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Show Cabinet Officer Commends State For High Ideals Beehive State's Congressional Delegatibn Praised For Loyalty1 To Administration; Administra-tion; Senator King is Lauded By UNITED PRESS Postmaster General James A- Farley today, at Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, voiced a magnificent praise of Utah and her pioneers while dedicating federal buildings. "I doubt if there is any section of our country in which the pioneers suffered more hardships from hunger, hostile Indians, and rigorous climatic changes than the state of Utah," he said. '. "Yet sn Vpen was their foresight, so indefatigable their trust in divine providence. . "Your fathers and mothers, by precept and example, instilled these principles in your hearts and minds. It is for you to cherish cher-ish them." The state, today, is receiving the benefits of such principles, Farley declared. Those principles, princi-ples, he said at Ogden, were handed down by those "inspired men and women who, lead by divine providence, underwent unheard un-heard of hardships that they might worship God in the way they believed best and live in peace and contentment." During both his dedication speeches today, Farley reiterated-his reiterated-his previous statement that, although al-though the postoffice department had been put on a business basis, it was not a profit-making institution. insti-tution. If it did accumulate profits, it would only be another expense to the taxpayers, he said, and pledged his word that the current and future surpluses would be used for betterment of the service. serv-ice. Congressman J, W. Robinson of Provo, one of the speakers at the dedication services of the Salt Lake postoffice building, expressed express-ed his gratitude to the Salt Lake j chamber of commerce for the in-i in-i vitation extended to him to attend. at-tend. He lauded the record made by Postmaster General Farley and cited as proof his conversion of a deficit of $135,000,000 into a favorable balance of $5,000,000. Praise was bestowed on the postoffice employes for loyalty shown to the department and a hope expressed that payless furloughs fur-loughs be eliminated, and pre-de-pression pay scale restored. strength, and so magnificent theirG faith that an eminent historian said of their settlement: " 'All in all, the most successful success-ful example of regulated immigration immigra-tion in American history.' " Culture Commended The jovial chief of ' the Democratic Demo-cratic party commended the state highly for its interest in education, educa-tion, and predicted that Utah's expenditure of one-third of its income in-come for schools would repay rich dividends in the future. Along with the state, Farley praised its congressional delegation delega-tion for its force and ability. "The statesmanship of your senior senator, William H King," . he said' at Ogden, "in handling ' the difficult problems of several important committees and his steady support of the president and the policies of this administration adminis-tration merit the most hearty approval." ap-proval." King was again praised at Salt Lake City this afternoon during Farley's second Utah speech today. to-day. "Senator King with his wide experience, his tireless energy, his native ability, and a culture nutured in the schools of Utah, is a credit to his church, his state and country." Farley characterized other j members of Utah's congressional delegation Senator Elbert H. 1 Thomas, Representatives Mur-dock Mur-dock and Robinson as men who i "have stood close by our great president," and are "true scions of the good old stock." j Uphold Principles ! Farley urged that Utah's resi-. dents today follow in the footsteps foot-steps of their ancestors. "In dedicating your public buildings," he said at Salt Lake City, "you should also dedicate yourselves to the great principles of liberty and |
