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Show Page 2 lily THE UTAH STATESMAN 20, 1156 T Lobov Vote Going GOP THE UTAH STATESMAN Weekly Newspaper Derated te Gee! Gevsnaeat" A . re-elect- ed .PhoseEM 421 Church Street 49 Entered ai 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription S3.00 per year. Single copy 10c Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Idy Yol. 10; No. 28 re-electi- 20. 1956 Editorial I Am A Republican offers (Editors note: The following essay by Don Freebaim our party something for each of us 'to think about. It outlines what The stands for and exemplifies what it means to one young man. will be subessay in the winning entry in the YR essay contest and mitted to the national contest in Washington, D.C. It is reprinted here by permission of the author.) Politics is the practical exercise of the art of and somebody must attend to it if we are to have American . . The principal ground for reproadh against any Citizen should be that he is not a politician. Elihu Root self-governme- nt, self-governm- ent The United States of America, its Constitution and the Government of and by the People are to me a priceless heritage . . . one which I would be happy to defend in case of necessity. I have served in the United States Army and now that there is that is, I am prepared, to no active conflict, on the battle-fiel- d in die field serve my country in the best way that I know how of politics, serving the party which I feel is The Party which serves the aims of the people and attempts to guide this country of. the .according to that memorable article . r . The Constitution United States of America. The Republican Party has accomplished some great feats in the past three and a half years. Where corruption in government was expected before, it is now attacked and forced to remain in obscurity . . . Where farmers were given money not to work, they are now encouraged to be men and work for what they obtain, and once again they, can look themselves in the eye, being proud that they are following the precepts of their forefathers . . . Where in the past labor unions were receiving misguided favoritism, now there is equality, and men work side by side, labor and management, with less hostility than ever in the past. ... ... the people able I want the United States to remain free to choose their type of government, living in close accord .with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is only one means by which this can be secured for the future generations, and that is through the party which I support . . . The Republican Party . . . may it continue to serve the aims of justice and society as a whole. DON R. FREEBAIRN GOOD GOVERNMENT IS EVERYBODY'S JOB! Subscribe sour te THE UTAH STATESMAN "A weekly lewspapei devoted to good government" and keep pace with local state and national government news. ' year $1.00 3 Women Elect Mrs. Peter Gibson, of Monroe, Mich., First Vice President of the National Federation of Republican Women, has been nominated President of the 500,000 member and 4,000 club womens political organization. Mrs. Gibson will seek the post now held by Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns, recently named Republican Woman of the Year, who is ineligible to succeed herself in the top elected post for a woman in the Republican Party. The election will take place at the National Federation of Republican Womens Ninth Biennial Convention in Chicago Sept. the first major political event following the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. 5-- 7, A seven member nominating committee announced the following addition to Mrs. Gibson: FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Mrs. Richard M. Simpson, of Huntingdon, Penn., NFRW Membership Chairman and wife of Representative Richard M. Simpson, of the 18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Simpson has been heading the NFRWs nationMemwide Precinct mass bership Drive and the Wo-manpow- er for Eisenhower" cruitment program. SECOND re- VICE PRESIDENT: Mrs. Gladys L. Penland, of Berk-ele- l. Calif., President of the California Federation of Republican Women. Mrs. , Penland is spearheading the womanpower recruitment program in California, where a membership goal of 100,-00- Q 255 members has been set by the clubs under her direction. THIRD VICE PRESIDENT; years' $2.00 421 Church Street - Salt Lake City, Utah Mrs. ADDRESS STATE Member-at-Larg- e Bill me later hower for Roscoe Drummond, New York Herald Tribune columnist, after listing half a dozen important labor leaders who have praised Secretary Mitchell made . these two points: fair to say that (1) . . . Mitchell couldnt prove Secretary himself to be a friend of labor, as the lean all agree, unless President Eisenhower wanted him to be a friend of labor and created the conditions which enabled him to be . . (2) The total budget of the Department of Labor in 1950 was $223 million. The Department of Labor budget this .year is $408 million. The purpose: to enable Secretary Mitchell to do his job better for labor." ' A third point might be added: Labors share of national income has averaged 09 per-ceduring the Eisenhower years compared t to the 05 Truman average. Corporation profits after taxes have averaged 0 per-cecompared to the Truman average re-elect- Bennett Files For - It-i- s nt per-cen- nt of 7.7 