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Show Page Two FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1968 DIPLOMATIC POUCH The following letters were recently answered by the Department of State. Presently at school we are studying the American Const! tution and its amendments. Being grade 13 students we were told to research parts of the Con stitution that interested us the most. The part I took and I need help in, is the Presidential Succession. Researching the topic found that if the President dies or what have you the Vice President takes over, then the Speak cr of the House and then the President pro tempore of the Senate. Heres where 1 began having, trouble. First, what is th epro tempore of the Senate, what are his duties, how is he picked, who is the present pro tempore of the Senate and what articles of the Constitution or what amendments prescribe he is the fourth in succession. I read somewhere that it is not perfectly legal for the Vice President or any other person to take over in case of death. What is the story on this. K.B. Welland, Ontario Dear Mr. B.: Since the responsibilities of the Department of State lie primarily in the field of American foreign policy, we have little in the way of substantive material to send to you on the subject 'of your inquiry. The President Pro Tempore is a member of the U. S. Senate elected by that body to preside over it in the absence of the President of the Senate (the Vice President of the U.S.) Sen. Carl Hayden of Arizona serves currently as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The enclosed copy of the text of the 25th Amendment and accompanying background information should be of help to you on the questions concerning the I am Presidential Succession. Travel Council Mail Record is Broken The Utah Travel Council received a record 47,654 mail in- quiries during the month of one of several records May the state tourism promotion agency has set since the mail crush began earlier in the spring. The agency received 41,547 mail inquiries and advertisement responses during the month recof April, then an ord. May normally is the busier of the two spring months. Until the mail flow began the Utah pushing in record Travel Councils mail count had been 33,209 inquiries received during May of 1967. The 14,445 increase between May, 1967, and May, 1968, all-tim- e mid-Apri- l, all-tim- e is approximately 43 percent. In an effort to answer inquiries within a short time after their arrival in travel council cffices, the agency began using mail room help volunteered by the Clearfield Job Corps Center. A steady schedule of volunteer help supplied mcstly by young women on slate welfare rolls has been maintained since early April. Other volunteer aid has come from students of the Utah Technical College and families of travel council employees. also enclosing a copy of GPO price list 50 which indicates the publications on the U. S. Const! tution and Government that may be of further assistance to you and your classmates. I have written the Red Chi nese Embassy in Paris twice. In reply to my first letter they sent me a brochure concerning Chinese periodicals in English. Of course I wont subscribe to any of the magazines but I am now thinking about subscribing to a U.S.I.A. newspaper published in Hong Kong, the China News Analysis. In my second letter I did my best to subtly shame them for their difference to my first letter using their own tactics, you know, the biblical Quotations. Today I received a letter from the Cultural Section of the Chinese embassy; a copy is enclosed in this letter. The letter states that they can not get me a pen pal because of the language bar- rier. I do know that this is untrue because the Chinese tram people to work in diplomatic missions abroad. However, I will not press the matter any further unless you think I should, because I think the Chinese are hinting to me to lay off. Perhaps that is the reason they bothered to answer my second letter. J.D.B. Pikesville, Md. Dear Mr. B.: It is extremely unlikely that you will meet with any success n your efforts to set up correspondence With a student in Communist China, and further their letters to the CPR Embassy in Paris, I suspect will produce only more propaganda not published by the U.S. Information Service in Hong Kong. It is an independent publication and inquiries should be sent to P'. O. Box 13225, Hong Kong. .Utah Symphony Wins $2000 National Award The Utah Symphony has been selected from among Americas 30 major orchestras to receive a $2,000 award from the American Society of Composers,' Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). The award was made Wednesday at the annual convention of the American Symphony Orchestra League in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Maestro Maurice Abravanel was on hand to receive the award on behalf cf the Symphony. Each year ASCAP selects from orchestras across the nation the cnes who in the past season have made the greatest contribution on behalf of American music composed since 1940. This year because of its outstanding concerts and recordings of contemporary music, the Utah Symphony headed the list. Maurice Abravanel has been attending the League convention this week where he had been asked to address orchestra managers, musical directors, musicians, beard members and the other delegates concernig childrens concerts and student assembly concert another area cf crchestras activity in .whch the Symphony has always been at the forefront in the nation. Under a grant from the U.S. Office Education the League a survey of conducted recently concerts of selected symyouth phony orchestras, including the Utah Symphony. . . c--f Ninety per cent of all service stations in the U.S. are owned or operated by independent local businesmen. ma- terials. China News Analysis is a useful publication, but it is THE SALT LAKE TIMES Sen. Bennett Warns On Cold Situation Mills Brothers Next At Valley Music The Mills Brothers will make an appearance on the Valley Music Hall stage on Saturday, June 29th at 8:30 p.m. Appearing with them will be the Youngtimers. The Mills Brothers have been entertaining audiences for many, many years. Audiences will remember them for such hits as Dem Up A Lazy River, Glow and Worm, Bones, Paper Doll. They seem to rise and fall in popularity, but never vanish from the entertainment scene Their latest recordings of Cab Driver and My Shy Violet have really, caught on and once again raised them to new heights, and in the process introduced themselves to a whole new generation and a future that looks very bright. The Youngtimers sing music chosen to entertain all ages. To them music is the language of youth, and all who enjoy it are young. The versatile youngtimer style adapts itself to programs with numbers ranging from the favorBroadite songs of past years - movie themes hits way to some modern rock semi-popul- ar tunes. In addition to ensemble productions, the group personnel offer solo, duet, trio, and small group numbers for an entertaining change of pace. Instrumental numbers are also included. 