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Show PAGE TVVO THURSDAY, THE SAN JUAN RECORD - EDITORIALS time may come when Utah, even reluctant as it seems to do itself some good, may come around to a state of mind progressive enough to get on OF SAN JUAN THE OFFICIAL COUNTY, UTAH JAMES P. HEAL - General Manager WALTER V. BEESLEY Editor Published Every Thursday at Monticello, Utah Entered at the Post Office at Monticello, Utah, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. fio Comment The United Chamber of Commerce for the Four Comers area means business. The organization has taken place and plans are already under way to make the group powerful enough to be heard throughout four states if its noise that must force the issues. In San Juan County: One Year Six Months Three Months In the State of Utah outside San , $3.00 1.75 1.00 Juan County: One Year ... $3.50 2.00 Six Months Three Months . 1.25 Elsewhere in the United States: One Year $4.00 2.25 Six Months Three Months 1.50 Washington for enactment of legislation directed at racketeering by unioij bosses and at the monopoly power of union labor. Combination for Strength Determination for unity and forthright action in bringing the Four Corners area to the prominence which it deserves highlighted the organization meeting Monday of the United Chambers of Commerce. With the Cortez chamber as a most gracious host, the 4S representatives from four states convened in the city hall at 9 a.m. and put in a solid day of explaining, diagramming and visualizing the growth that certainly must come to the region which holds such vast potentials in natural resources. That the development of these resources is beyond the scope of any single chamber of commerce, and is far from a project wherein a boy is sent to do a mans job, was proved by the enthusiastic meeting of minds from rather distant yet neighboring points. The unity of purpose which instigated the meeting was evidenced throughout the session and each spokesman for the 20 communities outlined in the circle rimming the "United Chambers was given an opportunity to express his own needs and offer his assistance to each of the other members of the new organization. day-lon- Statistical and reliable information g concerning the fabulous amount of natural resources in the area made formation of the United Chambers even more important than it had at first appeared. There has been little doubt of the presence of these resources, but the manner of exploiting them heretofore has been a proposition at best. Organization of the chambers of commerce within the present boundary of the charmed circle, with perhaps additions later on, appears to be the most feasible means of obtaining the things that each of the communities needs but cannot get through its own and relatively unimportant efforts. The old saying that "In Unity there is Strength" was never more true than it is now, when the requirements of the area demand the incessant and forceful pressure on the governmental powers and others who figuratively have the future of the Four Comers area in the palms of their hands. Most immediate and pressing requirements of all communities concerned are, generally speaking, transportation and housing. Here in San Juan county, those two items probably are the major problems. Those who know the situation thoroughly complain to no avail that San Juan county virtually is losing its shirt and stands to lose the rest of its apparel principally because it lacks the transportation facilities to serve those involved in its oil and uranium industries and has little or nothing to offer in the way of housing for thousands of potential residents. Of prime importance in this county is a San Juan river bridge, about which millions of words have been spoken but nothing has been done. Governor George D. Clyde himself has committed himself to the erection of a bridge to serve the transportation necessary in the expanding oil industry, but the talk goes on and the business goes out of the county. It is hard to determine, in the light of admissions that the bridge is an immediate necessity, what kind of pressure will be necessary or defective in bringing about construction of the bridge by state, county or other means. We can go along with any state which tries but cannot render the necessary services to all its constituent parts. But when a state such as Utah has the potential revenue begging to be taken yet blithely turns its back on it, it creates a feeling of futility that has ruined other worthwhile under- gating committee headed by Sen. McClellan have convinced many members of Congress that legislation is necessary to: 1. Place unions, like business, under the antitrust laws in order to curtail monopolistic practices. It is becoming more and more recognized that the power of giant unions to paralyze a plant or an entire industry