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Show Page 2 Muck 23. 19S6 THE UTAH STATESMAN THE UTAH TJiis Is A GOP Goal STATESMAN Dawson Reports Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government" MA By William A. Dawson FOSTAL RATES . . . Election year or not, I sincerely hope Con gress faces up to the task of get ting our post offices out of the red. I am convinced we have gone Harry 6. Miller, Publisher Gail Feltch, Editor 421 Church Street Phone EM 49 Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription $3.00 per year. Single copy 10c Published weekly at 421 Church Street. Salt Lake City, Utah. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, 9 Vol. 10; No. 11 .n - 1956 March 23, 1956 Editorial Unity For Victory "All your strength is in your union, All your danger is in discord." Longfellow, Hiawatha To many Republicans this note on unity may seem unnecessary. As Leonard W. Hall, national chairman, said this week the GOP party has more unity this year than ever before. But unity must be perpetuated through consistent work to win "toward a common goal. The GOP party has the goal the 1956 election from the presidency on down. The unity must come through cooperation between Young Republicans and the senior party; the county and state organizations; the state and national programs. Each individual must check his own precinct, county, state organization. If there are loose strings, now is the time to get them properly tied. i lja!J,!.l.i..l..M!!J,l.B This chart, prepared by Congressional Quarterly, shows what Republicans must do to recapture control of House in 1956. The Senator Reports By Sen. Wallace F. Bennett Last week I joined" as 11! sor oi an amendment putting "teeth" into the soil bank provisions of the farm bill. One thing that concerned a number of us in the Senate was the fact that if grazing were per mitted on soil bank acreages, it would cause cattle prices to drop even lower than they are at present. And the original bill, while prohibiting such grazing, did not provide penalties for .mm. co-spo- Keep Them Marching so closely associated with aid to the wounded and sick in the military during war time, that it is difficult for many Americans to see the importance of this organization in these warless times. Today the giant organization dedicated to giving voluntary help to those in need continues its vigilant march. It still needs the help of the local residents in giving help to other local per sons in need. March is the month dedicated to helping the Red Cross. The most familiar place for the brilliant Red Cross sign today is in front of the voluntary blood banks. The Red Cross holds a position of leadership in promoting the production and use of blood derivatives, as well as collecting millions of pints yearly. Peacetime demands for blood have been on the increase since the close of World War II. Nearly 18,100,000 cc of gamma globulin, provided by the Red Cross, have been used for the prevention or modification of measles and infectious hepatitis. This is one of many 'channels the lied Lross provides. The story of the American Red Cross is the story of com in disaster areas, on an international munity service giving aid scale, through nursing facilities, first aid stations and water safety programs to note a few. On the job at all hours, the Red Cross is ready to help those in need. It is familiar to most Americans in a battlefield sense, but it carries on the same duties today on the home front. GOOD GOVERNMENT IS EVERYBODY'S JOB! Subscribe now to THE UTAH STATESMAN "A weekly newspaper devoted to good government" and keep pace with local state and national government news. SUBSCRIBE NOW! I 2 year $3.00 years $5.00 CIRCULATION OFFICE 421 Church Street - Salt Lake City. Utah NAME :. ADDRESS CITY STATE Remittance Bill me later lean SOIL BANK ENFORCEMENT m The familiar Red Cross insignia became far as we can in this direction without increasing postal rates. We now require other government agencies to reimburse the Post Office Department for the cost of handling government franked envelopes. We have cut other expenses to the bone. But we still are going in debt at the rate of $400 million per year handling mail. ON THE LINE . . . Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield laid the entire problem on the line before the House Post Office and Civil Service Commission. Pointing out that since World War II postal operations have added $4.6 billion to the national debt, he said, "This means that each fam ily in the United States owes more than $100 for mail long since read and disposed of. Deferred payment for homes, cars and re frigerators has a proper place in our economy, but we should not mortgage the future of the American citizen for the price of as n- - Sen. Barrett introduced the amendment, which specifies that when a farmer grazes animals on soil bank land he will not receive full benefit of price sup ports he might otherwise receive, and must refund payments he already has received for the year in which the violation has occur- red. The amendment passed, and I believe the farm bill is much stronger as a result of this pas sage. WHAT'S IN A NAME? I also introduced an amendment to the farm bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to make a study of the present Federal grading system on veal, beef, lamb and mutton. The reason for this is that the average housewife is completely confused by the names now given to the various grades of meat Prime, Choice, Good, Commercial, etc. She assumes that Prime beef, for example, is higher in protein or superior in quality to Good when actually, this is not the case at all. These grades are concerned mostly with the amount of fat in the meat the animals with more fat and more "marbling" get higher grades than animals with more lean meat When meat is sold without the grade being known to the house wife, she usually buys the lower Good or Commercial. grades But when the labels are on, she is afraid to buy anything but Prime or Choice. This system is unfair not only to the consumer, but also to the meat producers, because they have to fatten up their animals a longer time just to produce extra fat which the housewife doesn't want anyway! And our Western cattle the are es cattle pecially discriminated against un der this system. After talking with many cattlemen, throughout Utah and here in Washington, I decided a study of the entire mat er would be in order. The Republican women from Utah who attended the GOP women's convention in Washing ton this week told me that - one of the high points of their con ference was the speech by Reed Benson, substituting for his the father, Secretary of Agriculwhose ture, plane had been de . . . layed I think a new era of develop ment is in store for the recrea tion areas in our National Forests, ana which are badly inadequate. I am working with the Forest Service in preparing a program of improve ments . . . The Senate Committee on Appropriations meets next to consider a number of items af fecting Utah. I hope to be able to testify be fore the committee on these ap propriations, which cover a wide range of subjects. grass-fe- d run-dow- n long-rang- e postage." LONG OVERDUE . . . Under the rate increase proposal, first class letter rates would be raised from 3c to 4c. This would be the first increase since 1932 the days of the nickel telephone call and the loaf of bread. Since the 3c letter rate was adopted, per capita disposable income has increased 300 per cent. In addition, heavy increases would be made on magazine and other postal class rates. Mr. Sum merfield pointed out that the magazine prices have increased from 5c to 15c ner issue since 1932, yet postal rates on them have remained virtually un 10-ce- nt changed. WHO PAYS . . . Would a postal increase penalize the individual American? Mr. Summerfield says not. On the contrary, under present rates the individual is paying part of the cost of delivering business mail. If letter rates are advanced, 75 per cent of the 'ad- ditional revenues will come from business users. Under the present rates the postal deficit is borne, for the most part, by those who pay federal income taxes. Over 60 per cent of these taxes are paid by individuals. In effect, in- dividual Americans now are bear- ing postal costs that should be charged to business houses. DEPOT SAVINGS As a result of investigations, into waste at Deseret Chemical Depot rePlea Is Affront "Adlai Stevenson's pleas that quested by Sen. Wallace F. Benpolitical leaders of both parties nett and myself, annual savings keep the public school segrega of more than $1 million have been tion issue out of the 1956 election made. In addition, more than $6 campaign seems to have little million in planned, but necesIt is al sary, construction was cancelled. hope of realization most an affront to (Negroes) ask This amount of money would fithem for moderation and contin nance Utah's share of federal aid ued patience." Washington Post for school construction for nearly & Times Herald. four years. ... 6 YEAR OLD Kentucky StriifM Bourbon WhWwy 86 Proof CO, BAROSTOWH. KY. WATERFILL AND FRAZIER DISTILLERY ... |