Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-01-07 | Page 6 | Views of the Nation's Press

I Views of the N Nations Nation's tion s Press What the conservative coalition coalition coall- coall tion in congress does to the rural rural rural al electrification administration ought to provide a fairly good test of the quality of its opposition opposition opposition tion to certain new deal agen agen- cies The coalition presents present its case as a measure of economy Whether its motive is la really economy or hostility to the social social social so so- cial purposes of the agencies should be easy to determine inthe Inthe in inthe the case cue of ot the REAThe REA- REA R E A. A The R RE REA E A founded on the idea that farmers should have access to electricity through formation of ot their own cooperative cooperative cooperative tive distribution systems had loaned up to last lut October a total of Of this more than in principal and interest has haa been repaid Nearly represented payments ahead of schedule and only in payments payment were delinquent Obviously war conditions have have made It impossible and undesirable undesirable undesirable un un- desirable for R RE REA E A to go on financing new power-line power con con- But the R REAs REA's E As A's job is not finished and It ought to be resumed after the war An at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to kill it at off now under the guise of economy would be bea a sign that the conservative coalition is really out to protect protect protect pro pro- private power monopoly Chicago Sun