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Show 1 y The MONDAY THRU SATURDAY (Utah) HEI-PE- K JOURNAL OCTOBER THURSDAY, PAGE EIGHT 9, OCT, 13. 14, 15' 16, 17 ar Mrs Emery Ward of Price, the phasized the importance of the of Doug, made the trip nation's highways and the signiwith Hazel and Jess. ficance of the huge new highway of program from the standpoint steel demand and employment. Colored Pencil Sets, all kinds, "As every motorist knows, we now sold by the Helper Journal. have the highways outgrown which served well enough to the mother movement. These are strong words and back of them are the following charges by Senator McClellan: 1. That Hoffa "has not only placed hoodlums and men with criminal records in key positions carry the traffic of a generation efan in the union, but he and his chief said. "In Homer Mr ago," fort to catch up, our Federal and lieutenants have consorted with state governments have embarked the major racketeers and gangInterstate Highway sters in the United States." on a 2. That Hoffa ''spends the unProgram, which will cost billions ion's funds as if they were his of dollars. Now, with this program entering its third year, pro- own and handsomely takes care out of jects are starting to move the planning stage into construc- we have built new miles of high tion. ways on which to drive them. "We as motorists will soon be "The 41,000 miles of 2- -, -, 6.., as additional and 8 lane the results, seeing highways planned un DANCE AND HAVE expressways der the Federal-ai- d miles of Highway Act built to the highest standards of of 1956 would come close to FUN TO THE MUSIC modern highway engineering, are circling the earth twice. Togeth" of pH to traffic. er, the states and the Federal ''Bethlehem employees will of Government will in the next 14 course benefit along with everyto 15 years crisscross the country one else as users of these high- with an unequaled highway netways, and as consumers of the work. on 1 w goods that will be carried 'For the first time since authem. But we will also benefit in tomobile travel and truck trans another way. The huge tonnages portation came into wide use, ai of steel required to build these the highways of America will be AN J HIS a. highways mean millions of man-hou- equal to the capacities of the in Bethof employment autos, trucks, and buses that lehem's steel plants, fabricating travel them. And most importORCHESTRA works, and manufacturing plant". ant of all, the new highways Orders from contractors for steel will not be built only for contem on I already I "YOUNG AMI RICA'S Viicrhwav nroducts. , porary traffic. The improved InfAVCrri" hand, are now relatively low com terstate System has been design pared to the tonnages they will ed to accommodate 1975's estiattain in the years ahead. mated traffic volume." In outlining the program, the Pointing out that Bethlehem .WEDNESDAY, OCT 15 Review indicates that today the Steel produces the most complete United States has about 3.5 mil- line of highway steels of any miles of roads and streets. manufacturer in the country, the lion HELPER JUNOR HIGH "Of this total," the Review Review stresses the important states, "about 2.4 million miles part that steel products will play AUDITORIUM are not paved. About one-thiin constructing the new network-Accordin8 p.m. of our rpesent road network was to present estimates to 1930 when driving the program will call for approx built prior Hr. Show 1 Va Hr. Dancing speeds averaged around 27 miles imately 26 million tons of strucrecent years we tural steel, 17 million tons of Gen. Adm. $1 Res. $1,50 per hour. In added more miles reinforcing steel, 3 million tons have actually Sponsored by Helper Kiwanis of new cars in this county than of corrugated steel pipe anl Vi million tons of other miscellaneous steel, 0r a total of nearly 50 million tons. Rough estimates of other raw materials needed by the program include: 1.4 billion barrels of cement, 130 million tons of bituminous materials, 13 billion gallons of petroleum products, million pounds of explosives, 7 million board feet of lumber. The American Road Builders Association estimates that there is an average lag of 19 months between the time fund? for a highway are authorized and the time the contracts are awarded. Orders for the steel required may there-fornot be placed for 19 or months more after the money FLOOR is available for the specific project. Thus, the expanded highway program, which started in JUST RECEIVED FROM June, 1956, so far has had little effect on steel fill tonnage. However, it appears that coasumption THE WORLD CARPET MILLS of steel in highway construction will increase, and within the Dalton, Georgia next year or two the increase should be substantial. ar GOING! WHYfiOrYOO? 4- LONG l rs i t- ! rd Starts at 1 M VISCOSE UNCUT PILE TEXTURED RUGS While they Last .