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Show The Utah A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government Vol. 12; No. 10 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, March 7, 1958 Utah F ion Expla?: e 'Recession Senator Wallace F. Bennett, this week, explained the facts behind the recent fuss over the $100,000 Houston Republican Dinner. According to the senator: So much fuss has been made over the funds raised at the Republican dinner held in Houston, Texas, on February 10, and so much criticism has been leveled at the Republican Party that I think you should be made aware of the facts of the case. As a member of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, I have investigated the matter, and believe it should be made clear that: (1) The "Houston dinner was not a part of the national fundraising campaign. This campaign was centered around a dinner on January 20, the anniversary of President Eisenhowers Inaugura$100-a-pla- te and so far as we have been able to learn its purpose was to raise fjinds to be applied on the debts of the Republican Party in Texas. On that basis it was not intended that these funds should be offered or made available to the Republican National Committee or to the Republican Senatorial or Congressional Campaign Committee. (3) The members of this Committee of 100 wrote more than 2,300 letters selling tickets to the dinner. Of these only 26 letters, all written by one man who was a member of the committee of 100, mentioned oil. In the light of the above, I think you will agree that it is unfair to indict everyone who bought tickets to the dinner, and it is unfair to condemn the party for the action of one person. The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee stands ready to tion. accept any funds offered to it by (2) The Houston dinner was the duly elected officers of the sponsored by a committee of 100, party in Texas and gathered by them in the normal and proper National Guard Selects Annual Queen A pretty Carboh High School cheer . leader, Brenda Lenora Migliaccio, was crowned Miss Utah National Guard of 1958 to climax a pageant Saturday in Salt Lake City. Miss Migliaccio, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Migliaccio of Price, was selected from a field of 26 candidates, entered in the final contest 'by National Guard units throughout the state. A talented dancer, she will be Utahs entry in the Cheery Blossom Festival next month in Washington, D.C., and the National Guard candidate in the Miss Utah conday-lon- g test Named attendants to the new National Guard queen were Marilyn Rae Evans, a University of Utah junior from Fresno, Calif., and Darla Kai Blake, a Dixie College coed from St George. Miss Blake is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Blake, St George, and Miss Evans is a daughter of - Mrs. L. E. Evans, Fresno, Calif. An interesting sidelight to the depression" was explored this week by the Department of Employment Security. According to the report, during January this year an average of 228.500 persons were at work on jobs in Utah. This is exactly the same number of persons at work in the state during the same month of 1957. February figures are not yet available. so-term- ed non-agricultur- al There are probably between 2.500 and 2,800 agricultural jobs in Utah but the Employment Security office has given up trying to keep a record of them because of the seasonal and uncertain nature of both the jobs and the reporting service. The number of workers in the state insured against unemployment last month was 155,000 900 less than Jan. 1957. The difference was made up largely by an increase in employes who ore not covered by unemployment inway. surance, notably public school personnel. Other cateDavis Republican Club and college not covered are employes gories non of institutions such as profit Central Committee churches and hospitals, also railroad workers, who come under a Elects Officers The Republican Club of Davis different status. County elected new officers in a Prior to WW II the report meeting held Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. brought out, the present employDale ePak was guest speaker at ment situation in Utah would the meeting. have been considered good. DurElected chairman was Richard ing 1940 an average of 80,861 inStevenson, Layton; Alta Blood, sured workers were pair an avCenterville will be vice chair- erage of $24.42 a week. The avman; Richard B. Cook of Layton erage number of insured workers will serve as secretary and David during 1957 was 166,500 and the Barlow, Bountiful will be the average pay was $78.00 weekly. new treasurer for the club. Also elected in Davis County In 1945, the year WW II ended, this week were sixe new Central there were 97,320 insured workCommittee members. They are ers in Utah. In the face of gloomy Dale Peak, Helen B. Brown, predictions of a severe dropoff in Golden Allen,. Harold Calder, employment, the figure grew to Oma Wilcox and a tie yet to be 152,656, in the ensuing ten years determined between B. M. An- and average pay more than dersen and Donald Davis. doubled. ill-advis- ed 'FASHIONS FOR