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Show THi: JOURNAL So Uille Man GUEST COLUMNIST jdidate What Gives? Assessor : ever, have not always agreed and thus we had the industrialists of the north contending against the large plantation owners of the south. The northerners insisted on high tariffs to protect them from foreign competition. The cotton producers in the south wanted free trade in order to encourage a foreign market for their product. ; s? Foather-beddin- g Clifford D. ed to grow and become power-I- m Strong picserved. Today we have problems that are as far from being solved as the problems of lsuo were then. Where is our leadership? How long can we flounder in this mass of contentions before it explodes? Clod give us men! A time like this demands strong hearts, firm minds and gentle hands. nomination on the for the Independence be characterized by the to Drive, symbol of the Liberty Bell, were discussed at the Salt Lake meeting, and the mechanics of the drive reviewed by Charles L. Smith, state director of sales for the U. S. Treasury and plans were outlined by state chairmen of tecs. The session ended with a dinner for the county chairman tendered by the copper industry of Utah, at which (ius P. Hackman, executive secretary of the Salt Luke City Chamber of Commerce was speaker. The drive will get under way in Utah and throughout the nation on May 15 with a nationwide broadcast by national officials and stage, screen and radio stars. The theme of the new drive is Save For Your Independence.' Plans Residents of Davis county, will asked to buy $125,m worth of United States Savings Ronds, Series E. duiing the Independence Drive to be held from May 15 to July I, it was announced this week by Haven J. Harlow, chairman for the county. It compares with a be sub-commi- U. quota of yjoo.ooo in lOP.b The announcement was made of the local quota at a statewide meeting of county chairmen held at the Hotel Utah on Wednesday. April IP, when the state quota of $2,31(1,-oo- o was broken down into county quotas. The state goal compares with $3,500,000 in the Opportunity Drive of 1010; however, the. 1050 None think the great unhappy, drive is six weeks shorter than last but the great. Edward Young. year, so the tempo of sales will schemo of Firomons Union to put an additional fireman on diesel locomotives has boon Demo-tick- et has been announced ford D. Strong of Kaysville. ranization and efficiency in and a careful use of public should be a primary con-o- f officials, public stated. He said that his as an accountant Mr. ex-- e had careful a of him the value Jicient policy in business, and o ime principal should be ap-of the administration pub-iines- s. Strong is an active member was the North Davis of presidency until the division church and LDS it stake. He has form-memb- er filled a Fact Finding Boards appointed by Prosidonts Roosovolt and Truman havo said thoso demands woro "dovoid of morit and thoy woro mis-- d currently president of priests quorum of Davis is igh ton Man GOP iriff Nod iks 0. 1 .Xv :' ' Now tho Firomons loadors sook to paralyzo railroad transportation to compol tho railroads to omploy a wholly unnocossary additional firoman to rido on diosol locomotivos. This schomo is plain union have called a nationwide strike starting with four great railroads on April 26. These railroads are the Now York Central, Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, and Southern. The union claim that a second fireman T.TgAmcim Is needed Le Roi Day rSJkv ent that he wi nominate made is week &aS & re!ldent of Layt seryed ipnfce710usy for approximati Present he ws County ahs served iTon Secon , Z pa,st pit gw,- on grounds of safety is sheer hypocrisy. Safety has been dragged into this dispute only in an unsuccessful effort to give a cloak of respectability to vicious feather-beddin- g demands. After a careful study of the first demands of this union, a Presidential Fact Finding Board on May 21, 1943, reported to Pitsident Roosevelt that there was no need for an extra fireman on diesel locomotives. after a Again, on September 19, 1949, second hearing on the union leaders demands, a second Board reported to President Truman that: "there presently exists upon no need for an additional fireman either the ground of safety or that of efficiency and economy of operation. Safety Record of Diesels is - ESVfc county. of the Firemens Outstandingly Good Board Although the railroads accepted the findings, tho union leaders have brazenly an rejected them. They represent that extra fireman is needed for "safety reasons. Heres what the Board had to say on that point: "The safety and e performance locomotives diesel electric of operated been have under current rules notably on-tim- good 5 have to be just as high as last year if the quota is reached. COUNTY BOND SALE QUOTA IS ANNOUNCED for the county candidacy or ow 1 ' - we find as early as isno that our free enterprise system was a controlled free enterprise system. ont lolled, not by the government, but by interests which had been al- enough to regulate the political of our nation. attairs lty J. T1IEO 1I0KNE Like the In his closing speech at the con- that leeds dog that bites the hand it, these imperialists stitutional convention, Thomas Jef- liom the north and the south placferson sdid, in effect, Although ed our nation in by enthis is not everything to he desired gaging in stubbornjeopardy and heated conit is the best we can do. troversy which resulted in the civil This would indicate that the en- v ai . hey almost Killed the emies of democracy were already that laid the golden egg goose but at work. Since then, they have ad- thanks to the staunch leadership of vanced. Different factions, how- Abraham Lincoln our nation was 5 &errs Page ... "Upon careful analysis of the data submitted on safety, we have concluded that no valid reasons have been shown as a support for the Brotherhood proposal under which a fireman would be required to be at all times continuously in the cab of road diesels. The proposal must be rejected." The real reason behind these demands is that the union leaders are trying to make jobs where there Is no work. In other words, a plain case of "feather-beddingThe railroads have no intention of yieldmake-wor- k demands. ing to these wasteful ." Tb Safety Rctcrd cf Dbsch b OtfstcrJi. !y Gccd... PunscNTZAL Fact Fnroma Bo aid Retost Read these excerpts from official reports of Presidential Fact Finding Boards: safety record of Diesels b outstandingly good, asd it follows that tho safety roles now applicable have produced good results.' "The safety and on-tiperformance Diesel-elsctrof locomotives operated 'The me lc under current rules indicate that Diesel-electr- ic operation baa been csfcr than steam locomotive! operation ..." Remember! These are not statements cf the railroads. They are just a few cf the many similar conduilonj reached by Prudent Trumane Fact Finding Beard which cf pent months Investigating the the union leaders. |