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Show The Enterprise Review , September 29, 1976 United Way Makes Good Business Sense If we businesspeople dont do our part in solving problems, the government will do it for us. And in doing his part, Joe Logan, president of Galigher Company, has been spending about 10 hours a week in his role as general campaign chairman of the United Way Campaign. It makes me feel I feel good, Logan said. better knowing I have helped someone and have encouraged others to help. I also think this cam AFTER PAIIOfW-EAR- paign makes good business sense. If we dont do it, the government will, and the United Way is much more effective and efficient than last year contributed $1.23 the government," he said. In his role as chairman, Logan has spent two months establishing a campaign goal, developing a staff and training volunteers in com- Independence was the theme of the luncheon stressed in a movie highlighting United Way accomUnited Way plishments. agencies help the elderly stay at home, teach the re- - From here on, the campaign is up to the staff," he said. Businesspeople and workers across the country RATHER THAU 9C5 Cf TRIAL AUP UUftfi error i snmep CO THE' FIRST. WlJ 2 i.i M. THAT m I a u PI5APIAR. I PRIUCIPLE i!r I')i OF LIFS: delinquents responsibility, and aid disaster victims. Robert D. Bolinder, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Albertsons, Inc., delivering the keynote address. told over 500 people r k v r MO U0T1 CEP AX) attending the luncheon that corporations must assume social responsibility. Business is a force for social Govprogress," he said. ernment cannot do the job alone. Business must help." Joe Logan, general campaign manager of United Way. BECAME rnmnuf l so Atgpr that i axxp P15APfeAR AUP OUE FfcM AUr-WE- S, skills, ensure the of children whose safety mothers work, teach juvenile Theme of Independence munication techniques. S tarded billion to United Way agencies. A kick-of- f luncheon sponsored by the Salt Lake last week Rotary club launched Salt Lakes goal of $2.45 million for this year. I UAS 60M5. pmcos AFTER HAIRBREAPIH mss OF 6SCAPe, MY, upo) me mmERSmsp ;e cue cm. PROB- CAVGHt LEM MgLJfOUl CAUGHT ME SS ' -- r mrntMi rf7v AMP REPFKACHED VS BITTERLY: i meRmzep RiEF'SiBCKaj Ml1 WITH OFTS, M&UEY, TRAVEL, PRCHISfo ca fa) im, M I M 4 lj r G7UMBTE? 1HEREUFDM OU THE S&WP PRINCIPLE OF LIFE: LATE. ,jKp J Yp ' ID Iff VOT I ANN IU0RPER ROOT HURT, &xm THEY ID 0SAPPBAR R0RM6 DEEP P6A0R6AR. Moa). YOU? MUST k in' - 1" ia ; Pragmatic Dogmatics The Utah GOP Rebounds by Kent Shearer In the immediate aftermath of the September 14 Utah primary election, KSL, Inc. and the Deseret News conducted separate and independent public opinion polls. The most dramatic aspect of these samplings apart from the generally formidable showing of Republican nominees was the perhaps momenthey depicted tary but certainly real resurgence of the Utah GOP in terms of professed party affiliation. The KSL data found that 41 percent of the electorate identified themselves as Republicans to 34 percent Democrats, 24 percent Independents and 1 percent American Party. A test check on the News tabulation indicates similar alignments. This represents a sharp departure from both the Utah and national trends which have prevailed over the past decade. In our state, that time span has seen Independents gain at the expense of both major parties, but more so the GOP than the Democrats, with the consequence that Republicans fell non-explic- it to third place in allegience behind Independents and Democrats in that order. This downslide paralleled national experience, as is more particularly detailed in Nie, Verba, and Petrocik, The Changing American Voter (Harvard University Press, 1976). The practical consequences of this sudden change in Utah partisan association cannot be underestimated. It means, for instance, that GOP designation now constias tutes a candidate advantage, not a disadvanrecently has been the case 1974 Democratic Senate tage. Specifically, nominee Wayne Owens enjoyed a three-to-fopoint head start over Republican Jake Garn due to party alone. Now, in 1976, GOP if his Senate nominee Orrin Hatch will holds commence partys partisan edge seven points in front of Democrat Ted Moss. This percentage shift could, if maintained, alter markedly the entire local political demographic and, as a result, the strategics employed to adapt to it. Thus far in 1976, strategies have not so adapted. For the primary, the billboards and literature of Democratic aspirants ur ten-to-clev- en AVOID prominently displayed their party name; those of their Republican opponents were either significantly mute on the subject or, at most, sported an inoffensive elephant logo. Both groups may have erred, for, if the KSL and News data is correct, Republicans should beat their party drum whilst Democrats muffle theirs. A swallow, of course, does not a summer make, and all candidates perhaps will assume, until further and more conclusive evidence is accumulated, that nothing has disrupted prior party membership tendencies to the degree suggested by recent opinion samplings. Less than six weeks remain until the general election, however, and the time for decision may presently be upon the various campaigns. Were it me, be I Democrat or Republican, but particularly if the former, I would accept the polls' partisan demographics as gospel and alter my game plan accordingly. That having been said, it may be concluded at the very least that predictions of the imminent demise of the GOP heard often earlier this year were premature. |