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Show 24A 2 -, 5 v 'w , , mS7 gartRfjpaejrBin Sad taka City, Utah, Monday, July 2J, 1M0 We stand for the Constitution of the United States as" having been divinely inspired. . ' Pioneer Courage Still Needed sweat of our own brows; or. whether we hare become so complacent, so soft, so. jacking in industry and hard work, so to willing to turn over our responsibilities no are we longer worthy government, that of being a free people! ' Deploring the governments intrusion into so many affairs in our economic life. Dr. Wilkinson cited our Senators and Con-- gressmen sitting in Washington trying to legislate on nearly every economic facet ' , ' of our lives, on matters which previously, r What a' meaningful comment, Only " weas citizens of this country, thought we the faithful remained! There is nothing were intelligent .enough to do for Uke adwrsity to prove the metal-l- a .a.- inan. The adversities of the pioneers were MODERN POLITICAL platforms arent Indeed the crucible of affliction in which the for conditioned and refined helping Americans to stand on their jhey were, own two feet,' the noted Utah educator difficult "tasks aheadr To, leave homes, wilder-hes- s declared. These policies, expressed in enwithout, compensation, to face a infested with savages, to trudge 1,500 ticing slogans, have perverted our original miles into mountain country about which , thinking, directed as they are at one of the desire of our most vulnerable-spot- s they knew, absolutely nothing that refree people Tor security for themselves quired faith and courage. ; As we observe the 113th anniversary and their families. This security, of course, of the coming of these sturdy pioneers to Is promised in exchange for votes and so Great Salt Lake Valley,, we who live in we, have such slogans as A chicken in , world from the what is every pot." . . . Two cars in every one they gave us, have just cause to ask rage . . Share the wealth . . . Free- -' dom from want" . . . Security from the ourselves how much of that faithr bow much of that courage, have we inherited? . cradle to the grave," etc. -Jlow many of usin these times. could be. Naturally,- as-- a result of such slogans -nerved with the courage tcrTislrthe dan-- " "and such' debased thinking, there has developed the tendency among citizens in gers incident to a trek across an almost trackless desert and to suffer the untold all segments of our economy to run to the government for help wery .time they are . privations and hardships entailed in startthousand a wilderness need. Young people thereupon eome to barren life in hia ing miles from the frontiers of civilization? expect the government to provide them with an education, a job and a pension. IN AN ADDRESS before the student body. Is It" any"wohderrtheirthati of Brigham Young University recently. national indebtedness is approximately President Ernest L. Wilkinson painted a $290 billion ! This means an indebtedgraphic word picture of our time and our ness of $4,165, for every man, woman ahd "people, as compared lojhe day of Ameriin the United States. Thus, a father child cans who were willing to work and sacrisix children would carry as his share with fice, when he said: of this debt around $33,000. The decisive problem of our time is IT IS TIME for Americans to unite to of worldly wealth Whether in stem the iniquitous philosophy of our with our reliance upon military, might, arfd return to the homely graces and of an and fraught with the temptations r honest living of our Pioneer rthe with is sturdy, materialism, that pregnant age who worked for what they got individual forebears, yre can still retain our sense of asked for and nothing they did not earn our appreandt humility responsibility, by the sweat of their brows. Then and ciation of the things of the spirit, and are then only will our country rejnain free fetill willing to work out our own economic and deserve this priceless freedom. tnd spiritual salvation by the continued AMERICAN historian, in discussing the persecutions which ied up to the trek of the Mormon Pioneers across the plains pointed out that these hardships proved to be a fire in a crucible. They separated the dross from the gold. forIThey forced the faithless to flee and "writer this said, Then cause. the sake 'When the journey was finished ONLY tTHE FAITHFUL REMAINED! 