Show D.C. reporter and columnist Jack N. Anderson is shown sharing his Vernal with his Agnes and Orlando of The gifts were presented to columnist Anderson after his address to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce President of the United States is the servant of the people and not the was the theme of an address given at the annual Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Saturday by Washington D.C. reporter Jack N. The government belongs to the people and they have a right to know what is going The people are the not the President or Anderson He said our founding fathers gave the protection of a free press to insure the sovereignty of the But in this annual meeting Anderson is holding the Utah Travel Council of Jack is holding the Citizens of Vernal and Anderson is holding the pair of hobbles given by Elizabeth as some kind of a sister-in-law Washington reporter tells of reporting on government day two dozen reporters have been sent to jail because they dared to print what the government did not want to be is not my freedom it's We want to know what the government doesn't want us to know but the government's ability to cover up exceeds our ability to dig Anderson Anderson pointed we have no freedom to practice but freedom of the and yet the courts have approved to ransack files and rummage through offices of the press on the pretext of finding information of sources of Actually they should ransack the offices of lawyers if they want information concerning The lawyers are the ones who try the they have the not the Just recently the courts have ruled that judges can invade the minds of asking them what they thought during the writing of important Anderson said he thought the Supreme Court Justices' minds should be invaded and the country would be better Anderson said President Jimmy Carter was had deep was his heart was his desires were just and he wants But he doesn't know foreign is incapable of delegating he doesn't go to the technical his consultants are not informed and he is too busy with small problems in the boiler room when he should be at the helm guiding the President Carter is not competent because he doesn't have the persons with brains around him he Anderson pointed He is giving power to unqualified The President is a brilliant he reads is a speed he gets up early and stays up he has taken a cram course on how to be But Anderson said President was a peanut farmer from Georgia who served a mediocre one term as governor of his He was elected to be President of the United States and came to Washington without the knowledge of what is going on and surrounded himself with others who were not familiar with the operations of the In spite of all that goes wrong in this we are still free and the most wealthy people in the Anderson pointed Anderson was honored for his visit to Vernal with four souvenirs presented at the Chamber He was presented a pair of old horse hobbles as a momento of Vernal by his Elizabeth with the help of Art who took the role of an old The Utah Travel Council of award was presented to Anderson by Bill acting for Kenneth director of the Mike public relations committee representative of the presented Anderson with a ceramic dinosaur and from the citizens of he presented an Utahn which consisted of a wooden plaque with a Dinah standing on Elections for five director were held as part of the annual Chamber Those re-elected to three-year terms as directors were Stan Anders Lillian Henderson and Jack Newly elected directors were Joe Merino and Michael Gary president of the Vernal conducted the and Dwight executive vice gave his annual activities A special musical selection was resented by the Uintah High School li-Lights under the direction of Reed |