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Show tion time had expired while he was fighting for this country. Under the new law, he may apply ap-ply for citizenship without having hav-ing to be deported to Greece. O SCHOOL LUNCH FUNDS I continue to receive many letters from home expressing fear that the new administration and Congress Con-gress intend to cut out federal aid for school lunches. This is not true. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson thus week told the House Appropriations Committee Com-mittee that as a matter of fact federal surplus food donations to the program next year will increase. in-crease. And the Appropriations Committee has indicated that the budget for cash assistance will be somewhere between $75 million mil-lion dollars and ?83 million. attract much attention back here where they have become used to talking in billions. But it means a lot to me. That savings would pay for the cost of Utah's two vocational schools, Snow and Carbon Colleges, the Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis Sanatorium, the School for the Deaf and Hlind and the State Industrial School not for one year but for hvo years. The last Utah Legislature appropriated $2,342,-000 $2,342,-000 to operate these seven state institutions during 1954 and 1955. The cuts in the federal . payroll by the new administration saved! i t hat amount, in one month. RECORD TO DATE President Presi-dent Eisenhower without fanfare is quietly carrying out his pledge to cut out unnecessary waste in government and to pare federal payrolls to a realistic level back here. Employment in the swollen agencies in Washington, D. D., was reduced 7800 during February Febru-ary alone and the federal payroll here now has the lowest number in two years. Assuming that the average salary of these employes was $300 per month, the savings in February amounted to $2,340,-000. $2,340,-000. ITS YOUR MONEY This $2jmj009 monthly sviag doesn't' THEY EARNED IT Before the House adjourned for Easter : recess, I voted for a bill to make ; it easier lor immigrants who serve with distinction with the U. S. Armed Forces in Korea to become citizens. It passed the House overwhelmingly and now m awaiting action in the Senate. I HELP FOR TED The law will help such heroes as Ted G. Passalis, who came to Salt Lake City from Greece-to attend school Soon after he arrived he was drafted and won the Silver Star for bravery in Korea. He returned return-ed to Utah to continue his schooling school-ing but found that his immigra- |