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Show procedure and court fights. The had spent large sums of money, and construction already had begun. But the advocates of federal construction blithely ignored arguments of the sanctity of contract or the primacy of private enterprise to push for a billion-dollfederal dam. The fight is not over. private corporation ence to settle. By a vote of 106 to 100, the House at one time cut economic but later aid by $400 million reversed itself. HOT ELECTION SEEN The situation in the 85th Congress pressages a strong fight in the election of 1957 for control of the next Congress. The entire 435 members of the House NATURAL GAS BILL of the Senate will and Action of the House Com- be elected. merce Committee on the natural Since the Democrats now cona private enterprise trol Congress by a narrow margas bill measure attracted the interest gin, both major parties may be of observers of close Congres- expected to wage an sional voting. campaign. This measure was approved by the committee by a vote of 15 to 13. A similar bill was approved two years ago by the same vote but in the meantime, there were 11 changes on the committee. U U In this case, as in many others involving the question of private enterprise vs big governHigh school graduates who ment, party lines were broken. plan to enroll in the University The future of the natural gas of Utah in September, should bill, which would remove federal complete their applications for utility-typ- e regulation from the admission within August. production of natural gas, is unThe University registrar, J. A. certain. It is awaiting House Norton, this week reminded the rs action. But the prospective freshmen that Unito be so closely divided that the versity regulations require combill may not be acted upon in pletion of the application for this session. admission at least thirty days before registration. The high FOREIGN AID record must accompany school The fight over authorizations the application. for foreign aid was decided after Registration will be conductmany close votes in both Senate ed September 26th, 27th and and House, and differences were New freshmen will regis28th. confer left to a Senate-Hous- e ter September 26th, the registrar said. The entrance examinations are given every Tuesday at 9.00 a.m. in Room 315 of the Liberal Arts Building. They will be given for the last time for Salt Lake Valley students September 17th. freshmen may take them September 21st, Mr. Norton said. Appointments for the health examinations, required of all new students, will be made during the registration. Classwork will begin Monday, September 30th. The Presidents convocation September 23rd will launch the freshman week program. Freshman and other new students will welcomed to the University by ar ' b fto Comment James By W. Doulhat The close divi- Washington sion in Congress on basic issues provides fresh evidence of the peril confronting industry from unwise action on legislation. principles of private en- or are terprise often survive repected by the narrowest of margins in either Senate or House. This situation is certain to con mue during the remainder of the life of the 85th Congress. It could be changed by the elec- tion next year. One outstanding example of ASe (iv'son n Congress is the 208 to 203 vote by which ouse Representatives the $1.5 billion bill for federal aid for school construe- - one-thir- d that the Federal Government should schools. keep hands off the The narrow margin by which it was killed will serve to vive the issue next year with nationwide pressure programs being inaugurated in an effort to win passage. TIIE IIELLS CANYON FIGHT Agailli the close division in Congress was reflected in the aclion of the House Interior committee in rejecting the Hells Cany(m dam bm fey a vote of 16 to 14. This Was a clear-cu- t contest between private enterprise vs socialistic construction and eration of a huge hydroelectric project. Private enterprise vived by a narrow margin. Veteran members of Congress professed amazement at the ci0se vote. Licenses already had been granted to a private poration to construct dams on the Snake Riveri to provide hydroelectric power and flood control. The licenses were ed under federal law, after long re-T- he op-kill- sur-10- n' This measure would have launched the nation on a wholly new program, under which the government in Washington grow bigger, and state and local responsibility would shrink. It would have reversed the policy of the nation cor-wou- ld grant-histor- ic all-o- ut Registration Data For Freshmen Listed At Of 33-m- House-appea- Out-of-to- iWjimyii luMHumfl at your PLYMSUTM'dealers ! I X S "r"T -- -- lSS5ntinfl?un Utah Second In Western States For Accident Prevention Work Utahs across the board acci- dent prevention activities in 1956 rated second best among the ten western states group, but in some specific areas of activity, showed glaring deficiencies, according to a report submitted this week by A. P. Bunderson, District Director, National Safety Council, at a meeting of state officials and representatives of the Utah Safety Council at the State Capitol. Public safety education activities were outstanding, as