Show Watkins Win Will Visit at Bountiful High I Utah's senior Senator Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur V V. V Watkins will meet 1 Monday ay Nov 11 at 9 am a.m. with the students and nd faculty of Bountiful High School This is one of scores of such junior or legislative clinics that the he Senator is conducting throughout Utah in preparation preparation t tion on for the the second session of the Congress which resumes res resumes re re- s mes in January At each he I gives a n brief talk with the principal portion of the time lime timed d devoted voted to hearing student and faculty ac questions and viewpoints viewpoints view view- points and presenting a few gu questions of his own Our student bodies are giving giving giving ing me some fine insights into th the straight thinking of our young men and women and ande the e take give-and-take discussions with the them are most productive and helpful Their ideas idea viewpoints viewpoints view view- points and concerns will be invaluable h in representations representations' rn in n Washington after I have re re- Aimed for the new session iThe The Senator has visited all defense installations in the state state since the inItial session ended He has also visited many of the county areas in inthe in th the west south and central portions of t the e state stale where he lih has heard local o al viewpoints and witnessed community project l' l developments l yel in scores of schools the colleges and nd generally generally gen gen- throughout hout the co coun coun- un- un des ties I hope t to have opportunity 10 to visit all ll of 01 our 29 29 counties before return Senator Sen tor Watkins Watkins Wat- Wat kins Said Things are happening happening happening happen happen- ing so fast last in some areas that it is almost breathtaking to lo think of what's in store for our people and our state stale in the decades decades decades de de- cades just ahead v Special to the Clipper In the past year when nearly nearly near ly every part of the nation recorded recorded recorded re re- corded a sharp decline in home building Bountiful stood up comparatively well It ended ended ended end end- ed the year with a smaller drop than did most localities throughout the country Th The findings tare are based on a ajust just issued by the U U. U S. S Department of Labor which lists the amount of non-farm non housing construction authorized authorized authorized author author- in the year in some communities The figures are for private not public housing For Bountiful it shows a total of new dwelling units in 1956 1956 as compared with in the trie previous year The drop per cent was vas sm smaller ller than that exper experienced generally t throughout h r o 0 u ugh g h o 0 u t the United States Slates where it averaged per cent In the Western Vestern States Stales it il was per cen cent 1 In Irl relation to population the volume of construction scheduled locally was was equal to 52 new dwellings per 1000 residents as of the last census This was lower than the rate reported for the country as a whole 61 6 1 dwellings gs per 1000 people In the Western States it il amounted to per 1000 Various exp explanations for the housing decline which has taken laken place during a time lime of prosperity for or most segments of the economy have been forthcoming Some say that the demand for new hom homes s has been satisfied for the present Others deny that citing the unusually lly low vacancy r rate te to prove th their ir point |