| Show VOICE OF THE PEOPLE By Telegram Readers Reader Raps Hoover Plan Because of Authorship Editor Telegram I believed the enclosed ed cartoon could have been improved quite a bit before being published in your Dec 17 issue Editors Editor's note The cartoon cartoon car car- toon depicted Herbert Hoover and his government reorganization tion plan facing a hostile group of men labeled Politicians Bureaucrats Non essential Ager Agencies c es etc In the club- club bearing group should have be been beena n na a picture of C. C S. S Citizen the Citizen tho initials C. C S. S standing for common common cornmon com corn mon sense Rense Anyone old enough to remember remember remember ber the hardships placed upon the shoulders of millions during depression years would not extend extend extend ex ex- ex- ex tend a welcome hand to any of Herbert Hoovers Hoover's suggestions concerning any kind of governmental governmental govern govern- mental menta reorganization Sincerely hoping that suggestion suggestions suggestions tion better than his are arc received and accepted by Washington Samuel D. D Tod Park Tooele Utah Bad Highway Engineering Blamed in Bus Crash Editor Telegram I think that the blame for Saturdays Saturday's terrible bus t tragedy r rag a g e d y must be laid squarely upon bad highway en en- Highway 50 40 is a transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental road It carries a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre amount of traffic traffic traffic- private automobiles military ve vehicles vehicles ye- ye hides giant trucks and trailers and passenger buses yet buses yet in design design design de de- de- de sign it t is not much more than a secondary road This highway has been criticized criticized criticized in the past because of the condition of its surface Those critics have been right but the far more serious criticism m is that the road is not designed for what it has to do Highway 50 40 should be divided its entire length This would not eliminate ALL accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents but it certainly certai would prevent prevent pre pren vent uch such accidents as the bus horror of last week end R. R A. A S. S Grantsville Utah Utah's Traffic Fatalities Give State a Black Eye Edi Editor tor Telegram Every day we read headlines such as Crashes Kill 3 More Utah Traffic Toll Nears Record Record Record Rec Rec- ord etc They make ghastly reading and they also give the state a ablack ablack ablack black eye Now Now-I'm not for Utah for I know that we have a lot of crazy drivers in the state but it seems to me that a good many of these thee fatal accidents involve out- out state of cars Perhaps if the editors would check the files they could throw some interesting interesting InterestIng interest interest- ing light on this Just how many fatal accidents in Utah involved Utah drivers and how many Involved in involved in- in drivers from other sections sections sec see The answer to this question would not solve the problem of ot preventing highway slaughter but It might remove some of the stigma which now attaches to all Utah drivers Motorist toris t. t Salt alt Lake City CUr 1 r. r o d' d Writer Thinks Lien Law Should Be Left Alone Editor Telegram In another month the fur will really be flyIng flying flying fly fly- ing the Utah legislature will be bein bein bein in session and the foes of ot the lien Ilen law will be fighting tooth and nail for its repeal Just what's the matter with the lien law anyway Not a athing athing athing thing except that it repeals the fallacy of something for nothing lot A-lot of people confuse old age assistance with social security This Is wrong Old age assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance provides for needy aged social security pro r provides de for everyone who has along r with th his employer made regular contributions contributions contributions contri contri- toward a fund Lets Let's leave the lien law alone Chriss Cross Salt Lake City |
