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Show " ": C2 a PERIODICAL DIVISION "? X 11 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY f odX UNIVESITY OF UTAH CITY 12 AC SALT LAKE OTY, UTAH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1961 A -- -.3 Rep. King Praises Kennedy Talk As Move to Restore Initiative t Ml' i . x the Soviet Union to continue to attempt to play the lone wolf. "He has challenged the Rus-sians to play the role of a re-sponsible member of the global family of nations, by inviting them to cooperate in the solution of major global problems, in- - eluding the exploration of space, rather than persist in their pres-ent highly dangerous and waste-ful course. "The President's goal is to force concessions from the Rus-sians. Now that the President has laid our challenge before the world, the Russians can decline to join certain cooperative pro-grams only at the risk of losing the gains in prestige which they have made since the first Sput-nik. "This country could work very closely with the Russians in the alleviation of hunger, the con-quest of disease, the industrial development of backward coun-tries, communications, weather forecasting, and many other pro-grams, without yielding any mil-itary secrets or sacrificing other technical advantages. The Presi-dent has clearly recognized this in laying down the challenge," Mr. King said. REP. DAVID S. KING Rep. David S. King Monday praised President John F. Ken-nedy's message to Congress as a "bold move to restore to the U.S. the clear cut initiative in global opinion which it held before the first Sputnik." The President, Mr. King ob-served, is "charting a course that will make it very difficult for I County Auditor Cites Deficit; Blames Withdrawn Hospital Levy Jones explained. The auditor's report showed a drop to only 94.96 per cent in property tax collections. It was estimated that 97 per cent col-lections would come in. Summing up, Mr. Jones said, "Considering the loss of the one mill levy for the hospital, which must be made up in 1961, the county was fortunate to emerge with such a small deficit. The hospital will be paid off this year with an emergency mill levy." j DAVID P. JONES Salt Lake County closed 1960 with a deficit of $163,911.78, County Auditor David P. Jones said this week. " Mr. Jones said expenditures in 1960 were $36,470.57 less than in 1959. His report showed ex-penditures in 1960 totaled $8,-626,702- .10 and in 1959 $8,663,-172.6- 7. In commenting on the deficit Salt Lake County Commissioners said it was small in view of the fact Salt Lake General Hospital had a deficit of $632,367.11 and the Recreation Department a deficit of $4,453.34 for a total deficit of $636,910.45. Knocking the overall county deficit down to the figure re-ported by Mr. Jones was made possible by tightening up expen-ditures in some funds which re-sulted in surplus of $472,988.76. Reason for the deficit in the Salt Lake General Hospital poor fund account was due to an at-torney general's ruling this year that the one mill hospital levy which had been levied for the past 11 years, was illegal, Mr. ! News Preview ! Belgian Socialists are pres-- l suring Statesman Paul Henri I Spaak to resign as NATO Sec- - j retary General . . . The FBI j weighing possible action I against American Nazi Lin-- 1 i coin Rockwell . . . President j j Kennedy will take an active! I part in the New Jersey Gu- - ! bernatorial campaign . . . ! J Strong opposition is expected j i to doom proposals for a Cabi-- j net post cordinating all U.S. I ! transportation . . . Nikita ! j now is certain to re-vis- it thej UN j in March. j C. B. Smurthwaite is Appointed S. L County Purchasing Agent Department. He served for one year as secretary of the Salt Lake County Civil Defense Or-ganization. For several years he was employed by the State Wel-fare Department. In the Democratic Party he has served as voting district, legislative district and senatorial district chairman, secretary of the Salt Lake County Demo-cratic Central Committee and as a member of the County and State Democratic Committees. He is a member of the Jackson Democratic League and has been active in every Democratic campaign since 1928. Mr. Smurthwaite sought the two year post on the County Commission in the 1960 primary. riMBUfflffefiMi&ir Ln wim irrirrmimA tin i C. B. SMURTHWAITE Salt Lake County this week had a new purchasing agent. He is C. B. (Chick) Smurthwaite, a long time member of the Demo-cratic Party, who held the posi-tion several years ago. Mr. Smurthwaite's appoint-ment was announced by the Salt Lake County Commission. The purchasing department is under the jurisdiction of County Com-missioner W. G. (Bill) Larson. Mr. Smurthwaite recently was elected president of the Sage Brush Democratic Club, an or-ganization in which he has been active for a number of years. Shortly after assuming his new duties, Mr. Smurthwaite an-nounced that Lavina Chettle, who is currently holding office as first vice president of the Salt Lake County Women's Study Club, historian of State Fede-rated Democratic Womens Club, corresponding secretary of Re-gion 3, State Democratic Womens Club, and Legislative vice chair-man of District 15, would join his office staff. For seven years Mr. Smurth-waite served as manager of Air Base Village. For four years he served as county purchasing agent and four years as assistant superintendent of Salt Lake Gen-eral Hospital. For two years he was director of the Salt Lake County Health TODAY'S i EDITORIAL Sen. Moss Reveals Nominations for Military Academy Robert Roy Robinson, 1080 South 15th East, and Thomas Joel Hert, 1965 Colorado Street, are two of the four Utah men nominated by Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah for an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. Also nominated were John E. Brinley of Price and Harry R. Balle of Columbia. In all, he will nominate 37 Utah candidates for the four U.S. service academies. Eleven names will go to the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs from which one will be selected for entrance; the four above have gone to the Military Academy at West Point from which one will be selected; 12 will go to the Naval Academy from which two will be selected. Selections will be made by the Academies, the Senator said. In addition, Senator Moss will nominate ten men to the Mer-chant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, one Utahn will be selected for entrance from a possible total of 40 named, ten by each member of Utah's Con-gressional delegation. The 37 candidates finished high out of 88 who took special examinations given by the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Those selected will enter the Acade-mies for the school year 1961-6- 2, Senator Moss said. Strength of the Democratic Party The Democratic Party organization is made up of thou-sands and thousands of men and women in the fifty states and ;Territories. Party organization is achieved by the composite of jthese people the precinct workers, county leaders, state com-1mittees, as well as elected officials, a vast and dedicated network Jpryamiding to the National Committee. The contributions of party workers and Democratic officeholders working together have been essential keys to Democratic victory. They will con-tinue to be the essential keys. The Democratic Party is a great national party with a heri-tage of responsibility and service to the public good. The wisdom of its leaders of the past of Jefferson and Jackson, Roosevelt and Truman comprises the great heritage on which the party has found strength and inspiration in over 150 years of respon-sible public service. The Democratic Party's direction has come from the people themselves. These people have always been the mainsprings of our energies and our inspirations. Early this month we witnessed a ceremony, representative of the orderly transition of authority, which marks the start of a new era for this nation and the world. The people of the United States have entrusted to our new President, John Fitz-gerald Kennedy and to his party, the opportunity to meet and sovle the daunting challenges of our times. The Democratic Party has a great responsibility to assist in the progress to the New Frontiers which President Kennedy (Continued on Page Four) Demo Women Chart Valentine Party The Salt Lake County Demo-cratic Women's Study Club will hold a Valentine card party in-stead of its regularly scheduled meeting on February 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Continental Bakery, 734 East Fourth South. There will be prizes and lunch. Cost will be $1.00 per ticket, accord-ing to Mrs.Ardelle Miller, club president. Democrat Senator Faints at Capitol Democratic State Senator J. Francis Fowles of Ogden Wed-nesday suffered a fainting spell at the Capitol. He was treated at St. Mark's Hospital. A doctor on the scene said the senator apparently was suffering from exhaustion. The senator was released from the hospital and returned to his hotel. |