$ 18 The Rest in Furniture and Appliances Helper, Utah 6core. The United Automobile Workers and Walter Reuther provide a good example of how other unions are operated. Granted, they were before the McClellan Committee for a brief spell some months ago and Reuther came out with his armor untarnished. But there is no comparison of the investigation of Reuther and that of Hoffa. In the first place only a small fraction of as many staff men or hours were devoted to digging up the facts about Reuther and his union as were devoted to Hofifa and the Teamsters. Secondly, the Committee members were not as well briefed on such facts as had been uncovered on Reuther as they were on Hoffa. Is Hoffa worse than Reuther? That is a matter of opinion. those who have worked with both men the conclusion prevails tat Hoffa's word is better than that of Reuther. In other words, it is said that when Hoffa makes an agreement he will stick to it, but that Reuther can not be counted on to the same extent. It also is said that both men are ambitious, but in a different way. Hoffa wants power and aggrandizement in the labor move ment. Reuther wants this but as well he wants political power. This is borne out by the fact that Reuther is always most active in the political arena, while Hoffa limits his activities to the labor field. In my opinion neither man is a credit to the labor movement, but on the political front Reuther is much more dangerous. phone News Items to W:,th the A a goal cf 109,000 by '59, Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers has designated Oct 13 to 17 as (Membership Enrollment Week. At present the organization has 1C3.444 members. To build a better ,undersitand-in- g and cooperation between home and school is the aim of every local FTA. In order to accomplish this objective we extend the invitation of membership to everyone, ithe Congress officials said. You need not be a parent or a teacher to belong to PTA-Al- l you need is an interest in children and youth. Mrs George H. it Social Security it .Water more than half that of the national average." Throughout the Continued From Page One nation last year, income derived from manufacturing was equal lowing the speakers session, with to 25.1 of the total personal the main protests being against income. This compares with 13. 5 to the paying for a pipe line of total personal income percent distant Wellington point, that obtained from manufacturing in would not directly benefit th Utah. residents of Helper. Meeting The general opinion of those attending was that the proposal had much merit insofar as stabil izing water supply, enticing new industry but that a more equitable financing plan should be submitted to the taxpayers on the head-en- d of the district. Another very important benefit of the proposed district would be that the organziation would be a vital unit toward continuing the fight against the diversion of waters from Scofield reservoir into the Gooseberry project. Other speakers were O E Jackson, general superintendent of Independent Coal and Coke Co.; Steve J. County Commissioners Diamanti and Louis Kosec, and Dr. J. J. Dalpiaz. it Helper WRESTLING Continued From Page CARD Civic Auditorium Saturday, Oct. 11 Main Event Eric the Great vs. The Avenger Semi-Fin- al The Bat vs. Utah Foundation One individuals by governmental un- it; (Federal, state and local) still constitute largest single source of personal income in Utah. Gov ernment income disbursements in the form of wages, salaries, and benefits totaled $316,000,000. or 21.9 of all personal income dur ing 1367. This percentage was nearly a third greater than the average for the nation as a whole. Foundation officials note that manufacturing and construction are becoming increasingly import ant in the Utah economy while agriculture is declining in relative importance. Last year personal income derived from manu facturing totaled $.195 million or of the personal inabout 13.5 come total. Income from construe tion was equal to $78 million (5.4), and income derived from agriculture totaled $77 million this is a rare abuse, and removed or (6.37c). The report observes, however, the restriction from the law. Benefits are now payable to an that "although manufacturing is adopted child immediately after becoming increasingly prominent in cne uxan economy, lis relative adaption. A social security representative importance still is only slightly will be in Price at the city hall on October 14th between 9 a.m. Adding Machin? Paper, by the and 3 pm. roll, or case at Journal office. Farmer Powel! Curtain-Rais- er Prince Maiava V8. Lou Newman Adm. Adults Kids .under $1.00 16 50c LAST THREE DAYS THURSDAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY MORE "BARGAIN BUYS" HAVE JUST ARRIVED FOR TnESE LAST 3 DAYS! SHOP! SAVE! 60 Only Women's Wool KNIT DRESSES Special