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Show Sherman P. Lloyd Enters Race for U.S. Senate Sherman P. Lloyd, former Utah Congressman from the 2nd District, this week announced an-nounced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat now held by Democrat Frank E. Moss. In making his announcement. announce-ment. Mr. Lloyd emphasized his personal involvement with "the people, the problems and the opportunities of every County in the State of Utah." He officially declared his candidacy Saturday evening, March 13 at Ephraim at The Sanpete County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. A simultaneous simul-taneous announcement was made in his behalf by Calvin Black of Blanding at the San Juan Lincoln Day Dinner at Monticcllo. Mr. Black is a member of Lloyd's state-wide campaign committee. "As a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives' Representa-tives' Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. I am most sensitive to the problems associated with the use of the public lands, of the proper encouragement to development develop-ment our our natural resources and of the State's national parks, mounuments and recreational rec-reational areas. This experience, experi-ence, coupled with my statewide state-wide responsibilities as Legal representative of the Utah retail food industry, gives me the type of personal acquaintance acquaint-ance with state-wide problems essential to any individual seeking votes for a United States Senator from Utah," Mr. Lloyd declared. "I am finding in my talks with Ulah citizens that in this year 1976. they are sick of dirty tricks politics and much less impressed by gimmickry. The times are crucial and the importance of coming poltical decisions so over-riding as to demand the best and most searching inquiry of which a concerned citizenry and political politi-cal candidates are capable. This is the challenge which impels me to run and it is in this spirit 1 wish to campaign. 'Senator Moss has fallen far out of step with the present thinking of most Utahns. As a glaring example, he was wrong in his support of situs picketing which would allow one union to picket and stop work al an entire construction silc even though as many as 15 or more other unions might have signed with other contractors con-tractors on the site. Situs picketing also violates the intent of Utah's right-io-work law because one craft union could shut down an entire construction silc if one of many'contractors on the sitb desired lawfully to operate an open shop. The Utah right-io-work law. first enacted in 1955 has withstood attack after attack in both Republican and Democrat Slate Legislatures, clearly establishing the policy of the people of Utah. Scnalor Moss flaunted that policy. 1 look forward to debates with him on this and other issues." A lawyer by profession. Lloyd served eight years, in j Congress, serving on Committees Commit-tees of Interior. Foreign Affairs and Banking and Currency. He was Chairman of the house Republican Task Force on Labor-Management legislation. Prior to his Congressional Con-gressional service he served eight years in the Utah State Senate, and was elected President of the Senate and Chairman of the Utah Legislative Legisla-tive Council. Following his defeat in the Congressional election of 1972. he served briefly s Assistant ' Director for Administration of the U.S. Information Agency before accepting appointment as visiting vis-iting professor of political science occupying the Milton R. Merrill Chair al his alma mater. Ulah Stale University for the 1973-74 academic year. He recently served with the U.S. Department of Commerce in western United Slates, but resigned on January 21 to devole full lime to the Senate campaign. |