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Show Poge Eight FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1974 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Federal Outlays To S.L. County Total $597,673,000 Last Year S.L. Area Unemployed Voters To Decide Five Or Six Special Proposals On '74 Ballot Federal outlays in Salt Lake County totaled $597,673,000 during the 1973 fiscal year. This fact was reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in an analysis of the Impact of Government on the Utah Economy. Federal outlays include all Federal spending for salaries (civilian nad military), retirement and other employee benefits, Federal purchases and conto state and tracts, grants-in-ai- d local units, and other Federal payments to institutions and individuals. The Federal expenditure total is equal to $1,230 for every man, woman, and child residing in Salt Lake County, and is the equivalent of 26.1 of the total personal income of all inhabitants of the county. By comparison, total Federal outlays throughout the state last year amounted to $1,515,000,000 and were equal to $1,326 per capita. The Foundation notes that this was the equivalent of 34 of the states total personal income. When state and local spending is included, total outlays by all governmental units in Utah ase equivalent to nearly 49 of the total personal income received by individuals in the state. Federal outlays made in Utah wehe not without substantial cost to residents of the State. According to the study, Utahs share of the taxes required to fund total Federal outlays in fiscal 1973 amounted to $1,095,-000,000. Foundation analysts emphasize that the individual and business firms which paid the ;axes to finance the various Fed-?rprograms may not necessarily be the same ones benefiting from the Federal activity. Moreover, there are widely differing viewpoints regarding the iesirability of some of the Federal programs. Furthermore, different spending priorities might al have been established if the expenditure decisions had been made locally and financed from state, local, or private funds rather than Federal revenues. Altogether, a total of 1,186 separate spending programs administered by 55 different Federal agencies were operating throughout the United States last year. Outlays were made in Utah through 481 of these programs which were administered by 33 of the Federal agencies. National defense and international relations accounted for $569 million or 37.6 of all Federal spending in Utah last year. According to the Foundation, income security payments (social security, retirement benefits, public assistance, social services, etc.), the next largest Federal outlay in the state were equal to $350 million or 23 of the total. In addition to Federal outlays of $1,515 million, state and local units in Utah expended an estimated $650 million from their own funds in fiscal 1973. Thus, total outlays by all government units (Federal. State, and local) in Utah amounted to $2,165.-000,00- 0 last year. This sum is of all perequivalent to 48.7 sonal income received by individuals throughout the state. One out of every three persons in Utah derives a major part of his livelihood directly from government payments, and many others are indirectly dependent upon government. According to the Foundation report, at least 350.-83- 5 individuals in Utah receive all or a major part of their support from public funds. Included in this group are 105.014 government employees (Federal. State, and local). 114,802 social security beneficiaries, 55.672 0 public assistance recipients, veterans persons receiving benefits, 27,970 public service retirants. and 12 257 indivi duals in other categories. 35,-12- Moss Offers Guidelines For Bipartisan Inflation Policy In the wake of the declaration iod. by President Ford last evening at a joint session of Congress That inflation was the nations number one priority, Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss, offered guidelines for a bipartisan inflation policy. Speaking in the Senate. Moss said that any successful antiinflation drive must meet three criteria: it must be fair, it must be balanced, and it must be sustained. "First of all. to win the leaders alike, the economic nort of business and organized burden must be shared equally by all citizens. the Senator said. policies which attempt to buy price stability with the loss of jobs, would constitute the worst sort of economic injustice, he continued. Secondly, policies will have to be more balanced than they have been in the past. It makes little sense, Moss said, to speak of major cutbacks in Social Security, disability pay and other vital areas an an economy measure, while billions of Federal dollars are being lost through revenue loopholes. Third, the Senator continued, to stand a hope of success, a Ford Administration program will have to be sustained over a reasonable per D-Ut- ah. sup-lab- Anti-inflati- on anti-inflatio- n or For years now, business, bor and Ihe consumer have been jostled from freeze to phase to freeze with no indication of what will come next. It is impossible to make rational plans unMoss der such conditions. stated. The Senator said that never has there been greater need for some straight talk regarding the nations economic conditions. Department of Labor figures showed a nationwide wholesale price increase of 3.7 percent, which corresponds to an incredible annual inflation figure la- the nations unemployment rate in July was of some 44 ; 5.3r;, and meanwhile growth in productivity is almost negligible. The Senator continued. While labor costs have been rising, outhas remained put per man-hou- r stagnant. This spells more inflation as increased wages are translated into higher consumer prices. If President Ford is to inspire the broad public support needed to control this wage-pric- e spiral, if he is to win substantial bipartisan support for his economic programs, he must signal a Rate Growing Faster Than Job Market In spite of a 4.5 percent em- ployment increase rate in Utah, unemployment is growing faster in the state. In the Salt Lake County area the unemployment rate has grown on a year to year basis in 11 of th elast 16 years according to the monthly report from the Utah State Employment Security Department. The number of unemployed personsc August 1960 and August 1974 has shown a 300 percent growth which total payroll employment has grown 1.7 times. Curtis P. Harding director of the Employment Department said that the civilian labor force in the two county areas (meaning Salt Lake and Tooele counties) now totals 246,000 an increase of 13,000 workers over August of 1973 for a growth rate of some 5.6 percent. The state is experiencing fast economic growth but also fast population which keeps unemployment rates high. Mr. Harding said that recent studies show that there are 435,100 non-agricultu- ral em- ployees in the state. By 