Show M i Why Not Flaming Gorge The Tri agrees with Senator McGee of Wyo ming as to tho statesmanship an and the tho great to his state slate and the nation of tho late Inte Senator Joseph C o M Ve also agre agree t that n a fitting memorial eventually should l bo be established for Senator who med died in itt last Bt But t it should be bein bein in Wyoming which Senator served for forr more thoro than 20 years nn and should recognize re his varied services service including Ids his work on the Joint I Economic of WE DO NOT BELIEVE it would woud be appropriate to name mine the reservoir b being ing created by the Flaming Gorge reclamation Hill in northern Utah for the for mel mer Wyoming senator For one ouo thing the giant dent and the most scenic scenio part of tIll the reservoir and national recreation urea area are uI in Utah although the tho reservoir eventually will extend 70 miles or so 80 along ulong the tho course of the tho Green River in Wyoming For Iol another tiling thing I it would be unwise now lOW to precipitously select any anyone ono one of the members of Congress who worked so tire tire- tirelessly I lessly for the tho Upper Colorado River Project for this signal ignal honor While Senator 0 made sub sub sub-i to this out of the tho Senate during two pf the tho most years yem 1953 55 G when the tho final legislation was being hammered out rind comprises made mude I IF IT IS DEEMED necessary to deprive the tho re re- re and national recreation urea area of the exciting und and appropriate natural name namo of Flaming Gorge it should be name for n a man more intimately or ha- ha im l connected with the tho project Ol of reclamation ili hi For example Lake Powell to be created by glen Canyon will honor Major Jolin fohn Wesley Vesley Powell first head of the tho US Geological Survey who charted the courSe of the river system Lake ake Moad back backof of Hoover Dam and the tho town of Arizona near Glen Canyon are arc named HaUled for famous re reclamation commissioners on missioners In the tho there thero are arc many litany possibilities for appropriately honoring Senator in ming ming-artor rung after a period of time hits hIlS definitely cil his place in history Salt Lake Tribune The Postage hike anti and You Yon J r 7 16 may go down ii 1 history as Stamp ACT Day ill in commemoration of Another Consumer Tax Tax-a u ax-u one cent hike on every overy letter or postcard you yon mail In addition you rou may even pay moro more for mail yon oft receive if your and magazines are aro forced to raise subscription rates to coyer cover postage in in- in increases creases The Tho increases were to produce now new rev rov revenues of of million to balance the tho postal budget But Congress carne right hack back with another deficit by tacking on a wago wage raise of million for postal which you the tho will eventually Lave have to pay Vo dont don't quarrel with the tho wage boost for postal workers because we n assume sumo Congress check check- checked checked ed that out carefully Our quarrel is with significant lack of increased increase productivity per postal employee to mechanize is the tho prime cause causo of this pro proy d problem It was not until 1920 that the tho Post Office got its first mechanization the postage motor motel which Con gross gress authorized private industry to use usie to cut down on some Post Office operations It has done little else elso in the way of mechanization to eliminate many mau mait- Ual chores That same year 1920 the tho telephone company started installing dial telephones to the tho consternation of many who felt that great numbers of the then theu telephone employees would be thrown out of job jobs Now tho automatic telephone is almost universal sal Ral the service is greatly improved the tho cost of a coast to call is only as compared with 16 1650 O in the and most important the tho company two persons times the tho employs I 1920 number Without the tho dial system perhaps Y y I single woman in the tho nation between ages of 18 and 30 would have to bo be employed today to handle the DO 90 billion calls made mado annually In the tho same period the tho Post Office has retained its long outmoded hand operations even though it has examples aplenty that mechanization increases rath or er than decreases jobs johs while cutting costs to ors ers At the rate it is moving the Post Office soon will willbo willbe bo be a shrine of antiquated industrial Americana if it isn't already The Tho word ACT in Stamp Act can bo meaningful if you will act now to let your Congressman know that you insist on a postal system as modern as Amer- Amer America ica itself |