'A CELEBRATED , -- -- t ' ' . . . -- ' the-mid- st . By 'EVERKTT IRWIN United Press International The Republican CHICAGO (UPD Convention opening today will be geared to the theme 100 Years of Progress' in this city m Lincoln was nominated for the .presidency 100 years ago. This is the 14th time the Republican Party has held its national gathering in Chicago, beginning with -in T856 in the wigwam-conventio- n Great Emancipator" first gained national political stature. The Republicans will spend between $500,000 and' $600,000 on an efficiently streamlined nominating session designed to transact business with dispatch and hold the attention ofthemiUiQns of. voters watchings it on their TV sets. Despite recent statements and political maneuvers by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, most of the nations political observers still see the Selection of Vice President Richard M. Nixon to carry the GOP presidential standard as a virtual certainty. where-Abraha- CONSIDERABLE agitation at the convention itself for a draft nomination of Rockefeller would appear to offer the only possibility of any political fireworks. But Convention . planners are canned whoopee ready with stunts, parades, rallies and demonstrations, mostly by the younger Republicans to provide suitable atmosphere and color if no balloting contest develops. The convention is being held in the International Amphitheater, the stockyard area where both parties held their 1952 conclaves, and wbefe the Democrats gathered four years ago when the GOP metin San Francisco. Correcting Our Economic Illiteracy is APPROPRLTE AND OPPORTUNE ; the organization last week of the National Task Force on Economic Education designed to provide helpful, guidance to high school teachers, administrators and curriculum specialists. Sponsored by the American Economic Association (AEA), the new unit will describe the minimum understanding of economics essential for-- : good citizenship and attainable by high school students. Named to the Task Force were: Drs. George Leland Bach, Carnegie Tech; Lester V. Chandler, Princeton; Robert A. W. Gordon, University of California;-Ben, A. and Paul Oberlin College Lewis, Massachusetts Institute of Sam-uelso- Creation of the Task Force stems from fact that the formal economics education students receive in high school includes only brief attention' to practical economic principles and institutions. Colleges receiving Jiigh school graduates for classes in economics regard this deficiency-a- s .alarming ' On the high school level, Junior Achievement surveys last year disclosed that 61 of Americas young men and women know very little, if anything about the organization, operatiooand hazards ol a business enterprise tfnd few understand the fundamental factor of the - competition. The study showed further that classes in high schools had given ample instruction in theories and principles but of course had no facilities for practical training. Junior Achievement, in its own realm, sets up little businesses to provide this experience. ' One of the major problems of our time arises from the fact that knowledge has multiplied far faster than we have increased our ability to apply it. This is especially the case in economics. Dr. Robert E. Wilson warns that America has less than 10 years to master the of Free Enterprise or lose the economic battle to the Soviets. And Donald K, David, chairman of the Board of the Committee for Economic Development ICED), who assisted in the selection of, the new Task Fore?, put it this way: We the impbrjartce of cannot correcting the economic illiteracy in relation to the competitive Jtattle between the American and Soviet systems." -- prin-.cipl- es WE JIAVE BEEN trying to do,ap- -' parently, is to build a strong economic system on the quicksands of economic The CED Task Force on Economic Education, with the cooperation of high school faculties and administrators, 'can do a splendid and vital publie service in correcting this adverse situation. W HAT Dream Homes And Big Problems Citizens Committee, special party former officers .of the GOP convention committee and.sen-- . ators, representatives and governors. - GOP Leaders Set Streamlined Sessions To Retain Audience Attention - But space., .. . Amphitheater? at International correspondents will account for -- WITH THESE allotments made, only 2,800 tickets were available- to state party officials for distribution to the public. Judd offered - two -c- onsolation possibilities to party faithfuls unable to come by one of the prized . ducats. The Young Republicans, which will operate' a TVTounge"- in an adjoining hall, will have 100 tickets to be rotated among persons who desire to sit i.n on convention happenings for brief periods of time. The Young Republicans also will have a limited supply of hunting,licenses.