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Show lampion Seeks Unified Cooperation i Industrial Development Effort TUv-i-1 I'.lllv'vl K'l' lv,VV.ti',' lv'.WVl k(vi,l ,UM llll pi 1- -.Wrs involwvl i,, iu ilnMn.( dVwyuu'ut as an "l; it lull is i 1 1 lis. Jtio Cowrnor's mnarks U0IV by lumakl J. Sw.-MMui, Ailaiiiiislraiivo Assistant As-sistant lo tlu Covmior as t ho H'iim;; remarks of Uio ;,. inial omfrrouv of l'ro Utah. 'l'he Cowrnur told the lius. inoss aiul i'oumuinity leaders that "comnclit ion i'or new iiulusli'ie.s is Uroniinfj more itillu-ult as the nation's economy econ-omy stagnates, thus t-iont iny nn increased demand by ev-t' ev-t' state for more and more jobs. "Throu.':h a unified np. Pfoaeh," the Governor said, "we have a better dunce of selling what has become a liis:!ily sephislicated product." The Governor suggested in Ins speech that Tro Utah and other private agencies could proviile additional help to the state's effort. "In this regard," re-gard," the Governor said, "first we must do more to help existing Utah industries, realizing that it is easier to keep firms that you have than to attract new ones." lie suggested to the members mem-bers ef I'm Utah that they conduct a periodic survey of manufacturing firms in Utah, in an attempt to find out what, if any, problems they have and to act as problem solvers to assure the continued contin-ued go d health of those corporations cor-porations in Utah. Tile Governor said. ''Pro-Utah ''Pro-Utah could locate problems in advance and could become the businessman's voice in both the city hall and in state government." Tlie Governor encouraged those in attendance not to allow al-low our industrial promotion effort to become "short-circuited by politics." He said, '"for six years the Division of Industrial Promotion has been free of politics. I have tried my best to make it so. Industrial Promotion," he adiL'd. "is a difficult long-range long-range program. It can only succeed when a whole com. munily, a whole county, or a whole state give full support. One of the major jobs," tlw Governor said, "is to develop devel-op an affirmative community attitude toward industrial development. de-velopment. If we enter into a partisan controversy over the program we will lose the community spirit that has been developed." The Coventor pointed to a net gain of 9,500 new jobs in the stale, as aii indicator of the success of our Industrial Indus-trial Development efforts. The credit doesn't belong 10 the state agency, but lo the Prc-Utahs, the Chambers of Commerce, the Manufacturers Manufactur-ers Association, the cities and counties and their programs, and many dedicated men and women across the state. "The state Industrial Promotion agency," said the Governor, "is only the catalyst for all of our combined efforts to get the job done." The Governor said, "It is important to look at what has happened in the past eight years with regard to our population growth vs. the number of Utahns employable, to understand how we have managed to keep a viable and healthy economy. "In 1964 the state's population popula-tion was 990,000. Today it is approximately 1,070,000. That represents an increase of 80,000 or a growth of slightly slight-ly over 8 per cent. Meanwhile in 1964 our civilian work force was 381,500 individuals. In October 1971 our civilian work force totaled 447,500, an increase of 66,000 persons employable, or a 17 per cent increase in the number of Utahns wanting work. This means that in 1964 only 38.5 per cent of our total population popula-tion desired to work. Today, because many households are seeking a second income, working mothers and children, chil-dren, over 41.5 per cent of our total population is either working or has made an application ap-plication to seek employment. "It is interesting to note," said the Governor, "that in 1964, 36.9 per cent of the state's total population was employed, and today 39.6 per cent of our citizens are employed, em-ployed, an increase of 16 per cent, while our population only grew at 8 per cent. "We have 58,500 more jobs today in 1971, while our population pop-ulation only grew by 80,000 in the same period," he concluded. |