per-cen- . t. Re-electi- on WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator programs of specific value to the Wallace F. Bennett, has filed for state, including numerous reclato the United States mation and flood control projects; was disclosed this week. improvement of our National Senate, it Senator Bennett is upopposed for Parks and Monuments; improvethe Republican nomination. ments in recreational facilities in re-electi- National Forests; increased In announcing his candidacy, our funds for school land surveys, Sen. Bennett I hav& been - said, able to initiate or support many predatory animal control, and many similar projects. urer for the past two years. She In the field of education, I is an active member of 38 civic have the legislation for and GOP organizations and is aid tosupported Federally affected areas, Regional Director of the Repub- which has brought more than $11 lican Womens Club activities in million into Utah for our schools. states in the northern mid-weI actively supported, the region. Under her direction, State Act) which provides for inFederations have been organized ternal evchange of students, and in recent months in Nebraska and I was instrumental in getting $10 North Dakota. million restored to the student exMrs. Gibsons nominee for Pres- change program. I also supported in borrowing authorident, has had a rapid rise in Fed- an increase HHFA of for college housing, eration circles. First serving as ity and the emergency President of the Womens Lincoln Club in her home town, she then School Construction Act." became President of the Michigan He also noted that he was auFederation of Republican Women. thor of the Sugar Act of 1956, She held this post for four years. and of the industrial dispersal legShe began her political career in islation which is bringing new de1936, when she assisted in the fense industry to the west. Sen. rounding up of absentee ballots in Bennett also introduced the the township where she lived. amendments to the Highway Act She is now Vice Chairman of which resulted in in expanded the Republican State Central Com- program for National Parks and mittee of Michigan and is Chair- Forests. man of the Vice Chairwomen of the Mid - Western and Rocky Mountain States. At the 1952 Republican National Convention, Keep Up With Mrs. Gibson was the only woman delegate in the Michigan delegaUtah GOP tion and represented the State on s st Full-brig- . Activities Weekly Colo., on the past President of the Colorado Federation of Republican Women. She was extremely active in the 1954 election campaign. SECRETARY; Mrs. W. H. of Hazelton, Ida., President of the Idaho Federation of Republican Women. She is Vice Chairman of the National Program Planning Committee and has also served in Republican activities on the county and local level. TREASURER; Mrs. H. L. Mat-soof Avoca, Minn., who has held the post of National Treas- n, Remittance ... he might back President Elsen- PRESIDENT; J. B. Parks, of Pueblo, Det-weile- r, NAME 25,000-membe- Harold McGeorge, of St. Petersburg, Fla., former President of the Florida Federation of Republican Women and a Member-at-Larg- e of the NFRW Executive Committee. She formerly headed the St. Petersburg Republican Womans Club, the largest Republican organization in the Southern States. She is a Regional Director the Resolutions Committee. of Republican Womens club acMrs. Kearns remains in office tivities in five southern states. through January, 1957. FOURTH VICE Mrs. NFRW Executive Committee, is a CIRCULATION OFFICE CITY Natl GOP also a SUBSCRIBE NOW! laborers .would support Eisenhower than would Stevenson in the coming November elections. Newsweek, polling 48. top political columnists In 48 states, reported: Enough labor votes will switch to the Republican ticket in November to make the of Eisenhower and Richard Dwight Nixon even more probable than most politicians have predicted. Politicians had correctly figured the G.O.P, would lose some labor voters who went Republican in 1952. But Newsweeks survey shows that many working men who voted for Adlai E. Stevenson because they feared hard times if the G.OP. got in, now will support the Republican ticket . . . How about union leaders- - James r C. Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, and a member of the Democratic National Committees Advisory Committee on Labor, said the other day: If we ever had a friend in the White House, we have one now. If Eisenhower is . 1956 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, Why - and it looks like hes going to Union labor is going RepubliI hope he reapcan, according to two nationwide be Mitchell Jim for another points polls! as four years Secretary of Labor." The two polls, conducted by Times concluded: The New York Gallup and Newsweek magazine, say that a higher percentage of (Petrillo) suggested strongly that Harry B. Miller, Publiiher . - "V Mining - to help Utah grow Many manufacturing industries prefer te build their plants dose to a source of raw materials. So Utah's tremendous variety of minerals and its skilled engineers and miners can be the basis for attracting much more Industry to our state. Mining helps Utah prosper now and holds forth the promise of even greater prosperity In the future; UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "From the earth comes an abundant life for all" ht -- . |