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Show SUSC to receive ' White House' uniforms "It all started in December 1977." Eugene T. Woolf, who was serving as Dean of the School of Arts and Letters at that time was returning to Cedar City from Salt Lake City when he heard a broadcast indicating that the White House Ceremonial Uniforms were being put into moth balls. Knowing that the SUSC Band was in dire need of uniforms Dr. Woolf quickly sent a letter to the Information In-formation Office of the White House inquiring about the uniforms and their availability. That letter was turned over to the Department of the Treasury, United States Secret Service, who apparently was charged with disposing of the uniforms. Dr. Woolf was informed that the department was presently looking for a proper method of disposing of the uniforms, but yes, they were a part of the official equipment inventory which "prohibits us from selling or giving them away." So Dr. Woolf took his case to Utah Senator Jake Garn. That was in January 1978. Senator Garn followed through with the request and discovered that the Secret Service had turned the uniforms over to the General Service Administration for disposal and informed in-formed Dr. Woolf that he should continue his request through the Utah State Agency for Surplus property. That put Dr. Woolf in touch with Robert L. Draper, Agency Manager for Utah and on October 30, 1979 Dr. Woolf was informed that his agency had received from General services a request for "80 each tunics, black caps, white hats and aiguillettes." He further stated that "GSA is now requesting a detailed justification for these items." So Dr. Woolf prepared his letter of justification. It was sent to GSA who in turn notified him that the uniforms had been returned to the Secret Service for disposal but that they would forward the request. That was in November 1979 and until this week that was the last communication that Dr. Woolf had received. But this week the Department of the Treasurer announced they had disposed of the uniforms to schools in three states, including Utah, Texas and Iowa. There were a total of 137 uniforms available and Southern Utah State is to be the recipient of 80 of those uniforms that were worn just once by White House guards. "Now all we need are the uniform-s," uniform-s," Dr. Woolf commented. The uniforms, which are apparently in transit to the college, are white, black and gold. "But it took a lot of Red Tape to acquire them," he concluded. |