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Show WASHINGTON NEiWS ! 4 1 l-ROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER From Cong. VV. K. GRANGER What the Declaration of Independence Inde-pendence means to all Americans The one hundred sixty-fifth anniversary anni-versary of the Declaration of Independence In-dependence which was celebrated on the Fourth of July brings to mind the many advantages American Ameri-can citizens enjoy: He may worship in any church of his selection. He may read papers that print what they please. And should he choose to publicly criticise the leaders of our government, no armed bullies can clap him behind barbed wire. Because of his right to vote as he pleases, his voice is as strong as any man's on earth. No law can be made, no tax levied, without with-out his say-so or the consent of the men he elects to speak for him. He enjoys more peace of mind than the citizens of any other country you can name. At night, he and his loved ones sleep un-worried un-worried by the roar of giant planes overhead. They are only streamlined "pullmans" of the airways. air-ways. The only men in uniform who ever ring his doorbell are postmen and telegraph messengers. messen-gers. He can not help but rejoice in the fact the American wages and living standards are the highest in the world; that within 150 years this country has become the greatest, richest, most resourceful resource-ful nation in the world. That, thanks to peace and medical science, sci-ence, the death rate here is the lowest on earth ; that the American people own seven times as many automobiles and more than four times as many telephones and radios as any other people. He will be glad that the world's greatest production of electricity makes the cities of our United States radiant examples of hope and good will in the fear-filled darkness that envelopes most of the world in 1941. In his memory he will review the parade of progress from automobile au-tomobile to stratoliner that have made it a daily adventure to be an American. Thanks to his nation's na-tion's liberal laws, and the magic of radio and television, he enjoys a rare privilege not shared by citizens of any other land. For now, not only can he help elect the leaders of his choice but he can actually hear and see that those men are selected according to the proper rules. Again he counts his privileges. No law compels him to salute our Chief Executive. Yet his love of country springs from his heart with a spontaneous sincerity unsurpassed un-surpassed anywhere on earth. Every American today, more than at any time before, is filled with a great many reasons for saying: "I pledge allegiance to to the Flag of the United States." Nation Is Arming: Faster Due to another miracle of the industrial age, the American munitions mu-nitions industry is now eight months further advanced than after the initial year of our 1917-18 1917-18 production. Munitions industries indus-tries are 80 per cent retooled in spite of confusion about priorities. pri-orities. The tool industry now has an order for $500,000,000 worth of tools for the new bombers alone. This is three times normal annual production for all purposes. Farm Defense Work Administrative boards of the agricultural department, which will carry on the defense activities activi-ties of the department and cooperate coop-erate with other defense agencies having state or local offices, have been established in every state and county by order of the Secretary Secre-tary of Agriculture. The membership member-ship of the defense boards will comprise a representative of the Agricultural Adjustment administration, adminis-tration, the Farm Security administration, admin-istration, the Soil Conservation service, the Forest service, the Rural Electrification administration, administra-tion, the Federal State Cooperative Coopera-tive extension service, and others. Governor Maw Visits Governor Maw spent a short time in Washington on his return trip from the Governors' conference confer-ence recently held in Boston. While in Washington the Governor Gov-ernor took the time to attend a conference in my office with representatives rep-resentatives of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Power Division Divis-ion of the Department of the In-discussing In-discussing many problems that are vital to the State of Utah, among which was the discussion of the building of a large steam electric generating plant to supply cheap power for the processing of alunite into aluminum and to also furnish power for commercial purposes. |