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Show Three Refuse to Deny Communism Affiliation Expelled from Union j. a John and Irma Sayer and Wayne Holley of Mapleton were expelled from membership in the Utah Farmers Union Tuesday by the organization's board of directors, according to an announcement by Jesse S. Tuttle, president. At a meeting held in Provo, the top governing body of the Utah Farmers Union unanimously passed pass-ed a resolution expelling them "for conduct detrimental to the best interests of the organization" since they had been named as being associated as-sociated with foreign idealogy by a government witness in a trial of Communist leaders currently being be-ing held in Denver, Colorado. "On direct questioning before the Utah Farmers Union board of directors, the Sayers and Holley refused to deny their affiliation with Communism," Mr. Tuttle said. The resolution ousting the Sayers Say-ers and Holley stated: "We reaffirm reaf-firm our policy of summarily expelling ex-pelling any member in similar circumstances." cir-cumstances." Wayne Holley is reported as a worker in the rolling mills at Geneva. |