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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1962 Page Three Adjutants General Assn. Opposes Cutback of Guard The Adjutants General Asso-ciation of the United States last week strongly opposed the De-fense Department's proposed cut back in strength during its con-ference in New York, Major Gen, Maxwell E. Rich, Utah's Adjutant General, stated after returning to Salt Lake City. The general officers from each state in the U.S. said that the De-fense Department plan, if im-plemented, would severely limit the capability of the Army Na-tional Guard to fulfill its federal and state missions as the nation first line reserve force. They listed the following reasons in which the plan is deficient: 1. It is, in fact, a reduction of our conventional forces plac-ing increased reliance on nuclear weapons. This contradicts the need, so sadly lacking, for flexi-ble response to varying levels of aggression. 2. Reduces the capability of the states to carry out vital re-covery missions in post thermo-nuclear attack period. 3. .Limits the opportunities lor the youth of our country to par-ticipate voluntarily in part time military training. 4. Decreases the strengths of non-priori- ty force units to levels below those at which effective training can be conducted re-quiring an excessive number of "fillers" (persons not actually in the unit but taken from other units to fill a unit quota) upon mobilization and greater post-mobilizati- on on training time. 5. Establishes strengths of the Priority Force Units at unrealis-tic levels requiring commanders to devote the greater portion of their time to recruiting and ad-ministration and correspondingly less time to training. 6. Concentrates and freezes the liability and hazard for repeated recall to active service on a rela-tively small number of men, or-ganizations and communities as the Priority Force and precludes rotation of Priority Force desig-nation among available units. The association, Gen. Rich continued, countered these cut-back plans with plans of its own which included a proposed hike in the manpower now present in Guard units. The group strongly recom-mended and respectfully urged that these specific actions be taken: 1. Raise the strength level of the Army National Guard to 412,000 to provide the required additional strength for high pri-ority units. 2. The existing 27 divisions and other non-division- al units of the Army National Guard be kept and the necessary realignment of non-division- al units be ac-complished by conversion of the existing units to types necessary to meet the Army's mobilization requirements. Gen. Rich noted that several Utah National Guard armories would be closed if the cutback is made. He said the Utah units which would be eliminated, con-sisting of some 550 officers and men, are the 1071st Transporta-toi- n Company of Bountiful, the 3659th Ordnance Company of Salt Lake City which is now on active duty at Fort Lewis, Wash., and either the 115th Engineer Battalion of Murray and Vernal which is also oh active duty for a year at Fort Lewis, or the 1457 Engineer Battalion, which is sta-tioned in American Fork, Price, Lehi and Springville. The standing volume of the commercial forest land admin-istered by the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska was 180 billion board feet in 1960. Mountain Fuel Co. Expects Boost In '62 Earnings Mountain Fuel Supply Co. ex-pects a modest increase in earn-ings in 1962, plans to invest $10,-000,0- 00 in new constructon dur-ing the year, and will continue to carry on an aggressive explo-ration campaign for new sources of natural gas. These were the highlights of a report made Tuesday by W. T. Nightingale, president of the company, at the annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting was held in the company's audi-torium. A new director was elected to the board at the meeting. He is J. W. Allen, vice president of the company in charge of distribu-tion, who replaces J. D. Roberts. Mr. Roberts a former vice presi-dent of the company, who is now retired, requested that he not be nominated for a new term. He had been a director of the com-pany since 1935. "Assuming normal conditions will prevail, it appears that the earnings for 1962 should ap proximate $2.05 a share, com-- pared with $1.99 for 1961. This is somewhat less of an increase than occurred in 1961 ( due prin-cipally to a higher debt cost." The $10,000,000 planned for new construction will be used as follows, he said: $1,850,000,000 for wells and facilities in the gas fields; $4,150,000 for high pres-sure transmission lines; and $3,-000,0- 00 for increased distribu-tion lines and facilities needed for new customers. In pledging an aggressive ex-ploration campaign for any new sources of natural gas, he said he was using the word "aggres-sive" in its "fighting sense be-cause the competition has be-come terrific." Mr. Nightoingale reviewed the "utility earnings" of Mountain Fuel and pointed out that in 1961 earnings amounted to 6.4 per cent on the capital invest-ment in the company, which is within the range of 6 to 6.5 per cent allowed by the Utah Public Service Commission. "From this analysis it is evi-dent that the company is earning its allowable utility return. Each year the company grows and in-creases the earnings only to the extent that it invests more money in more facilities to serve more customers. "The money invested in plant to serve the public is the yard stick which determines what the maximum utility earnings can be." A forecast that Mountain Fuel would add between 9,000 and 10,000 new customers to its sys-tem in 1962 was made by Mr. Allen, the newly elected direc-tor, in his report. Improvements in the distribution system will include the installation of about 37 miles of 20 inch pipe, most of it in the Salt Lake valley. In the Wyoming gas field some 32 miles of original 16 inch pipe line, installed in 1929, will be replaced this summer with a 20 inch pipeline. The new pipeline of the company. will provide increased capacity and greater reliability. A total of 46 gas Wells have been connected to the company's new Uintah Basin pipeline and an additional four will soon bo connected. . M. M. Fidlar, executive vice president of the company, said the success of the company's pro-gram of mechanizing accounting and engineering functions has resulted in annual savings now amounting to $175,000. "In addition to cost reduction, these mechanical and electronic processes result in faster and more accurate reporting, more and better cost breakdowns, re-duction of overtime work and better use of higher calibre em-ployees of the company," he re-ported. Following the meeting, the company's board of directors, . who were re-elect- ed by the shareholders, declared a divid-end of 35 cents a shore, payable June 11 to shareholders of rec-ord May 23. The directors also re-elect- ed all principal officers Army Specialist Four Joseph L. Heugly, whose mother lives at 2156 E. 3380 South, completed the 11 Week course at the Ord-nance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., recently. He was trained in oxyacety-leri- e and arc welding, blacksmith and armor plating. : n ilk ! fe coocc Hot less... 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