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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1971 Page Two IPLOAAAT1C POUCH The following letters were re- cently answered by the Department of State: I would appreciate your telling me what is the basis and extent of the U.S. commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Orhow ganization; particularly, many military personnel are involved in the commitment? other means by which they can contribute more to the NATO defense burden and our common security. What are the prospects seen by the U.S. Government for a change in the attitude of the Southern Rhodesian government toward its African majority? A.V.K. S.P.Q. Evansville, Ind. Wichita, Kansas Dear A.V.K.: Dear S.P.Q.: We sincerely hope that in The participation of the U.S. in the North Atlantic Treaty Or- time the problem posed now by ganization (NATO) is based on Southern Rhodesia will be rethe conviction that the security solved on the basis of a commitof this country is directly linked ment like that of the Americans to the. security of western Eu- of 1776 to principles of equality rope. Two world wars have led and liberty for all not for just Americans to this conclusion, a tiny privileged minority. In formaliized in the North Atlan-i- c of 1949. U.S. nuclear as well as conventional power Treaty forces are available in support of this treaty commitment. There are about 300,000 U.S. military personnel in the European area. Our NATO committed forces in Europe consist of Army divisions and about air squadrons, along with the Sixth Fleet. Mantaining these forces .in Europe is less expensive than maintaining the same forces in the U.S. ready for a rapid return there, should such a need arise. The annual budgetary cost of these forces is nearly $2.9 bil4 billion figure lion.. (The cied in some publications refers to the. total cost of all American military units, stated in the world, which we would expect to use in Europe in the event a conflict occurred.) Or on an annual basis, our NATO allies spend about $24 billion for defense and they maintain more than 2 million men under arms. They provide 20 of the 24 combat ready divisions (not including five French divisions) committed to NATO and deployed in Central Europe. They are continuing to modernize the forces and several have increased their defense spending this year. They have also agreed to explore 4 30 . $13-$1- Hn tims the meantime, with the African population increasing every 17 months in numbers equal to the total white population, we can not ignore the potential for unrest and violence created by the systematic denial of fundamental rights to the vast majority in Southern Rhodesia and the opportunities such denial provides for communist subversion. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution empowers Congress to grant letters of marque, which would enable a ship to be fitted out as a privateer in order to prey on enemy shipping. I would like to know, in view of such Congressional power, whether the U.S. has ever subscribed to the Declaration of Paris of 1856 which forbade the issuance of letters of marque. Most powers have already done so. P.O.N. Warren, Ohio Dear P.O.N.: The United States did not become a party to the Declaration of Paris of 1856, which followed the conclusion of peace in the Crimean War, 1954-5Although the U.S. and certain other nations are not parties to the Declaration they as well as the parties to the Declaration have acted in accordance with it. 6. Wlom, Employers Reminded Of Higher Minimum Wage Montana and Utah employers retail and service businesses or institutions were reminded this week of a change in certain in the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which became effective Feb. 1. On this date, the employees brought under the protection of the law on Feb. 1, 1967 by the 1966 amendments to the FLSA will become entitled to a minimum wage of not less than $1.60 an hour. The $1.60 rate will apply to most workers in the retail trade, in both public and private school and colleges; in hospitals and nursing homes, whether public, t; in restauprivate or rants, hotels and motels; and in laundries and dry cleaning firms. The present rate for these employees is $1.45 an hour. Announcement of the increase rate was made by Donald Drew, Area Director in Salt Lake City. Drew said that the minimum wage for employees whose work was covered by the FLSA before the 1966 amendment, employees in interstate commerce and in the production of goods for commerce, and in certain large retail and service enterprises, will remain at the $1.60 an hour rate which went into effect Feb. 1, non-profi- 1968. Drew noted that there will be no increase in the present $1.30 an hour minimum wage rate for the covered agricultural workers on the large farms subject to the law. Sleighs Wont Slide Sleigh rides to the elk feeding grounds at Hardware Ranch have been temporarily discontinued. According to Bruce L. Giunta, superintendent at the ranch, there is not enough snow to run the horse drawn sleighs. The sleigh rides will resume operation when more snow falls. Mr. Giunta advised interested parties to check with their nearest Fish and Game office before planning a trip to the ranch. He pointed out that the elevationWa-of the ranch was similar to the satch front, so snow conditions there would be similar to conditions in Salt Lake, Ogden, and March of Dimes experts warn that a major German measles epidemic could