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Show federation known as the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. "These 3,500 organizations make up the membership of the national chamber. Each of these chambers of commerce help decide the policy to be followed by the national chamber," said he. According to Mr. Christensen, these chambers vote on policy either through a referendum, or by delegates at the annual meeting of the national chamber of commerce. com-merce. The local chamber of cam-merce cam-merce is a member of the national organization, and takes a position on practically all of the major issues is-sues before government. C. of C. Sponsors Program On Better Government A weekly series of radio broadcasts broad-casts on the subject of "You and Your Government" will be sponsored spon-sored over radio station KOVO by the Provo Chamber of Commerce. The program, continuing for eight consecutive weeks, will be sponsored in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of the United Uni-ted States in the interest of better government through better citizenship. citi-zenship. William J. Bird, national affairs advisor of the national chamber, will be the commentator, and will discuss various Socialistic trends in America, together with legislative legis-lative proposals now before Congress. Con-gress. Among the issues to be discussed discuss-ed willl be Socialized Medicine; the Hoover Commission reports; federal fed-eral aid to education; Socialism; taxation; , waste in government, ard the loss of certain freedoms by the American people. The series is being presented by the Provo Chamber of Commerce in the hope that more citizens will take an active interest in governmental affairs. The series will be directed by the national affairs committee of the local chamber. J. W. Christensen Jr., the chairman chair-man of the national affairs committee, com-mittee, said yesterday that the program pro-gram usually will discuss both sides of major legislative Issues now facing the future of America. He said Mr. Bird also would reflect re-flect the majority opinion of 3,500 chambers of commerce in the United States which comprise the |