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Show fate TIIE UTAH STATESMAN 2 THE UTAH STATESMAN Friday, March 7, 1958 Chairmens Fact Memo A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher From the best advice I can get, year and were at a seasonally Sinclair Weeks.) on my own study of the facts adjusted annual rate of $48.5 biland 421 Church Street Phone EM Missile Advances Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, regularly placed before me, I be- lion compared with actual outDespite all difficulties and lieve that we had most of bur lays of $47.3 billion in the peak Utah, under tne act of March 3, 1879 bad news on the unemployment pear 1957. Private spending for complexities of our task, despite Subscription rate $1.00 per year front. I am convinced that we are new construction amounted to the fact that the Russians have Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah not facing a prolonged downswing nearly $2.4 billion this January had about a two year head start able to NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1958 in activity. Every indication is and was up slightly from January over us, we have been time the within span compress that March will commence to see 1957. techone half and of three 195E years Vol. 12; No. 10 the start of a pickup, in job opporRetail Trade Gains Friday, March 7, took which advances nological tunities. That should mark the Total sales of retail stores in twoce more than that Russans beginning of the end of the down- January 1958, were $15.5 billion, the to acheive. Governors Gen. Maj. long turn in our economy, provided we the U.S. Department of Commerce B. A. Schriever, Commander, Air apply ourselves with confidence reports. This advance figure, after lo the job ahead. As Americans adjustment for and about 4 per Force Ballistic Missiles Div. Farm Exports Hit New High we have a responsibility to work cent above January a year ago. States agricultural exUnited toward the early resumption of Hoover Recommendations ar to an all time n climbed round growth and in our economy Seventy-seveper cent of the ports billion in . . . The future will belong, not 497 separate recommendations of year high of $4.5 o the d, but to those the Hoover Commission on Orga-nazati- 1957 despite a decline in the secwho believe in it and prepare for of the Executive Branch ond half of the year, the departH. V. WRIGHT, Editor Report Western Conference cal-lend- Most Productive - faint-hearte- on t. By George D. Clyde The Conference of Western Governors, held in Colorado 1 Springs last week, was productive of many things. Most of all, think it showed that the states of the great West have a common understanding of common problems, and a desire to cooperate ir. solving them. This understanding and this cooperation are imperative if the West is to hold its rightful place comparatively sparsely-populate- d in the national picture. Statement by President Eisenhower, Feb. 12 1958. Truman on Unemployment From a peak of 59.6 millions f persons employed in civilian activities last September (1950) he number has gone own to 56 millions, with 4.8 millions unemployed. A certain amount of say from three to five millions, is supportable. It is a good thing that job seeking should go on at al times; this is healthy for the economic body. President" Trumans view on unas reported employment by Arthur Krock in the N.Y. Times, ent, The Western Governors Conferences both this years affaii at Colorado Springs and the 1957 edition at Reno have been impressive in their concentration on productive work. The social side of the conferences has been definitely secondary to the serious purpose of .the meetings. I believe die National Governors Feb. 15, 1950. Construction Activity Conference could learn something from the western group in this Expenditures during January regard. of $3.3 billion for new construction put in place set a record for Here are some of the highlights that emerged from last weeks meetings in Colorado Springs: The problem of interstate institutions. In all of our Western States, except California, there is a real problem in dealing with women prisoners, defective delinquents, sexual psychopaths and other special groups who are disruptive influences when placed in oiir state prisons. The smaller states cannot afford to construct and maintain separate institutions for each of these problem instigroups, but it may be possible to construct one specialized tution in each of several states and operate them on a cooperative basis. I realize there are many problems involved in such a program, but the discussions at Colorado Springs opened the way to a full study of the situation, which should be highly beneficial to all of the states concerned. In this regard, we found that Oregon was further advanced in the field of specialized institutions than any of the other Western States California excepted, of course and Governor Holmes of Oregon made a generous offer of cooperative assistance during the study period, which will be fully explored. Western mining problems. The Western Governors unanimously reiterated the stand taken a year ago at Reno, urging the federal government to give adequate support to maintain a healthy domestic mining industry as essential to national security. The National Guard. The Pentagon plan to reduce the strength of the National Guard would affect every state and many communities within each state, as well as weakening our nationa1 defense. I introduced a resolution, which was unanimously approved by the Western Governors at the very beginning of the conference, urging that the present unit and numerical strength 'of the Guard be preserved. The resolution was immediately sent to Washington, where hearings were in process on this vital subject. The