for this service so that it can be performed on a paying f Continued on Page Four) News Preview j A new outbreak of tradi-- S conflict between the j ItionalInterior and Agriculture! is being refereedj by President Kennedy . . . i Brazil is objecting to U. S.I ! loans to African coffee com-- J peting nations . . . Henry j ( Cabot Lodge is seeking a reg- - i ularly scheduled TV commen-- Itary post . . . New YorkJ 1 Democrats . seem resigned to I Rockefeller re-electi- on . . . j !a Secretary Udall is! a key role in vgrassJ strengthening of the! Democratic party in the weak I areas. ! "" i |