1975 he predicts 452,300 workers will be employed and by 1980 557,000 employees will be on the payrolls. non-agricultu- ral Utah State Fair Day For Senior Citizens September 11, 1974 (Continued from page 1) Attorney General, and the Board of Examiners would be restricted to considering unliquidated claims. The Speaker of the House would be added to the line of succession for the office of Governor, following the Lieutenant Governor (replacing the Secretary of State) and President of the Senate, and provision would be made for removing a Governor or acting Governor from office for inability to discharge his duties, and for restoring him to office when the disability day! The price of admission to the Utah State Fair, for Seniors 62 and oevr, will be $1.00 (half the regular admission price of $2). Tickets may be obtained from your local Senior Citizen representative or center, or purchased at the gate upon arrival. Buses will be allowed free parking in the Northwest Parking Lot. Part of the fun at the Utah State Fair is lunch time. Seniors can bring their own lunch, make other lunch arrangements, or can order a box lunch from the Utah State Fair. The box lunch consists of either ham and cheese sandwich on a bun, or a beef sandwich on a bun, chips, cookies, fruit (either apple or orange) and drink for $1.15. Orders for box lunches must be received by Barbara Busby, Utah State Fair, 155 North 1000 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 no later than September 1, 1974. (Type of sandwich must be specified.) Checks should be made payable to Western Food Service. nt one-quarter-c- 2. To permit the State to lend its credit to aid in the establishment or expansion of private industry in the state. 3. To provide a uniform tax in lieu of the property tax on certain personal property, prin ent Utah Gets Check Of $3.2 Million From BLM Administration A check for $3,203,654.06 has been sent to the state of Utah by the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Land Management as the states share of receipts by the federal government for mining, grazing and other activities on the resource national Utah. lands in The latest check brought to S5, 003. 279 the amount paid by BLM into the Utah treasury during fiscal year 1974, according to Paul L. Howard, Bureau of Land Management State Director for Utah. This was the largest amount paid by the Bureau in any fiscal year since 1962, when the total amounted to $5,851,526. The states share of bonuses, ed royalties and rentals received from January 1 through June 30, 1974 under provisions of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act amounted to $3,126,948.80. Another $424,06 was paid by BLM to Utah for mineral leasing receipts on state selected lands still administered by the Bureau. Six months ago Utah received a check for $1,876,330.20 as a re-- 1 suit of mineral leasing receipts. Under provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act, the state has been paid $75,209.19 as its share of federal grazing revenues during fiscal year 1974. The state also received $724.38 as it share of ' land and materials sales plus S347.63 as its share of timber products sales. i j j ! ; Change In Federal Money For Housing Program Will Aid Utah (Continued from page 1) vides money for local planning. One of the few requirements the bill imposes on a local government is that a portion of funds must go for redeveloping slum areas rather than just for public works projects. Some judgments will still be made by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as to whether a towns application for funds carries out the purposes of the ing many income levels in a single housing complex and moving away from concentration of all families in isolated housing. An important new section, the Housing Assistance Plan (HAP), is seen as a transitional step toward direct housing allowances. But HUD will not be giving the same intense scrutiny" to the local priorities in the comprehensive plan as it gave the old categorical grants. The acts housing provisions continue many of the traditional public housing programs. However, it does stress mix- - A new financial aids director. Mrs. Iris Roach, has been ap- act. Members of the citizens participation groups of the Salt Lake Model Cities Agency this week claimed city commissioner were superceding citizens input. The residents of the cities area said that the of Housing and Urban allocated has Development $320,000 for new and continuing projects, but the model cities board of directors which is controlled by the city commissioner has refused to spend that money. city-coun- ty ends. BLM-ad-minister- Seniors, this is your special cipally automobiles, aircraft and boats. 4. To permit counties, cities, and towns to establish special districts whose improvement costs would be paid by beneficiaries of services provided. This would be used principally in case of mergers. Citizens of Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber Counties will vote on a proposal to fund the Utah Transit Authority, probably by adoption of a sales tax. Exact language to go on the ballot is determined by commissioners of the respective counties. Utah Foundation has earlier this year released detailed information reports on the land use planning, mass transit, and the proposed constitutional changes related to the executive branch. Defensive Driving Course Announced You can lessen the possibility of becoming a traffic victim by enrolling in the Defensive Driving Course starting in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, September 4. in the State Office Building Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Learn the evasive actions necessary to avoid a traffic accident. For fur- low-inco- New Financial Aids Director Named At Utah Tech pointed at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, announced the Colleges Pres. Jay L. Nelson. She is the former assistant director of financial aids at the University of Utah, and replaces Davis Ballard who now teaches at Utah Tech. Mrs. Roach also was financial aids director at the Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage, Alaska. A native of Nevada, she was educated in Utah schools and graduated from the University of Utah. Mrs. Roach also is the 1974-7- 5 secretary-treasure- r of the Utah State Assn, of Financial Aids Advisors. he concluded, the American people have looked to the White House for the kind of bold leadership needed to restore public confidence, and today we are fortunate to have again as a Vaulted ceilings, with beams clear-cu- t departure from thoc President someone equipped to of western wood, disastrous policies which brought provide the kind of leadership ther information and enrollment, and decking rescue rooms from the cube us to this current predicament.. the nation needs in times like call the Utah Safety Council look. Ever since the Neaw Deal. these. |