by mere refusal to work must be curbed. The Justice, Labor and Commerce Departments have been studying this subject for months. g football game witnessed last Saturday, those fans arent likely to forget him. Nor should they ever allow him to set foot on their field again. The incident in question occurred late in the game at Blanding and concerned none of the play- Monticello-Blandin- ers at all, but rather an obviously official of some 180 or 190 pounds and a youngster of perhaps 9 or 10 years of age. Standing in the end zone, the boy made some individual didn't remark which the striped-shirtelike. Forgetting his duties as a supposedly qualified official, the man chased the boy to the sideline with a verbal stream of obscene language which made the sideline fans shudder. As a climax to this shameful outburst of temper, the official swung foot at the boy. Fortunately, he was wearing tennis shoes and did no apparent damage to the boys posterior. The damage he did to himself, however, he never will repair. We have covered hundreds of contests of all descriptions and have seen tempers flare, but never have we been unfortunate enough to have witnessed an official who so far forgot his training that he literally disgraced that usually competent group of men whose example should be fol- The Old Settler i lowed. If an official cant take the jibes of a small boy, what will happen in a game where his behavior is My dear' San Juaners: supposed to be the epitome of sportsmanship? Or The Piute built his sturdy biswill he hold his temper against someone his own cuits, sixty years ' ago, of sand size? grass seed, a little corn (it made soggy dough) the berries of the squawbush which are red but In the Lighter Vein never sweet, and other seeds and substances a white man wouldnt ODD LOTS eat. All these he pounded on a Qualification. In San Antonio, fined $15 for rock and made a kind of meal, driving without a license, Henry Valasquez. said and baked hi3 biscuits firm and he couldnt get one because of poor eyesight, told tough like wads of steel. The Piutes teeth were perfect authorities his job: car jockey in a parking lot. millstones, sixty years ago; no Joy Unconfined. In Blair, Neb., the weekly Enter- cavities, no ulcered jaws to fill prise carried a classified ad: LOST: Light blue dress, Contest. night of Whatsoever a Alan Soweth. Near Mineral Point, farmer Jack Kenyon, Jr., doctored Wis., parts of a stretch of hillside with fertilizer, persuaded his beloved to elope with him after the hill letters: turned green with love-struc- n Qcrassroois k 300-fo- fig, ot PARDON, YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING From the Lansing, Mich., Catholic Weekly: "The second unit in the parish building program is basis at an estibeing completed on a mated cost of $22,500. From the Portsmouth, N. H., Herald : "Heres the recipe for 'French Egg Nog: two egg yolks, two tablespoons of sugar and two jiggers of congnac in a tall warm lass. From the New York Herald Tribune : "Her material grandparents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Young. Mr. Young left an estate estimated at $80,000,000. OPinio, i ANAHEIM, CAL BULLETIN: t Proposals to make unions t laws are current to in Congress. In recent days they have gathered considerable momentum as a reaction to the new drive by Teamsters boss James Hoffa to weld all transportation labor Into a giant new union. sub-ec- anti-trus- . . . f his life with woe; no foods all predigested and of vitamins bereft; his fare grew wild in plants and game; he found it right and left. Slim as a crane, no bulging paunch which always interferes, he dressed in buckskin and he lived a happy hundred years. The white man fared on foods delicious, nothing hard or stale; foods readycooked in glass, in tin, in packages for sale; foods seasoned to the nth degree, and gingersnaps and pop. The Piute fell on them and found no place where he could stop. He smacked his lips and called for more, declaring it Heap good! and flashed a smile from ear to ear to make it understood. No more the biscuits which had made a sturdy Piute race, no more the buckskin, strong and tough, but having in their place: bread soft, anemic, pale, effete, indulgence, idleness, rotgut and lolipop every day, soft life and gaudy dress. But not the dress for crane-likforms, once dear to Piute taste: bright robes extended, pants enlarged, long inches round the waist. Oh, sturdy Piute of the past a pity what a change! From nerve and prowess sinking fast to weakness sad and strange. The berries of the sqawbush plant, the sand grass hard and dry, made rugged men and women in the ages long gone by. The biscuits, hard and firm and strong, made men of strength and health; the hard old buckskin had a charm more profitable than wealth. e SULLIVAN, ILL., NEWS: The schools are one of the big-es- t users of tax dollars