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Show Lincoln Day Banquet Features Fine Talk Don B. Colton, Former Republican Congressman, Outlined Policy of Republican Party at First Lincoln Day Banquet; 140 Party Leaders Attend The philosophy of Abraham Lincoln as applicable during the present day was traced by Don B. Colton, former Republican congressman, at the first annual Lincoln Dav banquet sponsored by the Springville Spring-ville Republicans. The banquet and program was held last Wednesday Wednes-day evening in the Fourth ward hall, with approximately 140 persons per-sons attending. Blaine Thorpe, Springville Republican Re-publican precinct chairman, was in charge of the meeting, while Claude G. Salisbury was master of j ceremonies. "Lincoln was a religious man," Mr. Colton told his audience, and he sought divine aid to solve the problems of his day. This, he advised, ad-vised, should be the policy of present-day leaders, who should also seek divine guidance to aid in the present critical situation. Under no circumstances did Lincoln surrender sur-render his convictions, and this must be the policy of Republicans today, he commented. Speaking on the national debt, Mr. Colton said the federal budget calls for thirty-seven and a half billion dollars this year, which . amount is over ten billion more than our national debt at the close of the first World War. He urged that now is the time to balance the budget, stating that if it is wrong to pay our way, then the government has been wrong for more than a hundred and fifty (Continued on Page Two) Lincoln Day Banquet Features Fine Talk (Continued from Page 1) years. He paid tribute to Henry Byrd, democratic senator from Virginia, who has stated that we could cut one million people from the federal payroll to help balance the budget. He pointed out that efforts to balance the budget should not be a party problem but the concern of every citizen. Mr. Colton said the New Deal promised to reduce the national debt at least 25 percent, but instead, in-stead, the debt was increased until un-til at the beginning of World War H, it was three times bigger than after the first World War. He advocated a progressive policy pol-icy with labor, and suggested that labor should be responsible with the rest of the nation; that labor should be held financially responsible responsi-ble to members and that labor should be responsible for contracts with corporations. On the subject of tariff, Mr. Colton Col-ton said that when nations asked for a reduction in tariff, we should tell them that when their living conditions come to the same standard stand-ard as that of the United States, then we will lower tariff. In regard to our foreign policy, the visiting Republican leader stated that all should be united on this question which could not be discussed on a partisan basis. His talk was summed up with a statement that all should be Americans, and that it means more to toe an American citizen than to be a member of any political party. George Collard of Provo, attend ed the meeting and extended greetings greet-ings from the Utah county Republican Repub-lican committee. There were representatives rep-resentatives in attendance also from Spanish Fork, Provo, Pay-son, Pay-son, Salem, Mapleton and Springville. Spring-ville. Mrs. F. C. Packard entertained during the evening with vocal solos and the High School String Quartet Quar-tet also furnished music. |