Show Pressure Government Governor J J. J Bracken Lee made a coupie couple couple cou cou- pie of good points in his talk before the annual convention of the Utah State Farm Bureau Federation in Logan last week The points could well have been made before almost any such organization organization organization or or- and were by no means applicable applicable applicable cable solely to farmers The Governor said first of oC all aU Dont believe any politician when he is running running run run- ning for office even myself but think it out for yourself Its It's somewhat surprising to hear a politician saying that But it is something something something some some- thing which needs to be said particularly particularly particularly with another big campaign coming up in less than a year Political speeches and promises just cannot be taken at their face value and there is far too much of oC a tendency for the office seeker to try to be all things to all men which men which no human being can do Governor Lee also said that while he believed in organizations no organization tion should place its own welfare above that of oC the people as a whole that it was wrong when 90 per cent of oC the people were not benefited by a program What the Governor was hitting at of course was organizations which are nothing more mor than selfish pressure groups out to get theirs theirs and and hang the publics public's welfare This is one of oC the curses of oC our democratic society It is the cause of a lot of oC scratching back legislation and governmental extravagance It is the reason why politicians so often talk out of both sides of their mouths and are therefore as the Governor said so hard to believe We Ve doubt very much whether the Governors Governor's remarks will change any of the pattern of political palaver or pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure politics But it is good to have the matter on record It helps us to understand understand understand under under- stand some of the mysteries of democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic government |