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Show Laurence Jc Burton Guesfr At Meeting DUCHESNE - "The present political po-litical make-up of Congress is such we do not have an independent inde-pendent co-equal branch of government, " Rep. Laurence J. Burton told a group of 82. "The house of representatives has become be-come one big rubber stamp for Lyndon B. Johnson, " he continued. Rep. Burton blasted the Great Society, saying, " At a time when we have a major war effort on our hands, this is no time for "phoney baloney" programs pro-grams such as rent subsidies, doubling the unemployment compensation com-pensation period and raising the minimum wage scale to $1. 75 an hour. . . a sure way of putting the little business man out of business and creating more unemployment. un-employment. He said, "These high school kids and the senior citizens who depend upon part time jobs for the difference between be-tween the do-and don't of living, liv-ing, will find themselves without with-out an opportunity to work, as small businesses operating on a shoestring can not afford to pay a higher wage. " Rep. Burton emphasized, "The federal government ought to concentrate on winning the war in Viet Nam and quit worrying wor-rying about social welfare pro -grams which people don't really want. " Mrs. Burton accompanied her husband to the di nner, and to the Duchesne High School where Rep. Burton Wednesday afternoon talked to an assembly of high school, elementary students stu-dents and the public, and showed a colored film on the "Four Days of Gemini IV, " and Astronaut Edward White's walk in space. He encouraged students to continue con-tinue their education and get the maximum education they could, because of the advancing technology tech-nology going to place the greatest great-est demand ever upon the present pre-sent generation. "It took mankind man-kind years to creep and crawl out of the Stone Age into the Bronze Age; and here, within the last 20 years, saw marked developments deve-lopments in two ages - the Atomic Age and the Space Age; and these two ages will have a far-reaching impact on the future fu-ture than the preceding ages. A half of all college graduates gradua-tes in America this year would go to work in jobsithat didn't exist 10 years ago, " he emphasized. fv f- y, S - 4- ft f - L y ' . I vsi-v , x ' a p ' c": , '-y-y : ' syufr y v ..-. ..:' ' . .;: o- : .'x. .,..:..'.:. ...v .. , .. :..... . S s I 1, '"t ' c V V " ' ? X V x " J y l -' "' f r Rep. ahrJ Mrs. Laurence J. Burton visits The Duchesn Eagle office last Wednesday. |