well as basic legislation, safety organization and police traffic supervision. Offsetting this, however, the accident records and school traffic safety education programs left room for much improvement, according to the 1956 Analysis Report for Utahs Annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities, prepared by the National Safety Council. Mr. Bunderson pointed out that Utahs greatest need in the field of traffic safety promotion in the period immediately ahead is to establish a priority schedule of action on the major needs requiring major attention. First among these, he emphasized, was to bolster the accident records section, so as to make available the basic information necessary for programming the various programs of the state departments, which have the legal and official responsibility for their respective accident prevention activities. The National Safety Council spokesman also emphasized that while Utahs 214 traffic deaths in 1956 and the resultant $23 million economic loss was an intolerable burden, the threat of even worse things to come in the years immediately ahead, urgently demanded that current efforts on all fronts be doubled is a must. He illustrated this Dr. A. Ray Olpin, president, at an assembly at 10:30 a.m. in Kingsbury Hall. The Associated Students of the University of Utah will give an assembly for the new students at 1:30 p.m. on the same day. Between the two assemblies, the traditional freshman lunch will be served in front of Kingsbury Hall. Orientation and group conreferences with counselors quired of all the freshmen will begin September 24th at 9:00 a.m. in Kingsbury Hall. by saying that if current Salina, Sevier County, Utah Fzgt FrL, Aug. 23, 1957 acci- dent rates continue, that by 1966, 54,000 will be killed, almost will be injured, and an economic loss of $6 3 billion will result from traffic accidents in the United States, and that Utah will necessarily have to absorb its proportionate share of this. We know that the nations interstate highway program will be doubled, but this is only one accident aspect of the over-al- l what are prevention program we going to do about the other even more important aspects of the balanced, comprehensive program, he said. The report showed that Utahs total activity measured up to 80 per cent of the recommended minimum standards. Following is the evaluation of each activity covered in the Analysis: Performance In Percentage t a. That every effort be undertaken to increase qualified per- sonnel assigned to processing accident data. b. A centralized accident records bureau be established. c. Special accident studies be prepared for engineering and public safety education programs and accident enforcement comparison studies be prepared for selective enforcement procedures. Traffic & Highway Engineering a. An increase in personnel of is needed. approximately 20 b. Increased numbers of traffic studies are urgently needed. c. Considerable more use of accident records should be made in major recommended construction projects. Police Traffic Supervision a. Forty additional uniform personnel is needed to meet the standard based upon rural miles travelled in the State of Utah. b. All supervisory personnel be provided with at least two weeks of special traffic training. c. Closer coordination between the accident records section for the purposes of increasing selective enforcement activities. Driver Licensing a. Provide opportunity for ad- ministrative and supervisory personnel to complete the training courses at Northwestern University Traffic Institute. b. Study possibility for complete eye examinations. c. Restricted licenses should to meet be reduced recommended standards. two-third- s, School Traffic Safety This evaluation Education report is an impartial profile of 1956 traffic accident prevention activities at the state level, and is in no way critical of the states program, but is simply designed to provide a yardstick of such efforts compared with other states activities in the same fields, and to give the officials and the constructive public generally suggestions for improving their program in the future. All of the 48 states participate in this service, along with over 1,350 cities throughout the nation. The major items requiring particular attention and action as soon as possible were summarized by Mr. Bunderson as follows: Accident Records be ditowards achieving universal accident reporting procedures. Evaluated for information only since the report forms are under revision. These activities were not considered in the present Award Program. a. Vigorous attention rected 'regular blood i HOUNDS TAfter Customer m Our Want Ads I Think of some real unusual kind of a hauling job and its an Its Plymouths greatest year and Operation Snowball is your greatest chance to save on the one car that will still be new next snowfall! Right now is saving weather at your Plymouth dealers! Plymouth sales are storming ahead at a record rate . . . snowballing to an all-tihigh. Your dealer is in a position to give you an avalanche of savings on the new Plymouth of your choice. The more Plymouths he sells, the more cash you can save. 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