Show Utah's Choice for U. U S. S Seats Shows New Deal Background Brief biographies of major candidates candidates can- can who won office Tuesday follow follow fol- fol low ow A staunch advocate of the new deal eal pro program ram United States State's Senator Elbert 15 D. D Thomas was up for reelection reelection re- re election lection the first time He was elected for a year six-year term in 1932 Senator Thomas is a native of Salt Lake City a graduate of the University of Utah and earned the degree of doctor of philosophy at athe atthe atthe the he University of California and was pro professor of political science at athe atthe atthe the he local university before entering entering enter- enter ing ng the senate He has interested himself In social social social so so- cial and labor legislation and foreign foreign for for- eign relations while Utah's junior senator Five years as president of the L. L D. D S. S Japanese mission helped to make him an authority on Oriental affairs Party leaders have made him chairman of the education and la labor a aI a- a bor committee and a member of I committees on mines and mining military affairs foreign relations and pensions He is a member of the senate civil I lIberties set up to investigate investigate investigate and cure abuses in industry and infringements on rights of citi citi- zens J. J V. W. Robinson Provo attorney was elected to his fourth term in inthe inthe inthe the United States house of representatives representatives representatives from the Second dis dis- dis- dis Representative Robinson was first elected in 1932 and reelected in in 1934 and 1936 Born at Coalville he received his lis bachelor of arts degree at the Brigham Young university in 1908 He taught school for a number of years He won a degree in law at the University of Chicago in 1912 and was Utah county attorney from 1918 to 1921 and a member of the board board of regents of the University of Utah from 1925 to 1935 Representative Robinson is a new dealer Government reorganization reorganization tion roads irrigation and reclamation reclamation reclamation tion and public lands are committees committees committees commit commit- tees of which h he is a member Representative Abe Murdock who has represented the First congressional district in the house of representatives representatives representatives rep rep- since 1932 is the scion of a family that played a prominent prominent prominent nent part in m the making of early Utah history His grandfather John R. R Murdock Murdock Murdock Mur Mur- dock was a leader in colonization of southern Utah Representative Murdock practiced law at Beaver before becomIng becomIng becoming becom becom- Ing a congressman He was was born bornat bornat bornat at Austin Lander county Nevada and was was was' educated In grade schools of Beaver and the Murdock acad acad- emy He passed the state bar examinations examinations examinations nations in 1922 after alter studying law at the University of Utah and a aSan at San Francisco He was elected county attorney of Beaver county three times and was Beaver city attorney for eight years Besides practicing law he ha has engaged in the livestock mining and agricultural industries Representative Murdock Is a staunch backer of the new deal pro pro- gram Roger I. I McDonough newly elected elected elect elect- ed justice of the state supreme court is a native of Park Cit City In 1928 he was elected for a four four- year term as judge of the Third Thin district court and was reelected in 1932 and 1936 He was admitted to the bar in 1925 Judge McDonough received his le legal legal le- le gal training at the University o of Utah and Notre Dame university a at South Bend Ind md He served on one term as Summit county attorney He has been presiding judge of th I Third district court since 1932 |