increase a number of defective births in this country alone by 20,000 to ' MOST POPULAR TYPES OF SAILBOATS IS 7HE SAIL BOAFP .... THE LARGEST GROUP OF WHICH IS REPRESEHTEP BY THE FAMILIAR SUMFSHANP SAILFISH ... CLOSE TO 00,000 OF THESE HAVE SEEM MAPS SINCE THEIR 2S YEARS AGO, . Kwho-F- M ffilS YEAR A HEW SMALLER VERSION, IS BEING INTROPUCEP, IT CAM BE EASILY HANDLEP AMP SAILEP BY A WOMAN AMP CHILP OR EVEN CALLEP AMHIFSH, TWO CHLPRENX Where Thousands listen to A TWO BOAT FAMIL Y r THEM FNPS EASY 70 TRANSPORT ;.. ONE ATOP THE OTHER . . toe-tappin- g Playwright Contest Deadline Nears Closing date for submitting entries in the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts playwriting competitoin will be Feb. 15, one month earlier than the closing date in previous years. Competition this year is limited to serious drama. All Utah residents are invited to compete. Cash prizes are among the highest for any similar contest in the nation with $1000 being awarded to the winner and $500 each to two runners-up- . Entry forms are available at the Utah Institute of Fine Arts, 609 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. ties. He said more than 3700 Mountain Bell employees in the state were paid $28.1 million in wages during the year, a jump of $2.6 million over 1969. Federal, state and local taxes collected and paid by the company in Utah totaled $16,277,085. Projects scheduled for 1971 include: additions to the Cedar City and Tooele offices; new microwave facilities between Salt Lake and Park City and the completion of American Telephone and Telegraph - Co.s underground junction station in Brigham City. The Brigham station, a 17,000 square foot facility, is a primary junction on the Bell Systems second transcontinental cable. Totten said Mountain Bell plans to spend about $35 million on construction in 1971. WILL YOUR INCOME GROW TOO? In five yean, the United States will celebrate its bicentennial. Preparations to mark this historic event are already under way in communities big and small from coast to coast. No country has ever had more to celebrate. These 200 years have seen the fastest development of any nation in the history of the world. In population done, it has grown from less than four million to the latest census total of 204.8 million. But other advances have been more dramatic. The United States has shown the world how to land men on the moon. And at the same time it has made great strides toward wiping out poverty and illiteracy. Americans, too, have mated the worlds first trillion We have dollar economy. earned a reputation throughout the world for our industry and enterprise and for our unrivalled ability to think and plan in terms of the future. Consider this: By 1980, according to present economic forecasts, the U.S. economy will be twice its present size and strength. While it took 200 years to reach the first trillion dollars, the second trillion will be achieved in only ten new money benefits the economy by providing the capital for new products and services. And the investor in mutual funds has a variety of advantages in investing in this manner. 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Americans have a direct stake in By making sound personal THE INTRODUCTION ABOUT Telephone growth figures released recently by Mountain Bell reflect Utahs industrial expansion and increase in population during 1970. Cliff Totten, district manager for the telephone company, said 31,680 telephones were added in the state last year, bringing the total at years end to 561,165. He said more than 1.1 billion local and long distance calls wer emade in Utah during 1970 an average of more than 3 million eachr day. Utahns continue to be the worlds talk ingest people, averaging 1,072 calls per person each year. The national calling rate is 745. To meet growth and modernize facilities, the company spent $35 million in construction in the state last year. Major projects included the building and equipment additions in Ogden, Bountiful and Riverton and new Customer Service Building in Salt Lake City. Utahs first electronic switching office, near the University of Utah campus, will go into service this spring. A new telephone cable was buried between Murray and Midvale to meet existing and future requirements in those areas, Totten said. Totten said construction projects from St. George to the Idaho line were geared during 1970 to meeting the needs of customers through continued improvement of service and by the installation of additional facili- - At Hardware Ranch Provo. HE OF Telephone Growth Reflects Utah Industrial Expansion music every day! the nations economy through securities investments. Nowhere in the world is the ownership of securities so widespread. And through mutual funds, millions of investors are making an especially important contribution to the strength and growth of the economy. This is because mutual funds pool the individual investments of many people, creating new capital which is then invested in a broad of American industry. This infusion of cross-sectio- n preparations now, mutual fund owners are making sure they will have something extra to celebrate by 1976 as well as by 1980, too. If you are interested in mutual funds to help in your own plans for the future, you may get free explanatory material from a mutual fund or its representative, a securities dealer, or by writing to the Investment Company Institute, 1775 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. |