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Show Page Twelve Enterprise Review, February 4, 1976 PROFITABLE ADVERTISING is our business. You ought to make it yours. Fred Hinckley Advertising Production Services Continental Bank Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Telephone 41 1 364-211- 2 Lobby Registration Confusion He said he and David Evans are the only two people at the agency employed to lobby by clients of the firm. We repre- sent various clients, he explained. We dont work ful time for any one company. He said his position as lobbyist means he often accompanies officials of client companies when theyre conducting business with government agencies. We may stop and chat quickly with a legislator. We may have breakfast with someone like Dixie Leavit who is so busy he cant meet with us any other time, and who is vitally interested in information we may be able to give him, Evans explained. He said he knows of no one in Utah who financially supports legislators as part of a lobbying effort. If you call paying for Dixie Leavitts breakfast financial support, thats one thing, he said, but I dont. He added that in his position on the Salt Lake School Board he has never been confronted with a bribery jm . Everybody's got the deep plush carpets, the woodpaneling and the chandeliers. We give you service. attempt. Lobbying is made up of casual relationships, Evans stated. They are relationships built up over a period of time, It means knowing who is influential, knowing who is supporting a bill, and then drawing on casual relationship to inform the influential peo- pie of your point of view. continued educational and other types of activities as well as lobbying, he said. His job includes making companies aware of each others positions on issues. When the majority of members agree, Van De Graaff may represent that position as that of the whole organization. What happens when one or two companies disagree with all-memb- er Another registered lobbyist Darwin Van De Graaff, They make explained that he is by no the majority? e means a lobbyist, their own position clear, Van Were engaged in numerous De Graaff said. Members are perfectly free to disagree with the organization. That is when they may use their own registered lobbyists, he said. How does he represent the organization? Mostly, he writes letters. 'I may respond to an inquiry from a legislator. I may send a position paper to all members of a committee. Or I may send an unsolicited letter responding to a position taken by another organization. A re Lobbyists Effective? During a session like the January budget session, a lobbyist is more effective than usual, says Richard Clark of Walker Bank. He explained that legislators have no time to study bills during a short session. They depend on lobbyists to give them the background, and, in essence, tell them how to vote. He sited unanimous support of the EFTS moratorium as evidence of effecive lobbying by banks this year. Lobby used to be a bad word, Wayne Evans said. It used to mean influence peddling and manipulation of campaign funds. Now it means simply convincing a legislator of your point of view, analyzing information on a subject, and disseminating that information, he concluded. full-tim- Fire Squad Rescues Shoplifter Fast, personal, and at the most reasonable rates. by M. M. Gaber Downtown Working with us is a pleasant experience. Were experts in as well as in making First Mortgage dealing with people Loans, FHA, VA and Conventional. You and your buyers will enjoy dealing with us. We put the real in Realtor. We validate your parking. And we also have the deep plush carpets, the wood paneling and the chandeliers. Come in. Lets get acquainted. Salt Lake City was shocked Wednesday afternoon, January 21st, to find five trucks screech to a halt at 250 hook-and-ladd- er South Main, and watch a half dozen firemen hasten into the Odyssey Record Shop. Smoke had barely begun floating through the stor when firemen arrived. Customers continued leafing through piles of records, shrugging shoulders and observing the commotion with quizzical grins. Lombard Mortgage and Thrift Suite 500 Continental Bank Building First Mortgage Loans FHA, VA and Conventional Sal( Lake City,Utah 84101 v Telephone (801)532-742- 4 UllU What caused the fire? We caught a shoplifter, a shop attendant explained. He was causing so much trouble we put him in a closet to settle down. He started a fire there. According to Steve Light, store manager, the fire caused S50 in damages. |