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Show COW POKES THEMONTON, UTAH Thursday, October 31,'13B8 IE LEADER flit GjvL By THE LEADER and THE GARLAND TIMES Act Reld Tremonton, Utah Our stand on the amendments choice making for candidates of a slate among local and state offices, national, the Utah voters will be asked Nov. 5 to approve or reject five propositions for amending the state constitution and an initiative petition which would provide for the sale of liquor by the drink. The citizens of this state have been exposed repeatedly during this campaign to the pros and cons of the issues in newspapers, radio and television. Some of the more emotional issues have been discussed thoroughly, while others have escaped attention. In this last week before the election, we will review briefly the provisions of each proposition and tell you how we stand on each. Besides PROPOSITION NO. their 1 This proposition wouia amena the State Constitution to provide for a general session of the Legislature to be held during the years and a budget session during odd-numbe- years. The general sessions will not exceed 60 days and the budget sessions will not even-number- ed exceed 20 days. The State Legislature now meets only every two years for a session. With today's complex problem; this period is hardly enough to study, debate and enact adequate legislation in addition to approving realistic budget to operate the state government for a period of two 60-d- ay years. An annual session of the Legislature would give the lawmakers (and the people) an opportunity for closer scrutiny of state officals, provide more time for wiser legislation and enable legislators to appropriate money in more realistic figures for a shorter term. We are voting FOR the amendment. PROPOSITION NO. 2- This proposal would increase compensation to legislators to $25 a day plus $15 a day expenses. This would amount to about $2,400 for a 60 day session. Their compensation now totals about $1,300 per session. No serious student of state government would like to see the advent of "professionalism" in our Legislature, because the professional legislator has a tendency to lose contact with the people, and high compensation tends to breed professionals. However, we feel the represen- tatives we send to Salt Lake should be adequately compensated for the sacrifices they make when they leave their jobs and businesses to serve our county and state. They should at least receive enough to cover part of their lost time at work, the expense of board and room, transportation and correspondence with their constituents.The amendment as proposed still is below the sum received by legislators in most other states. It certainly is not unreasonable, and it should have the support of every voter. We are voting FOR the amendment. PROPOSITION NO. An extension of the 3- -' Freeport pro- vision which exempts from taxation goods held for processing or distribution outside the state. Proposition 3 would exempt property held for sale within the state in the ordinary course of business and would constitute the inventory of a retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer, fanmr or livestock raiser. All states surrounding Utah do not enforce or are in the process of phasing out inventory tax. The situation places the state in an unfair position in competition with these states for interstate commerce in the lnte mountain West. A tax on inventory also constitutes a situation of doable taxation which increases a firm's cost of doing business and raises the cost of goods to the consumer. A phase -- out of this burdensome tax wojld mean an additional impetus to Utah's David Schoenbrun, noted reporter, broadcaster, author and member of the Faculty of International Affairs at Columbia has written a book that answers questions that have arisen out of the Vietnam conflict. 84337. Second .Class Postage Paid We are voting rates (in advance) per year. $4.50 outside State of Utah. Published week- ' ly. We have discussed this, the "Greenbelt" amendment, our outlined have and previously stand on the issue. The amendment would provide for the taxation of farmland according to its value for agricultural use rather than the value it might have for other uses. A farmer cannot afford to operate his farm if it is taxed at a value of adjacent land which might be used for a motel or shopping center, and he cannot afford to hold the land unused and pay the taxes at the inflated rate with the prospect that he might be able to see it at some Undetermined future date at what the tax collector now says is its fair cash value. This amendment would not permit preferential rates. It is a form of eq- LEON l. MORGAN A THOUGHT Americans have asked Mr. true way to soften no's troubles is to soften J those of others. Mms. de Maintetwn The so-cal- led Vote Straight Republican "Jake, you've done busted the steps on the ladder . . . now, jist how am I gonna git down!" (Pdi Pol. Adv. by Box Elder Co. Republicans, Jim Brown. YOUR FOR TODAY , that answers the questions Editor and Publisher 4- radio-T- Simplify Shopping and Saving CLASSIFIEDS With LEADER The book, Vietnam: How We Got In, How to Get Out, published in paperback by Athen-eum- , is a discussion based on history and personal experience M.00 endment. PROPOSITION NO. at 84337. Subscription FOR the am- and JXPL0RES WAR ORIGIN !Puhished by the Citizen Publishing Company of Utah at 10 N. 1st West Tremonton, Utah Opinion often at lectures programs on Vietnam. In addition, the book includes the texts of the basic documents on Vietnam a crucial part of the story. Schoenbrun NEW BOOK ON VIETNAM J Presented As A Public Service Every Week by Archibald Ford 101 N 3rd East Tremonton, Utah Chr.) CANDIDATES ualization. We are voting FOR the amend- 10 ment. PROPOSITION NO. 5 This proposition would permit the State Legislature to adopt standards for manadatory retirement of judges and for the removal of judges from office. Any law which limits the time which judges may serve may place us in danger of wasting valuable wisdom and experience. It is true, we have seen a number of judges we would like retired, but our judgement might at times be somewhat prejudiced. But if a judge is doing a competent job and serving the state well, let us not waste his Governor U. S. CARLW.BUEHNER Senator U. S. WALLACE F. BENNETT Congressman District 1 LAURENCE J. BURTON talent. As for the removal of judges from office, present provisions for impeachment proceedings are adequate. Malfeasance o office is a serious charge and too often it is raised by the clamor of the rabble. We cannot make it too easy to get "rid of public officials, because serious mistakes can be made in the heat of emotion. We see no need for a change now. We are voting AGAINST the amendment. LIQUOR INITIATIVE PETITION A Perhaps the most controversial question to be placed before the Utah voters this year is the so-call- "liquor-by-t- he -- drink" RUEL State Representative District 2 1 M. ESKELSEN MALCOLM C YOUNG ed peti- tion. No issue has been discussed with more emotion than this one. The tragedy of the whole issue has been the lack of factual evidence to back up arguments on both sides of the question. Proponents see great prosperity in the tourism industry of the state, which we seriously doubt. Opponents see greater availability of liquor, more broken more drunkeness, homes and bar owners getting rich selling booze at inflated prices which are equally ridiculous arguments. The proposed law is not a particularly good one, and requires some revision before it becomes completely workable. It represents a compromise between the diverse elements of Utah society and was devised to be acceptable to a majority of our citizens. It is not the great savior of the state's economy as respresented by the proponents, nor is it the evil destroyer of our morals and our children as represented by the opponents. It is, however, a step in the right direction toward a civilized approach to the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The whole question boils down to the right of an individual to have a single drink in a public place or whether he will continue to be forced to purchase a whole bottle, conceal it in a paper bag and consume it in a surreptitious manner behind a building or other secluded place. Let's put the liquor in public places designed for the consumption of alcohol and take it out of the automobiles and homes wherein lies the greatest evils of the liquor problem. We State Representative District District Attorney ROBERT W.DAINES if 4 St.. yr. County Commiisione r DONE. CHASE 2 yr. County Commissioner FRANK 0.REEDER FOR HONESTY - EFFICIENCY EXPERIENCE VOTE NOV. 5th VOTE STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN! CPd. Political Ad. by Box Elder County Republicans, Jim Brown, Chairman) are voting FOR the petition. f |