| Show all of southeastern utah should get behind the measure which representative redd proposes to introduce in the state legislature appropriating for the construction of a road to the natural bridges although this sum will not build a good highway it will nevertheless open up the route for automobile travel and pave the way for a federal aid highway later the construction of a passable road at this time would also be of great aid in the development of the potential oil resources othe elk mountain and beef basin areas the state has been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars building roads to the scenic attractions of western and southern utah surely a request for the small sum of to build a passable road to the great natural bridges of southeastern utah will not go unheeded if grand and san juan counties put forth their demand in strong enough tones in spite of the blah blah of grand standers like senators borah and heehn the great majority of the american people are unmistakably behind president cooldige and secretary kellog in protecting the interests of american citizens in mexico and nicaragua if american history has ever proved one thing it is that a firm hand must be used in dealing with the impulsive radical and troublesome latin neighbors to the south of us A determined ter mined unwavering foreign policy with respect to central america is the only sure way of avoiding permanent friction with them the president has adopted such a policy and he is not the type of man who is easily changed ii I 1 T j T the great dangers in america according to answers given by a cross section of the count rys professional men are disregard for w overemphasis of wealth and lack of parental guidance america is going pagan they declare drinking smoking lax morality the wobbly home and immoral stage and books are cited as reasons why we are going to the dogs this opinion comes as we have said from professional men from lawyers and doctors and ministers we fear this is no voice of the people that rather ft is a cross section of good salaried well fed well housed individuals whose contacts are naturally with other individuals vi whose income gives thema surplus to play with the ina jonty of people in this country live on little more than 1000 a year they are too busy meeting the demands of butcher and baker and candlestick maker to get into much trouble america may be going pagan in some quarters but the quarters are cramped and take up little of the spacious acres of this nation salt lake telegram the utah legislature undoubtedly has acted wisely in repeal act of the 1925 session which approved the six state colorado Cc nver compact the boulder dam bill in congress sponsored by california even if passed will now become ineffective ai it i based on the six state pact the california delegation in congress refused to accede to the request of utah that the swig johnson bill be amended to protect this states rights and the utah legislature in nullifying the compact has merely followed the set by the coast state it must be remembered that california has refused to ratify unconditionally the compact until she got everything she wanted her conditional ratification in fact is contingent upon the passage by congress of the swing johnson bill which gives california everything she asks utah is now in a dominant position she may now also withold ratification of the pact until she like california gets everything sh wants which is nothing more nor less than full guarantee of her nights m the colorado river as defined in the seven state compact while it would be a mistake for utah to adopt a dog in the manger attitude in regard to the colorado river the state a doubt acted wisely in protecting her just interests california is entitled to consideration but she should not expect to take everything in sight at the expense of her less powerful neighbors |
