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Show GIVING OUR Vv ORLD THE Once Over Grandson Appointed to Annapolis Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Gordon are very happy over the appointment of their grandson, Tom Talcott, as a midshipmen, to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Tom is seventeen years old, a student and R. O. T. C. Captain at Kearny High School, in San Diego. He was appointed ap-pointed by Rep. Bob Wilson, of Chula Vista. Tom is a brother of Shirley Anne Talcott, of Delta. . Emily's Faith Remarks in this column on religion relig-ion have brought the following interesting in-teresting letter from Emily Young, of Abraham. Dear Dick: I am not a thinker. Sometimes your writing leaves me treading water in a depth far over my head. Your deductions on the subject of religion have caused me great thot. Once I remember you expressing express-ing your opinion on the subject as feeling that "Religion seemed to you to be wishful thinking which was indeed a beautiful goal to set one's life to". As I say, I am hot a thinkei but may I quote you an excerpt from the Sunday School lesson I am preparing? "One learns the value of work by working, of play by playing, food by eating, and one learns the value of faith by exercising faith, of love 'by trying to love his fellow men. Even as one would have faith in God, he must at least say to himself, 'It could be that HE lives. I shall give the idea fair trial. I shall do his will. I shall read the scriptures, especially the life of Jesus, and I shall try to live as HE says God would have me live. If there is anything to religion, I shall at least give it a fair chance in my life". Read also Alma 32-27-43 from the Book of Mormon. I am not criticizing you. I know not how you live. I read your work and know you are an intelligent intelli-gent man. I am offering you a challenge! (Keep writing, we like it.) Your friend, Emily Young." It was very nice of Emily to write that way. Let her view speak for itself. As with the book by G. 1. Harrison, I do not urge it upon anyone,' but simply present it here so that those who find it to their liking may know of it. People seem By Dick Morrison to need different things in the way of faith. Those who find what is comforting to them have, perhaps, found exactly what they need, and even when it seems to others to be a literal interpretation of an abstraction, ab-straction, who can say that is wrong? For myself, I am on record as questioning many traditional religious religi-ous beliefs, to put it mildly; yet I deny b ing an out and out strict materialist. There is something about life that does not jibe with strict materialism. In rejecting certain cer-tain sets of answers, I do not claim to know what the right answer is. It offers the basis for endless speculation, spec-ulation, like the stars at night, the idea of the end of space, and the tormenting concept of the beginning begin-ning and end of time. Before concluding con-cluding that this life is all there is; that there was nothing before and will be nothing after, I want to know how I got as I am. I haven't found an acceptable answer to 'hat, yet. I once defined Life as Nature's Awareness of Itself. It might seem logical to go from that ind say that nature's awareness of itself can only be endless and eternal. eter-nal. If this is too abstract to suit other people, let them find a more literal answer, more acceptable to them. Maybe, after all, it is just a a different way of expressing the same idea. Clyde's Opportunity As Governor, George Dewey Clyde is fortunate to be the successor suc-cessor of J. Bracken Lee. With all the pushing and shoving shov-ing now going on in the legislature over which state spending agencies shall get how much money, and how the money shall be extracted 'rom the taxpayers by what method, met-hod, there - is one thing the new Governor doesn't have to' worry nbout. That is interest on the public debt. Utah has no public debt, thanks mostly to J. Bracken Lee; but instead a cash surplus of some seven million dollars. Arrangements have recently been made whereby banks holding this money on deposit de-posit will pay interest on it. So instead of having to pay interest on the public debt, the people of Utah are now on the receiving end of the interest deal. The great opportunity now open to George Dewey Clyde is to manage man-age state affairs in such a way as to keep state finances in as good a shape as he found them. Since Brack Lee left them In fine shape, this will D6t be an uphill light. There Is no old debt to be paid off; no burden from bad management in the past. It is to be hoped that Governor Clyde will make the most of the opportunity ex-Govcrnor Lee created for him. How To Cut Taxes The 1057 Utah Legislature is now considering several ways of increasing in-creasing taxes. Little or no consideration consid-eration is being given the idea of cutting expenses. It never seems to occur to a group of lawmakers as a whole that there are constructive results to be gained from' cutting taxes. Yet the economics of the question is obvious. People who are required to pay less money to the tax collec'ors necessarily have that much more to spend for things they want to buy for themselves. Human wants are unlimited, and people tend always to buy to the limit of their purchasing power. So, given tax reductions, this new spending flows into (he normal channels of trade and bring about increased demand for goods and services, employment is increased, and business is improved. I have three suggestions for the Legislature along this line. First, let the tax commission take steps to equalize the burden of property taxes, in this manner: let the commission make a study of tax valuation procedures and tax rates throughout the state. Let them determine which community makes valuations on the lowest basis. Let them determine which