1 These specialty acts hot only add variety to the program but give each individual the chance to display his unique talents. are The Youngtimers e excellent an by combo composed of a piano, bass, guitar and drums. This combo adds greatly to the success of the Youngtimers arrangements, as well as variety and group support. If you enjoy listening to good music and the Youngtimers just half as much as they enjoy performing for- - you, then you are in for a rewarding program. The Youngtimers are anxious to meet you in person! Tickets are now on sale at all Valley Music Hall box offices. Tickets may be purchased at Valley Music Hall Box office in North Salt Lake and may be charged at all ZCMI, Sears and Castleton stores. four-piec- Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, while warned today there have been some encouraging signs since the decision of the gold pool nations earlier this e sysyear to create a we not have tem, passed the gold crisis. Sen. Bennett explained that although it received little notice, during one week in latter May the United States gold stock was diminished for the first time since the decision in March to create the two-tie- r gold system. We lost $100 million in gold by May 24, leaving the U.S. gold stock at $10.4 billion the lowest held by the United States Treasury since 1936. The Utah Republican, who is ranking minority member of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee and who has been a key figure in dealing with the gold problem, said, Steps which the United States and other nations have taken to increase international liquidity are nothing more than stop-gameasures to is whose purpose buy time to take meaningful corrective action. He said, America and the world will not be better off until the Administration has truly learned that only through fiscal restraint and responsibility at home can we check the international loss of confidence in the dollar which is the worlds R-Uta- two-pric- p , and thus principal currency avert drastic measures such as those which have been forced upon the people of Great Bri- tain. Sen. Bennett, who is the only member of the Senate on both the Banking and Currency Committee and the Finance Committee, explained that although the price of gold has fluctuated somewhat on the free market since the system was two-pric- e Keep It Beautiful America hired people for the job, it would take the largest sort of army to keep our country free of litter. But there's no need to hire anyone. It's a job we can do for ourselves. All of us. Every family that spreads a picnic lunch. Every boatman who cruises the lakes and waterways. Every motorist who uses our roads and highways. It is the pleasure of the U. S. Brewers Association each year to give its fullest support to the Keep America Beautiful Campaign. Remember: Every Litter Bit Hurts. This is our land. Let's treat it right. If Bids Are Opened For Visitor Center Senator Frank E. Moss, D-Uta- announced today that the National Park Service has h, instituted, the action has been successful to the extent that the monetary price of gold of $35 per ounce has remained intact. inHe said, Speculators the of them cluding king all, Charles De Gaulle have thus far been thwarted in their efforts to topple the international monetary system which is tied to gold. They had hoped to do this by driving up the price of gold on the free market so high that gold pool nations would be lured to break the agreement to maintain the $35 per ounce monetary price. However, Sen. Bennett noted, Pressure on the price of gold has been somewhat eased, ironically enough, by the French riots, which have forced De Gaulle to take drastic and immediate steps to protect the French franc. Another key development, according to the Senator, has been the withholding by South Africa the worlds leading of about 40 gold producer per cent of its gold production. South Africa, of course, knows that if more gold is made available to the free market, its price will be driven down, Sen. Bennett said. The other edge of the sword has been honed by the gold pool nations, which have agreed not to buy gold from South Africa at the free market price. The risk is that a country might break the agreement and thus kill the system. Sen. Bennett said, No one has regretted more than I have the actions which have helped precipitate our current situation. There is no question that the continual deficit spending by the Federal Government has had a major part to play in this sad picture, he said. Fortunately, we may be moving to bring the budget more into balance with the budget cut and tax increase. open- ed bids submitted for construe tion of the visitors center at Golden Spike National Historic Site. The two apparent low bids were $404,154 by Peterson Enterprises, Inc., Brigham City and $410,771 by Knowlton H. Brown, Brigham City. The successful bidder will be announced socn. All bid information has been sent to San Francisco Regional Office for verification. The bids are within the amount of money available so we can expect construction to go ahead very socn, Senator Moss said. Senator Moss introduced the legislation establishing the site of the first transcontinental railroad joining as an historic site. The visitors center is scheduled to be completed in time for the May 10, 1969 Golden Spike Centennial Celebration. Only one in 33 new oil wells drilled turns out to be a mercial producer. com68-- 3 (June & August) UUA. MAL. M1U t UttM |