-Wi- th a "hunting license,-- a person may enter the arena, slip into an empty seat .and occupy it until its oiyner reappears to claim it All membefb of each of the state delegations have been assigned to dele- All the . same. individual . hotel. . . . an- other 2,000. There go half of our seats right We dont have a ticket left," said Judd, "and nobody got as mariy seats as he needed. ; Judd said. there, Ip addition, the arrangements committee has set" aside about 400 seats for members of the executive J branch of the U.S. government. Were very, happy we have this problem, Judd added. We didnt have it when we met here in 1952. Tickets also have been given to " Committee Republican National convention members, officers, state Republican committees, the Repub-- " lican finance committee, Chicago AT SAN FRANCISCO'S spacious Cow Palace in 1956 the Republi- cans had somel7,000 seats "to alio-- ' cate. This year, at the arena, - they will have but 12,000. The 1,331 delegates and 1,331 alternate delegates, plus their accompanying spouses, Will occupy some 4.QOO seats. Newspaper, wire Service, radio, television and magazine - Republican Convention Facts Time July representative In the last election. 1 additional delegate for each district that cast at least 10,000 votes f.r a GOP elector, of a tative in the last election. Special allotments: District of Columbia, 8; Puerto Rjoo, 3; Virgin Islands, 1. 25, 1960. City Chicago. Place International Amphi- theater. Official Headquarters Conrad Hilton Hotel. Number of Delegates 1,331. Number of Alternates 1,331. . Number of votes, 1,331. Votes required to nominate ' ' 666. Convention , immediafe Loop area. The exceptions are the New York aggregation, which will occupy the Sheraton Towers, and the California group, which is scheduled for the Drake. -- Officers THE SIXTH FLOOR and half of the seventh of the Sheraton Black-ston- e is reserved for Nixon and his organization. A suite has been feet aside, just in case, for Rockefeller at the Hilton. The fifth, floor of the Blackstone, with its luxurious Presidential Suite, is being held for President Eisenhower. The International Amphitheater on Chicagos South side is being transformed by workmen to house the sessions. In the huge, sprawling arena where bluebloods of the livestock world parade, during the International Livestock Exposition every November, workmen are erecting TV and radio studios and building the speakers platform on which the nations attention will be focused. .J.The Amphitheater, offered free to the Republicans by the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co., boasts:' So much over-al- l space that the. delegates, reporters and their equipment and all the other myriad elements that make up a national nominating convention will occupy -only half its 585,009 square feet. ' Two rooftop heliports that will be used by helicopters to shuttle film, from the convention sessions to the PERMANENT (Ind.). Temporary" Chairman Gov. Cecil H. Underwood (W.Va.). Keynote Speaker Rep. Walter H. Judd (Minn.). Mrs. Elizabeth E. Secretary Heffelfinger (Minn.). Parliamentarian Rep. Katharine St. George (N.Y.). Sergeant-at-ArmEdward F. McGinnis (III.). 1st Asst. Chief Sergeant-at-ArmJerome G. Taylor (Tenn.). Assistant Chief Sergeant-at-Armfor Press Russell Rouch (Ohio). Assistant Chief Sergeant-at-ArmDon Kendall (Ind.). for Radio-T"Chief Doorkeeper Joseph Shell (Calif.). 1st Asst. Chief Doorkeeper Clarence Baldwin (ConnT. Chief Page Thomas Van Sickle (Kan.). .Chief Reading Clerk Joseph IE 27th National Convention of "Linthe Republican Party-tfi- e marks coln Centennial Convention the 100th annivejsary of the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, the first It is the Republican President. 23rd . national political convention held by a major party "in Chicago, the 14th for the Republicans. Eight of the 13 candidates nominated by ' the Republicans in Chicago were elected President. t It will be only the fourth time Conventionheddquarters is at the the Republicans convened later than ' Conrad Hilton Hotel, the world's the Democrats. It happened before largest-,- " on Michigan Avenue. in 195$, 1888 and 1856. This years conclave is the second laren L Jones, vice chairman of 'the arrangements committee and Republican National Convention to he held Irf the"Tnternational AmphiRepublican national committeeman theater. The lacgest roofed exhibifrom Utah, said only one daytime tion hall in the world, it contains business session is planned. It will 585,000 square feet, 250,000 of which be opening day. used by the Republicans. The All other sessions, he said, will main meeting hall, which is take place iri the evening and flight seats 12,000 persons. hours when the nation's television television -- within X 'Closed-circui- t audiences are at their largest the convention area will be shown on two screens. BeIT ALSO IS PLANNED to use giant-screeclosed-circui- t television in sides shewing the actual close-uthe