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Show DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE COMMITTEs FOR SKEEN A committee of strong democrats demo-crats is being organized to wait upon D. A. Skeen, whose name has been prominently mentioned for some time as a candidate for governor on the Democratic ticket. tick-et. Mr. Skeen has made no announcement. an-nouncement. It is thought that he would strengthen the position of the party, as it is known that Mr. Skeen is a lifelong regular Democrat, Dem-ocrat, and is recognized as a successful suc-cessful lawyer and business man. He grew up on a farm, and has extensive agricultural and livestock live-stock interests. He has never held an elective public office but has served on many boards of state institutions and is well acquainted ac-quainted with state problems and state needs. Mr. Skeen was the main organizer of the Utah State Training school at .American Fork, and served 12 years as president pre-sident of its board of trustees. He is now a member of the board of trustees of the Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college. He is widely known over the state and nation for his work with the United Nations organization and for World Peace, and is listed in "Who's Who in America". o |