Show Most Important Issue Overlooked Says Association The most important issue facing the citizens of Utah inthe inthe in inthe the town and on the farm is whether or not the electric power pow pow- er from the Upper Colorado Development De Development Development De- De particularly G Glen 1 e en n Canyon is going to be used to build Utah or ir be used to fatten fatten fat fat- ten the purses of corporation coupon clippers Berry Hutchings Hutchings Hutchings Hutch- Hutch ings said t today day in Richfield Mr Hutchings is president of the Intermountain Power Consumers Consumers Con Con- Consumers sumers Association h and manager of the Bountiful Municipal Light and Power system The answer to this question rests upon the answer to the question of whether the Federal government builds transmission transmissions lines out to the load centers of the REA and municipal distributors distributors distributors dis- dis dis dis- of electric power in Utah he said Here lIere we are six days from the election and this most vital vital of issues has been virtually if not totally disregarded in public public pub pub- lic lie statements by all of the candIdates candidates can can- dilates for the U. U S. S Senate and House of Representatives People Have Right To Know The members of the Intermountain Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain Consumers Association and the people of Utah have havea a right to know where all candidates candidates candidates can can- stand on this issue of the public interest versus the vested interests on Glen Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon power It is not too late for all of the candidates to speak out and be heard Lets Let's hear hea r from them Mr Hutchings said continuing If the population of Utah isto isto is isto to continue to grow if Utah sito si sito to continue to attract industry to provide jobs for people and anda a tax base for public services if in other words Utah is to enjoy economic progress the key to that progress is low coste cost e electric I e c t r i c power power for agriculture agriculture agriculture ture homeowners and industry Where do loathe the candidates stand Mr Hut Hutchings and L. L R. R Burr who served as vice president o of f the association while he was wa s mayor of Ephraim made a check of the voting record on this matter matter matter mat mat- ter and report So far as th the e record shows not one member r of the Utah delegation has ever eve r voted for a bill to which the bi big g power companies were opposed Mr Hutchings points out that the large power companies ar are e opposed to F. F Federal deral self ing transmission lines to th the theREA's theREAs theREAs theREA's e REAs REA's and municipal electric systems If this plan were carried car car- ried out he says small com con owned power units sue such h as we have in Sanpete would woul d be able to purchase low cos cost dt t power from the Glen Canyon As it stands now Utah's big power interests will build an and l maintain the transmission lines line S Sand ar and aid d all power will be purchased purchase I through through- them probably at regular regular regular reg reg- ular rates Voting Records Given i The officers of the Power Consumers Association and theREA theREA the theREA REA offer the following summary summary summary sum sum- mary of the voting records of Utah's delegation in Congress Mr Bennett is n not t up for election this year but his record record record rec rec- ord shows that he had 37 op opportunities opportunities opportunities op- op to vote for the interests in interests interests in- in of electric consumers Out of the 37 he was was absent 6 times voted right twice The best you can say is that he voted against electric consumers about 93 percent of the time he was present Senator Watkins has had 46 chances to vote for electric con con- sumers He voted wrong rong 42 times or 87 percent of the time Representative Dawson has had 31 chances to vote on these issues He voted wrong 24 times or 77 percent of the time Representative Dixon has had only 14 opportunities to vote on such Euch Issues He voted wrong 10 times or 71 percent of the time according to the viewpoint of the Association |