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Show UTAH WOOLMEN'S CHIEF SEES BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR 1940 Small Carryover and 'Fading' Trade Pacts Cheer Vanguard of S. L Conclave Delegates Utah's woolmen are going into 1940 with a brighter future In sight than they have had for several years, according to Don Clyde of Heber City, president of the Utah State Woolgrowers' I association. Mr. Clyde and S. M. Jorgensen of Sallna, past president of the association, as-sociation, headed delegates Into Salt Lake City Wednesday for the association's thirty-third annual convention, Thursday and Friday. Mr. Clyde based his prediction of a bright future for woolmen on the "smallest carryover of wool for many years, the fading out of trade agreements, good conditions of the ranges and an anticipated better price for wool and lambs." - Reciprocal trade agreements are scheduled for an Important part on the discussion program, Mr. Clyde said, predicting the association will adopt a resolution urging Utah congressional delegation members to oppose extension of the trade agreement act "There Is no question but what there have been many Imports of wool and wool wastes into the United States from Canada, resulting result-ing In hardships to wool growers In our country," he declared. Woolmen, he said, are concerned over the upward trend of taxes and budgets In federal and local governments. "The federal government, wool- ( Continued on Pas roar) l Column Four LONG TO FACE 1 HEWJELECTION (Oeatkraot mm Fw Om) vote In New Orleans with unofficial unoffi-cial complete returni of all but three of the city's precincts tabulated. tabu-lated. He had predicted that he would carry the city by a large majority, offaettlnf the antiadmtn-Istratlon antiadmtn-Istratlon vote In the ouUtate par-Ishe. par-Ishe. In general tumult the election compared favorably with any conducted con-ducted during Huey Lang' reign and, like aeveral of lie predecessor. predeces-sor. It waa foredoomed to federal Invest I gation. The United States attorney's office promised Noe that kt would look Into some of his complaints of fraud today. Noe had four fist fights In the course of the day, even though he had broken his right hand la the first one, at 5:30a. m. "Goon" squads pug-uglle from the wharves and bums from the hobo Jungles roamed the city all day. In the Interest of at least three of the candidates. Jones and Noe followers admitted they had hired "goons," but said they had done so In self defense against Long machine "goons.1' Thej'goon'tljJutywai to drive voters to polls, stop and start precinct pre-cinct fights as conditions warranted; warrant-ed; pour Ink In ballot boxes, which they did yesterday with thorough dispatch; steal and prevent the theft of ballot boxes, also a the situation warranted. Police Superintendent George Reyer, a carry-over from Huey Long's time, ordered all out-of-town photographers arrested. Noe and his lieutenants together had six fight at the polling booth. No, an oil and radio atation operator, op-erator, once was In the Huey Long fold and he had a brief experience as governor. Subsequently he became be-came a bitter enemy of the Long machine. Jones, a Lake Charles attorney, stated his platform succintly. It was: "Throw the thieves out" Morrison enlivened the campaign with burlesque typical of Huey Long's time. A feature was his "convict parade," of men labeled as high state officials wearing prison pris-on stripes. |