in the co- mmunity. Taxpayers who supply those dollars have a right to expect that they be spent locally whenever and wherever possible. "Mr. and These local business concerns not guests only provide some of the tax but they support and contribute to school activity programs. fecfandt Opinion, office-holder- : e Taft-Hartle- y rank-and-fil- From the Alton, Iowa, Democrat: REV. ROBERT H. HARPER dol-arweek-enHIGHWAY MADNESS d Redman and Mrs. Wm. family were building of new end in the R. W. Rabbitt hole in Sooux City WITH the highway, widening From the Worcester, Mass., Sunday Telegram: end etralghtenlng existing routes, over-pas- s traffic and under-pas"State Senator Ernest A. Johnson, seeking MASONTOWN, PA BULLETIN: circles and clover leaves, and the honest Smokey, the Bear, has been advertising of bigger and better said, "I have no wild promises, except one seen on television many times cars with more horses under the government. during the past few months, hood have afflicted many AmeriFrom a jewelers ad in the Port Arthur, Ont., cans with a highway madness warning us to avoid forest and worse than the mental ills cared cash! Instead use brush fires. The trouble with "You dont need for in nursing homes and asylums. his TV is that while Smokey on our revolting credit plan. AH of which is bringing much conCalcern to highway authorities, mothFrom the Las Vegas Sun: "Ever add anchovy message may be appropriat to ifornia or New England viewers ers and fathers, and citizens in fillets and green olives to potato salad? God! at a given time, he is also warn- generaL A DAY TO REMEMBER Why we should want more ing people of a rainy season. Like horses under the hood when there An El Cajon, Calif., matron, who has a hetic the school zone signs which lose is a sufficient number to split the on social schedule, hit on the idea of posting a calendar their effect when they remain road open at a hundred miles an vac-tiosummer street the the hour and reach eternity in a during in her bedroom for jotting down social engagements. takings. the regular appearance of moment of time is an enigma Not long ago she and her husband were enterUtah is in a position to capitalize to an untold hard to unravel Smokey robs his message of effecA month ago the writer made a obbeen indifferwhom a had its But wealth. natural own to tiveness. couple long they taining degree on its car trip of more than two hunence to the opportunities at hand may well cost it ligated. During the evening, the guest visited her dred miles and, after two days reSUMMIT, MISS SUN: turned to his home. At no time her bathroom. the small hostess return to than the more times living Upon comparatively many The U. S. Treasury paid $600 was there danger or doubt. The amount it would have to spend for a bridge and room, her manner was definitely chilly. million as intreest on the $23 bil- young person who went along to After the couple had departed, the hostess lion Social Security trust fund drive obeyed all the signs, on the its access roads. highway and in the city we visitMonticello, Blanding and Bluff may well talk heard a muffled shout from her husband. It came invested in federal bonds. In short ed, and never exceeded the speed their collective heads off and never get as much as from her bathroom. The husband had taken a casua youve paid social security once limit. I think of how much safer when you pay your tax and you the highways and the street would glance at his wifes calendar. The entry for that a rope thrown across the San Juan river. pay more on it every time the be if the traffic laws were obeyed But with the help of neighboring states whose day read: "Have the Peachs for dinner and get it government pays interest on those and every driver were considerate of the other fellow. bonds. ambition and energy match their foresight, the over with. s, News-Chronicl- - J over-size- d Share-the-Fu- Outlaw Compulsion compulsory membership in unions. Growth of union membership should be based on and not compulsion. A merit worker should have just as much right not to join a union if he as he does not wish to do so does to join a union of he so desires. Prohibit the expenditure of v ) tir ,,i union funds for political candidates! Dues paid by Democratic union members should not be used to elect Republicans to pubACALENDAROF lic office. And dues paid by Republican union members should not be used to elect Democrats to public office! By using the funds politically, many union bosses als ready dominate many to the contrary public int The cost of modern schools runs terest. as high as $50,000 a classroom, Action Needed which gives interest to a bit of Definite need for Federal action news from Woodside, California. in at least seven areas is seen by A schoolhouse there that cost Robert F. Kennedy, committee 80 is build $1,665 to years ago still after considerable