at $JQ 00 BIG HQ BUY 2 r $5 00 LARGE SIZE Beautiful Colors Journal Bids will be accepted on the old Country Club Building, to Dismantle and Clear the property in a specified time. Bids must be in by the morning of Oct. 15th, 1958. For further details and information Call 11 P-T- Helper, Utah ng ATTENTION ME-7-23- Utah Congress Membership Drive Now In Full Swing (Judd) Jones, president of the Utah Congress 7. That Hoffa has used, or per- salutes the PTA members all over mitted to be used, millions of Utah who will be going out in dollars of union funds for loans search of others to join them in to gangsters and racketeers, or the great work of helping chilto back projects of his friends, dren to become mature citizens in or for Lis own personal benefit. a mature America. For more than All of these charges, it should 60 years, this kind of interest has be noted, grow out of information provided the spark that has help presented to the Committee by ed the PTA achieve many of its witnesses under oath, or are the goals. Establishments of kinderresult of staff investigation. Many gartens, effective child labor laws of the statements, especially those broader educational opportunrelating to financial matters, were ities these are some of the achdenied toy Hoffa or other Team- ievements the PTA can claim. ster witnesses, but denials do not You can become a part of this materially change the conclusion great movement just by saying that this is truly a sorry mess ''yes" to te neighbor who calls on you this week and invites you that has been uncovered. There is no reason for assum- to join your PTA. ing, however, that the Teamsters are worse than everyone else. If Mrs Jones says "PTA stands the same type searching investi- for responsible citizens who choose to invest in the future. gation were made of the other The larger the membership, the large unions it might foe found the potential ability to greater in are that they run much the do good." same rway as the Teamsters. This The growth of PTA will inevdoes not mean that there are as many hoodlums and former crim itably continue because we are a striving inals holding office, but that is voluntary organization, not the crucial trouble with the toward goals that mean much to Teamsters. The real trouble is every American, the best possible the power of the top officers, homes, school?, 'communiti and little distinction can be made the best possible world. between our large unions on that 3750. HELPER FURNITURE & IIDW, Drug Corner Hill and Main of his cronies and friends." j 3. That Hoffa "appears to labor under the belief that there is By Ralph Robey nothing that cannot be fixed," and always around him, for the McCLELLAN'S OPINION protection of himself & his hood OF HOFFA lum friends, is a staff of a dozen Senator John L. McClellan, paid attorneys which costs highly chairman of the Select Commit- the union hundreds of thousands tee on Improper Activities in the of dollars each year. Labor Management Field, which 4. That Hoffa appears to 'coun perhaps is better known as the tenance the cheat, the lie, the Rackets Committee, has completed a seven (weeks' investigation steal and violence to gain his of the International Brotherhood ends" and shows "arroant disof Teamsters and its president, respect for members of his union James R. Hoffa. There was a for the general public, and for relatively brief investigation of the United States Government." the Teamsters and Hoffa last year 5. That Hoffa is seeking power this time the Committee real than the people and "greater ly gave them the works. The than the Government." facts brought out were so shock- greater 5. That Hoffa, since his election ing that Senator McClellan issu- as President of the Teamsters, ed ''immediate resignation or rehas done nothing to rid the union moval" 0f Hoffa. He termed Hofof undesirable characters. fa a "cancer" in labor j EVERYONE'S d NATIONAL OUTLOOK 1958 Clifford Bergcra who is at- INTERSTATE HIGHWAY tending Wasatch Academy in Mt Pleasant, returned homo for a visit with his parents the J. J. PROGRAM NEEDS ARE Bergeras. last weekend. The Jess Coxes returned after TOLD BY INDUSTRY four days in Wyoming. They vis- Interstate HighThe ited at McKinnon with the Wm. Cox family and drove out to way Proram now getting under Dutch John, new townsite for way, the largest highway progFlaming Gorge Dam. The balance ram in this country's history, -will of the time was spent at Casper, call for nearly 50 mllion ton- of wilii Mr and Mrs Douglas Ward steel, according to the September issue of the Bethlehem Review, and family. a bulletin of news for Bethlehem The Wards moved from Or em Steel employees, issued today. in August. Doug was sent to In a letter to employees, in Sasper as superintendent for the the Review, Arthur B. 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