FIRST LADIES' SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 4 Fashions for First Ladies," a benefit show featuring replicas of gowns worn by Republican First Ladies will be presented April 4, at the Hotel Utah, according to Mrs. Bryce J. Fairbanks, general committee chairman. is sponThe fashion-luncheo- n sored by the Republican Womens Organization in conjunction with the Young Republican League of Utah. This is a nationally planned and acheduled event and will follow the Western Regional of the Federation of Republican -- Women. Youth Symphony At University All school children of Utah are invited to a special symphony concert to the presented by the Utah Symphony orchestra, Saturday, March 8, at the Salt Lake Tabernacle. This will be the final youth concert of the season. It is sponsored by the Food town and AG Stores and free tickets for the event may be obtained at any of these stores. One of the features of the program will be the Carnival of Animals" by Camille The work will be narrated by Rolf Petersan, well-knoradio and television star. Also included on the program will be March Militaire by Franz The Schubert; Overture to Karl' Otto Nicolai; War Dance of the Cheyennes from Suit Primeval" by Charles Sanford Skit-toand Marche Slav by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky. The final subscription concert of the Utah Symphony is scheduled for Saturday, March 15, with the great Jose Iturbi, pianist of television,- - movie and concert s. n Bn. fniwft- - Miss Brenda Lenore Miglaccio of Price, center was crowned mi Utah National Guard of 1958. Her attendents are Marilyn Evans of Salt Lake City, left and Miss Darle Kai Blake of St. Georre right. vice-chairma- n vice-chairm- an wn Miss Migliaccio was sponsored featured. Third, an Easter Parade style show, sponsored by ZCMI, will be presented. Presidential gowns to be used in the event are copies of those in the Smithsonian Institute and have been featured in a series of shows throughout the country. Sponsors of the event include: Mrs. Alex J. Jex, Republican National Committeewoman; Mrs. Ora of the Re--. J. Lewis, publican Central Committee; Mrs. D. Clark Williams, state president Federation of Republican Womens Clubs and Mrs. Bryce Fairof the banks, state Womens Utah Young Republican .Mrs. Fairbanks explained the event. show as a three-wa- y First, the benefit will feature replicas of gowns worn by presi- League. dential Republican first ladies. Second, a selection of gowns Admission to the event will be worn by Utah first ladies will be $5 per person, according to Mrs. Fairbanks. She also stated that unusual door prizes will be awarded during the luncheon. Saint-Saen- in the contest by Co. A, 1457th Engineer Bn. at Price. Miss Evans was sponsored by the 151st Fighter Gp., Utah Air National Guard, and Miss Blakes sponsoring unit was Btry. B, 213th Field Artillery All contestants were guests of honor at a Press Luncheon and Queens Dinner held in connection with the pageant Contestants were judged on the basis of talent poise and personality, during appearances in street clothes, bathing suit and evening dress. Judges, all from Salt Lake City, were City Judge James K. Barker; Robert Hinckley, of the Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee; Mrs. Francis Peterson, ZCMI fashion director; Mrs, Virginia Howard, of the Miss Utah (Continued on pare 8) Mrs. Bryce Fairbanks will be, chairman of the Fashions for to be presented April 4, in First Ladies,' luncheon-benef- it the Hotel Utah. Another special feature of the symphony will b ethe presentation of Vienna On Parade" which will be staged at the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Wednesday, March 19. This program will feature the famed Deutschweister Band and the Boys and Girls croir from Vienna. Tickets for these events are now on sale at the Utah Symphony office at Bennetts, 55 West First South in Salt Lake City. Fair Trade Ends; Prices Flexible The collapse last week of Fair Trade, and minimum-fixed price systems brought into sharp focus a basic fact of modern U.S. retailing that has been long recognized by realistic businessmen. In the current (Mar. 10) issue, Time says that nobody, or practically nobody, pays list price anymore for appliances, or for for autos, furniture, cameras, jewelry, even baby buggies." As one Milwaukee retailer says: The price tag on my merchandise means nothing." Price Index Not a Yardstick Merchandisers estimate that 90 per cent af all small appliances are sold below list price, and say e sales in other lines that are growing fast. Several million young families, whose homes 75 to 90 per cent stocked with purchases, buy no other way. Thus, Time says, while economists worry about the seeming paradox of price rises in the face of a general economic decline, the fact is that the prices contained in the rising Consumer Price Index are not what people really pay. Auto prices last year went up 3.9 per cent at wholesale and 1.5 per cent at retail according to the Indexes. But customers got such heavy discounts that they actually wound up paying less than the year before. NEW YORK cut-rat- are-fro- m lower-than-li- st |