expercounsel, giving good service. Various con- ience in this field. veniences have been added durHe listed these areas as: misuse ing the years, and this summer of pension and welfare funds, it was given a new coat of paint. of union funds, misuse of misuse It is expected to be useful for lack of democratic trusteeships, many years to come. of violence and use procedures, use of boycotts, ind terrorism, Labor, of Washington, D. C., use of members dues for political reports that roughly nine out of purposes. a m ten big trucks inspected in a fourPresent indications are that th nation-widsafety check by the there is more likelihood of big Interstate Commerce Commission strikes next year than at any were found to have defects or de- time since 1946. Some of the big ficiencies, especially in the brak- companies are building a strong More than 12,000 case against union demands ing systems. being trucks were halted and checked, formulated for 1958. with 88.2 per cent proving faulty. If the atmosphere then should be surcharged with strikes, and The Union Pacific Railroad has if there should continue to be recorded more than 8,250,000,000 startling revelations by the Mcpassenger miles since its last pass- Clellan committee, the chances of enger fatality on November 12, labor legislation may be more fa1951. vorable next year than at any time since the Act Last July consumer prices hit was passed in 1947. And it was a new high for the 11th con- passed as a direct result of labor secutive month, according to the irresponsibility. ' Labor Department. Plenty to Investigate The McClellan committee alChairman Martin of the Federal ready has enough good tips to Reserve Board says: Experience the investigajustify over the centuries has demon- tion forcontinuing at least two years. (In strated that there is no tolerable fact, one committee member said alternative to adequate fiscal and five years.) monetary policies, operating in letters 60,000 Approximately an enviroment of open, competabout malpractices complaining itive markets under our system of in labor unions have been receivhuman freedoms. Neither an econ- ed by the committee during the omic dictatorship nor complacent eight months it has been investiacceptance of creeping inflation is gating union activities. The coma rational or tolerable way of life mittees estimates that 80 of for the American people. these came from union members. Drakes well, which marked One of the most prominent witthe commercial discovery of oil in nesses the committee may exam1859, produced from a depth of ine in the near future is Walter just under 70 feet. Today a well Reuther, head of the United Autoproduces from a depth of 20,741 mobile Workers Union. The comfeet. It cost $2,500,000 to drill. mittee is especially interested in his strike and boycott activities Writing in Todays Heaith, Dr. against the Kohler Company of William Bolton says that seven Wisconsin. basic food sources will provide an adequate diet for a normal perUnion Demands son: green and yellow vegetables; The company contends that the citrus fruits, tomatoes' and toma union wants to take over the to juice, strawberries and melons; functions of management. Its demilk and milk products; meat, po- mands include: A union shop under which ultry, fish and eggs; bread, flour and cereals; butter or fortified union membership is compulsory. No increase or reduction of oleomargarine; other vegetables hours without the unions agreeincluding, potatoes. 2. Outlaw d an the Investi- The revelations of In the world of athletics where sportsmanship is not only generally practiced but preached from one end of a season to the other, it is somewhat of a minor disgrace for an individual to "blow his cork" to the extent that he wilfully inflicts bodily harm upon another. It is not uncommon to see one athlete lose his sense of balance in any bruising contest and the incident usually is soon forgotten. But when an official of a game puts on an exhibition such as fans at the defi- nitely is increasing sentiment in A Shameful Exhibition RATES. There WASHINGTON ' SUBSCRIPTION 1957 HEART OF THE AMERICAN PRESS the ball PAPER SEPT. 26, e ment. The Census Bureau reports No work withthat spending by all units of gov- out the unions permission. ernment set a record of Automatic wage progression in the 1956 fiscal year. with no merit increases. Promotion on a strict seniority Flom National Review: Com- basis without regard to fitness. No shop rules without the pulsory unionism promotes what amounts to industry-wid- e bar- unions agreement. Reuther has spent millions of gaining. Industry-widbargaining leads to a calcified dollars of union funds in the t and highprice business unsuccessful battle against Kohstructure. Monopoly is the end ler. His testimony before the result. committee should be interesting. $114,500,-000,00- e high-wag- high-cos- e, 0 |