community assesses its taxes at the lowest rate. Then, let the tax commission com-mission recommend and the Legislature Legis-lature pass the necessary enactments, enact-ments, to equalize all Utah property pro-perty taxes at the lowest valuations and the lowest assessment rates now in existence anywhere in the state. Second, abolish the sales tax. This tax was inaugurated under former governor Blood, as an emergency emer-gency measure'. If the emergency has not been ended by now, it should be apparent that the sales tax has failed of its purpose. Away with it. Third, adjust the state income tax in such a way as to make it more equitable to all taxpayers. This could be done by reducing the rates to zero, which would automatically close all the loopholes, loop-holes, to boot. If anybody thinks these suggestions suggest-ions are facetious, it is only he-cause he-cause he has last his bearings in the welter of the spend and spend, tax and tax, and elect and elect, psychology. Actually, this course wouM leave the state r; well off, tax-wise, as It was before Governor Blood took office. The state got along on money from property taxes alone, at low rates, in those days, and it could do it again. Likewise, Like-wise, the Federal government once scrimped along on revenues from customs, tobacco, and liquor, and IT could do THAT again, too. This much should be obvious to all: money extracted from the taxpayers, taxpay-ers, and spent wastefully by any governmental unit, does not raise the total of the nation's purchasing power by one red cent. And since much government spending is done wastefully, the potential constructive construc-tive purchasing power in that money is often largely destroyed. Governor Clyde's views on taxes are well known. He has advocated "broadening the tax base" as the best means of raising more money. He has said he sees little chance for cutting state expenses. The idea of hroadening the tax base, by encouraging en-couraging the expansion of business, busi-ness, and inducing more people to remain in, or come into Utah to be taxed, is predicated on the retention re-tention of present tax rates. In other words, more people and more business taxed at the same rates would provide the state with more revenue. I It might be hard, though, to show that the taxing units in the U. S. having the "broadest tax base" are i not also the ones with the highest ; rates. It seems that government does not increase In efficiency with size and population, but becomes less efficient. And there may still be something to be said in favor of cutting state expenses. I am morally certain there are waste, inefficiency, and unneeded "services" "being foisted upon the taxpayers even as things stand now. tose FIND IT A new grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee, of Delta, is the baby girl born Jan. 14 to Fay and Wanda Lee Brinkerhoff, of Flowell, at the Fillmore hospital. Co-Sponsors Bill For Research On Raln-msking T, .i.iloi' Arthur V. Watkins (It.-i (It.-i today lu-ranie co-sponsor of . b'.'A that would authorize a five- .:!; ;"5 million program of experimental experi-mental research in cloud modifica-V'vi). modifica-V'vi). paiiic-uLu'ly in areas affected hby drought. Author or the I ill is Senator Francis Case (R.-S.D). The pro-jrnri pro-jrnri woul.l be directed by the Ad-I Ad-I visoty Committee on Weather Con-I Con-I trol. 1 The program would be carried on ei her by contracts between the ' Advisory Committee and private or '"H '-'Yc agencies, or through cooperative coop-erative programs with State agencies agen-cies including land-grant colleges or others designated by State Gowmors. Of tr.e amount appropriated annually ann-ually one-fourth would be available for contract, and three-fourths for the cooperative program to be matched equally 'by States. Senator Watkins pointed out that fie program, upon passage, would :d the Southern Utah Water Resources Re-sources Development Corporation 'o finance its program. Olaf George of Kanosh Is president of the corporation cor-poration which has invested heavily In Utah-financial rain-making experiments. ex-periments. MARCH OF DIMES llvttutiiivtstUm The mid-winter awards meeting was held by the Utah Associated Garden Clubs recently at the Art Hum, in Salt Lake City, with the theme "Make Utah Proud of Utah". An awards luncheon was the highlight of the event, with the winners of the Silt Lake Tribune Civic Eeautific.it ion Contest announced. an-nounced. Millard county garden clubs garnered gar-nered four of the awards this year. Sugarville won third prize In Class A., where garden clubs do not have outside assistance. In Class B, where clubs have outside out-side help, Kanosh Garden Club received re-ceived first prize; Oasis, second place, and Sclpio, third. Both Oasis and Sugarville had projects on IJ3S church grounds. Oasis provided a tennis court and parking area, and Sugarville provided pro-vided foundation planting and a parking area, according to Mrs. Beth Anderson, west Millard garden clubs leader. MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE D.ita, Utah, li.u.i, tu.i. a, litf. DELTA IliGii SCHOOL NEWS Pep Club This year the girls in the Pep CIud decided to order letter sweaters. swea-ters. Only girls who wanted them ordered. They had a choice of different weights of materials and will be white with the graduating year on the left sleeve. The girl's name and a "D" with a megaphone through it will be placed on the pocket. The sweaters should be nere the first part of next month, by Rochelle Cropper Exchange Assembly The Millard High School present ed their annual exchange assembly on rriuay, jan. 18. it was a very well-planned assembly and most enjoyable production. Everyone enjoyed en-joyed this t outstanding assembly. Steven Wadsworth kept the show on the road with his unusual "MC" acts between num'bers. 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