convention hall itself, according views of the Convention proceedings, of the 'opposition will he . to Mrs. Webster Todd, chairman of f s used as part of 4he programs. the program planning subcommittee The and Republican national committee-woma- n Site Committee, from New Jersey. appointed Aug. 27, 1958 by Meade Alcorn, then Republican National Republican National Chairman Chairman, selected Chicago April Thruston B. Morton, with Jones, 10, 1959. The RepubMrs. Todd and others of the arrangements committee, have lican National Committee approved-th- recommendation April 11, 1959. been working more than. a year in tosession the nominating putting -? Apportionment Of Delegates gether. . held I960 Republican National at" has committee full The least four meetings prior to the conhas eight more delevention kickoff, and the executive gates than in 1956. The manner of committee at least six. The full condetermining the number of delegates was set by rules adopted at the last vention staff, an estimated 20 "perconvention. It follows: sons, occupies the entire eighth floor "ht convention headquarters. 4 deiegates-at-largfor- each Much of the conventions detail state. --work and general housekeeping have 2 deiegates-at-largfor each fallen on Thomas G. Judd of Utah, . Representative-at-largeexecutive secretary of the arrange6 additional deiegates-at-largments committtee, and Robert L. each state that went Republican lor Pierce, chairman of the housing subfor President or elected a Repub committee. lican senator or governor. 1 delegate for each CongresChicago is the ideal convention city, said Judd. "Although Mayor sional District which casts at least (Richard J.) Daley is a Democrat, 2,000 votes, for a Republican elector 100 per his office is for President or for a Republican 'cent to make a, successful convention.- s s s s Bartlett ilm-clip- -- - x. (Ohio). Chairman, Call Committee Mrs. Consuelo Northrop Baily (Vt.). Chairman," Arrangements Committee Sen. Thruston B. Morton (Ky.) also National Chairman. Chairman Rules Committee George F. Etzell (Minn.). Chairman, Contest Committee Bayard Ewing 4RJ.L (A Credentials Committee, which was informed shortly before the convention, selects its own chairman.) - Executive Director of the Convention Mrs. Josephine Good. citys - airports. An plant which changes tfie air in the Amphitheater 72 times daily and provides cooling equivalent tp 2 million pounds of ice Is daily. Parking space fbi; 4,650" automobiles. e HOLDING OUT for a house In a subdivision is now in a minor-'it- y Vnot so far as Salt Lake Valley is concerned. puring the past 10 years, 19,000 home units have been built in subdivisions in Salt Lake County. This represents 56 per dent of all the homes built since 1950., A person also has his choice of fancy pities in a subdivision too. The names, have included: Green Meadows, Shangrila (wonder how many of those there are in the country). Harmony Land, Utopia Ave- nue, Burnt Flats, Merry Land and Castro Heights. There probably arent many residents of this lasfhame bragging about U these days. . Such are some of the Interesting facts reported in a special study made for the Utah Economic and Business Review by ANYONE $ay L Sargent' There are other facts, -- 'surprising but interesting. There were 778 separate , Subdivisions planned, constructed or completed during the past 10 years, with 28,911 separate - building lots. That is enough to fill 13 square miles and provide housing for 130,000 persons. Most of this building occurred in the unincorporated areas of the county, south, southeast and southwest, primarily. Sub- - divisions' averaged 40 building lots each. . Of special interest to those economic jprophets of doom, home construction has grown steadily- - and1 more subdivisions' ' were built in the last five years ( 1955,.. to 1959) than in the first five years of the decade (1950 through 1954. In fact, 16 per cent of all the decade's subdivisions were recorded in 1959. TfiiTreport will bring some comfort to those who questioned the adcuracy of the - I960 Census Home construction within Salt Lake City proper Included 8,745 " .f - . ' 7 dwelling units enough to house 25,000 persons. This would not include the older homes which were divided up into apartments. ."Even allowing for demolitions of . some homes and the slight increase in vacancy rates of rental units, the home building activity during the 1950-6- 0 decade within Salt Lake City lends credence to the belief that the 5,241 increase in inhabitants as shown by the 1960 census' is understated, says the report. THE REPORT CONCLUDES, rightly, that while meeting the needs of the countys expanding population, the movement has also created new and serious other