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Show THE UTAH Page 4 7o Set The Record Straight Fiiday, Match 1, 1957 STATESMAN ARTHUR V. WATKINS (Continued from Page 2) Soviet Union, or in Western Europe and its vast dependencies. If natural resources were everything, Switzerland would be one of the poorest countries in the world and the Soviet Union the most prosperous; there would be prosperity in Iraq and poverty in Norway. Prosperity is, above all, the result of the way in which efforts to use resources are organized. The people who come to America Were willing to take risks, to endure hardships and to work hard. They displayed ingenuity and cooperation; they lived under laws which guarantee personal liberty and the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits of ones labor. Waste and Inefficiency The American economic system Foreign Misconception is inefficient and wasteful. The Facts Concerning efficiency, one general fact stands out: In order to achieve a rate of economic expansion identical or superior to that of other countries, Americans invest much less than is needed for the same purpose in the other economies. In other words, capital is more efficiently managed in the United States than in the Soviet Union or in some of the major industrial countries of Western Europe. Low production costs coupled with high wages are another sign of the efficiency of American industry. Concerning waste, one can make three comparisons: In the United States there is a ratio in manufacturing of one desk (or white-collaworker to seven bench workers; in the Soviet Union is four. to In terms of the population, the agencies enforcit one ing law and order in the United States employ one quarter the number of men employed in the Soviet Union. Again in terms of the population, the American bureaucracy (federal and state) is smaller than that of the Soviet Union and of several major Western European countries. deporti fnm Waihington Dear Fellow Utahns: Congress is increasing its tempo. Many major bills before Congress now are in the various Committee for close study and recommendation. Since it is in these Committee sessions that Legislative proposals are reviewed and refined, attendance at such meetings becomes increasingly important as the Sessions advance. Meanwhile of course, many imcertain to come portant bills before Congress this Session have not yet been introduced. on the Floor And this week the Senate is debating our Middle East policy, one of the most and vital topics that faces the 85th Congress and the nation. This week whn Senate affairs were rather quit I was pleased to have opportunity to visit our State and to gain many on the spot reactions to legislation now before Congress. That experience is going to be increasingly valuable here in the weeks ahead. Again 1 want to thank all who were kind enough xo give expression to their opinions, and those who continue to write in their suggestions and ideas. far-reachi- ng complete hydrologic data of any stream in our area. Now that the legislatures of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah all have ratified the Compact, I have requested Congress to give consent to this tri-Stat- e agreement that will alequitable distribution of low more than 750,000 acre-fee- t of water now wasting annually into Great Salt Lake from this largest of its tributaries. Cosponsoring the proposal with me are Senator Bennett of Utah, Barrett and OMahoney of Wyoming, Dworshak and Church of Idaho. As most of you know, the Bear River rises in Utah, crosses into Wyoming four times in its first 100 miles, loops into Idaho, before reentering Utah. Being an interstate stream, a compact dividing its waters, requires Con under the Constitution gressional approval. , ; Congress is considerably quickening its pace in putting into effect Hoover Commission recom- mendations for increasing Government efficiency and economy. It took about six years to enact of the suggestions contained in the Commissions Howfirst report, made in 1949-5ever, during the last Session Congress effected in relatively d few months about of the recommendations made in three-quarter- s 0. The loss of outdoor recreation areas demands a national survey. We westerners are so accustomed to national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas, it seems appalling that Easterners comparatively speaking have so little opportunity for outdoor recreation. And all over the country tremendous pressures are buildInstability Some ing up for the relatively few The system in the United States Bear River Compact Foreign Misconceptions 15 years of complicated negoti- remaining acres left suitable for is unstable and the individual insecure. ation and study have gone into public parks, wilderness and seaAmerThe Facts and and even Asians, Europeans many the Bear River Compact, based shore. icans, still live under the impact of the 1929 crisis, the Great upon what is perhaps the mos In view of this situation Sen- Depression. Actually, it can be stated that unless there is a major change in governmental policies or a sudden wave of irresponsibility on the part of business or labor, there should not be another depression. Minor ups and downs yes, but nothing jnore. The government, in President Eisenhower's words, has Ka formidable arsenal of weapons at its disposal for maintaining economic stability." Crises may be part of the laws of nature, but Americans have responsible manipulation of a few key eler ments often can correct the harmful effect of the laws of nature. The social security legislation passed during the last twenty years, the contracts between employers and employees, the diffusion of property and the accumulation of savings, provide security to most categories of persons in the United States; There is no social security system on the other side of the Iron Curtain as generous as the American one. In a flexible economy, when unemployment occurs, unemployment insurance takes care of it. When a whole group is economically hit, it gets help. The best example today (but not the only one) is agriculture, which is being subsidized by the best of American economy. There is competition in the American system; there is also solidarity. r) tor Anderson of New Mexico, I and other Senators have introduced a bill S. 846 calling for a national commission to interview our outdoor recreation needs and to lay the facts before Congress. Costs should not be great, as much suitable material is already available. What we need is organized information to assist State Legislatures and the Congress. Our bill proposes that private interests and all users of the public lands join in this survey. one-thir- the final Commission Report. A Senate Committee is now reviewing progress on some 300 "Hoover bills of that Session and there seems to be considerable assurance many of these will be given favorable hearing in the new Congress. One of these is S. 434, a bill I cosponsored to effect major budgeting Melrose Old Fashioned STRAIGHT WHISKY Large Fortunes Because of the concentration of Foreign Misconceptions wealth in the hands of a few families, the United States is a plutocracy and a monopolistic capitalistic system, yet it attempts to give the appearance of a democratic nation. The Facts Large fortunes are fewer and smaller (in relation to the national income) in the United States than they were fifty years ago. A process of equalization is taking place. Between 1904 and 1954 relative incomes of five different groups, from workers to executives, show a .sharply decreasing differential, the range between extremes being reduced by half. Differences between main groups are in fact now less in the United States than in any other country in the world. For example, the ratio of income of the farmer to the executive in Russia is approximately one to twelve; in the United States the range is less than half what it is in the Soviet Union (this in terms of average family incomes). socio-econom- ic Planning The American economy is Foreign Misconceptions un- planned. The Facts There is more planning going on in the United States than in any other country, including the Soviet Union. Financial and economic planning is one of the main preoccupations of Government. Taxes, tariffs, national debt, credit policies, etc. are considered in view of their impact over the economy. Planning is one of the main functions of most corporations, large and small. Individuals plan their economic activities more, probably, than they do in most other nations. The American economy is planned, but differently. It is not collectivistic planning, but planning for freedom. 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