problems. Such problems as shifting, changing and growing home-buildin- school enrollments . . . provision g of water and sewage facilities, police and fire protection, road construction, land zoning . , . encroachment upon productive farmlands . . . property valuation and taxations problems are some of those listed by the report. Problem's the report does not mention, but well might, would include the lack of master planning that has been allowed in many of these subdivisions in relating them .to the community as a whole, the lack of proper safeguards, for health 4n some instances, and lack of proper facil- -, ities in other instances. The problems are not unique to Sait Lake County. They are similar to .most other metropolitan communities across the nation! TIE e e A CHICAGO CITIZENS Committee, headed by Fred Gt Gurley, retired board chairman of the Santa Fe Rail-- 1 road, is charged with raising $400,000 towards defraying convention costs. . The remainder of tfie convention tab, which may run to $600,000, will be picked up by the national ?party organization, reported Judd.. - Convention . planners have been able to plSy Santa Claus with hotel room allocations to the 50 state delegations and their retinues but turn Scrooge at mere mention of arena seats for the presidential nominating sessions. Arranging housing for the 20,000-plu- s THEIR SOLUTION is the challenge of the' persons expected is (running solutions and will be., smoother coming decade, than silk In this city of foundiotttid In dreaming big dreams and hotels. - The Chicago Convention big then workinjz hard to make those dreams, Bureau alone handed the housing' come true. ' Not to solve them will ' be ; subcommittee a pool of 14,4k) hotel ' and motel room?. compounding the felony. , . . - , - - t . 1960 GOP - Platform SPACE ACTUALLY is at a' premium only in the Amphitheater's arena which seats 12,000. Vast, story wings will provide ample' for the thousands of nondeip, who will work at the conyeiftion. The nations press,wlth its multitude of teletype-afimaze of rtines, will occupy the first flooj-6- f the south wing. The firstflobr north wing will house the telephone 'center, --caucus rooms, "dressing rooms for entertainers and headquarters for police guards and ushers. i Upstairs north will quarter the television studios and control rooms. Upstairs south will hold a TV lounge. Andy Train Crowd Engineers will have. 172 gatemen and ushers on hand to guide dnd keep " , rrtHE Resolutions Committee; un- - ,JL der the chairmanship-o- f Charles H. Percy (111.), met July 19. It appointed eight subcommittees, organized in three general categories: National Security and Peace I. Foreign Policy; 2. National Defense. Growth anil Progress 3. Labor and Commerce; 4. Agriculture and Natural Resources: 5. Education, Science and Technology; 6. Govern ' ment Finance and Administration. tion.. ' Human Needs 7. Civil Rights - and Immigration; 8. Human Affairs: Health, Housing, Urban Problems, Veterans Subcommittees held public hear. ings at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, July 20 and 21. ticket-holder- ( VIEWS OF CANDIDATES ON CONCEPTS OF PRESIDENCY s out gate-crasher- s . The Amphitheater, management has retained concession rights and will be responsible for keepii the convention-goer- s from getting hun-- . gry- - - Republicans don't eat as much as Democrats, said Robert Foss, supervisor of concessions. Even so, Foss said he'U order 40.000 hot dogs, 1,200 pounds of ham, 1.000 pounds of cheese for concession stands and 20 tops of steaks, chops and roasts for, the Stockyard Inn next, door. To quench Republican throats hell have 45,000 bottles of soft drinks, . 20,000 cups- of coffee and 2,500 cartons of milk. , George Murphy of Desilu Productions promises convention entertainment 1 . ,, Thtsi trt txcerptt from statements of Senator Kennedy and Vice President Nixon on their concepts of the presidency: KENNEDY: The best the President can do isTto track down the best talent he can get . . . and therf try, by his political management, by his m&bilization of public opinion,' by his hard work almost day hy ,day in Congress and the nation, to bring along that more conservative and localized body. . . . I believe that . our whole constitutional system can' only operate under a strong president. . . NIXON:, .The American people and the Free World need in the United States' presidency a man who has judgment, a man-whin a crisis will be cool,-man .whoi wont go off and give an of.leadership when, actually, his, speaking out might be disas' ' ' trous to the Vhole world. -. . o' half-cocke- d , top-flig- BUT THE CONVENTION will b no Hollywood extravaganza. The delegates will be, there for serbue v . business. . |