highway program. The Western Governors urged that the original schedule for the Interstate Superhighway) which 13 years, another would to it in completion bring Program, be mained and that there be no reduction in construction standd ards. Any other program would be both and costy and would give us a highway system that would be outmoded before it was completed. During the Western Governors meeting, the governors of the four Upper Colorado River Bas'n States took the opportunity ot be'ng tgeihcr to liod a number of meetings of their own to discuss the Colorado River Storage Project. The meetings reaffirmed the complete soidarity of the four states on the subject of this vital program. We called Senator Watkins by telephone and received a full report of his discussions with the President, and a1 of the governors agreed to contact their states Congressional Deleunited front in Washington in the gations to assure a four-stat- e effort to obtain approval for an accelerated program this year. This would be effective in combatting the national problem of rising unemployment, as well as providing the most efficient and economical program or completing the Colorado River Storage Project itse!f. (so-call- ed short-sighte- 1 that month, exceeding by 3 per cent the previous January high atablished a year earlier, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor. Outlays in January declined from December by 10 per cent ho more than usual for the time of of the Government have been adopted in whole or part, reports President Eisenhowers Special Assistant Meyer Kestnbaum. Since the Commission submitted its final report on June 30, 1955, a total of 210 recommendations have been accepted wholly or with minor changes, while 173 have been accepted in part or as to basic objective. Foreign Trade Makes Jobs Trade between the United states and foreign countries provides jobs for 4 million Americans. Eleven per cent of our total farm production is exported, inof cluding more than our cotton. In recent years we have been selling abroad front to of all civilian aircraft, railroad cars and mininx equipment, textile machinrey, sewing machines, and steel and rolling mill machinery. We have been exporting 19 per cent of our agricultural machinery and equipment, 14 per cent of our coal, and 11 per cent of our machinery tools. (Source: Secretary of commerce one-thir- d one-fift- h one-thir- d con-sttructi- on No one claims, of course, that Conseratives in Congress applaud President Eisenhowers con- fchis record necessairly proves tention thae economic recovery who is right and who is wrong and growth is not a matter of today. But it does demonstrate of pana- that the crystal ball which the Washington stop-gaNew-Fa- ir ceas. Dealers have been with They agree wholeheartedly using is barly tarnished and his convi3tion that national there is no basis in experience policies must be followed that for follofing their recommendawill bolster confidence in the fu- tions for solving the present ecoture. They support his opinion nomic difficulties. that: On the contrairy, the policies Only if such a confidence is relied on by the Eisenhower Adimpaired and thereby the daily ministration in 953-5- 4 were folecisions of millions of Americans lowed by a sharp business upturn. advedsely affected can our pre- Therefore, the conseratices feel sent difficulties evelop into a eep that the only safe policy to foland protracted decline. low now is to stimulate confiBut, at the present time, Mr. dence in the future by giving Eisenhower believes that the the principles of private enterunerlaying growth factors in the prise free scope in our economy. economy remain vigorous and That is the economic system, it every indication is that they will is pointed out, that has made the reassert themselves later this United States the worlds greatest nation and no greater reyear. In this restatement of his views, commendation could possibly be Mr. Eisenhower seemed to be imagined. Knowland Accepts Challenge aying dont rock the boat to those advocating Widespread attention was atcombat to action the government tracted among politicians in nresent business downturn. Washington by Sen. Knowlands forth-righ- t The conservatives in Congress reaction to noint out that big spending by the announcement that the AFL-CI- O would oppose his candidacy big government failed to solve the economic difficulties in the for governor of California. To his 1930s. They also recall that the California constituents and to economic forecasts of the New-Fa- ir the nation Sen Knowland Said: Dealers proved completely On Feb. 5 at Miami Beach, wrong after World War II and leaders of the AFL-CI-O publicity 4. marked me for political liquidaDuring those periods the New-Fa- ir tion at the polls this fall. Dealers peered intently into I accept the challenge. I shall their crystal balls and saw eco- not evade or avoid the issue. nomic gloom and doom ahead. As for me, I do not intend to What actually was ahead was just complacently allow California to the opposit. become a satellite of Walter Ru- ps far-reachi- ment of Agriculture reports. The 1957 total is estimated to be 8 percent above the 1956 value of $4.2 billion, the previous record. The record prior to 1956 was $4.1 ' billion in 1919. Budget Balancing Harry Said former. President Harry Truman in a syndicated article publiched Feb. 10 1958: I have just completed a careful study and analysis of the new budget new before Congress. Having had a personal hand in the preparation of eight budgets, I never lost sight of the desirability and the necessity of achieveing a balanced budget. Prior to the Communist invasion of Korea we did balance the Federal budget and had a surplus to apply to the National debt. This implies it was the outbreak of the Korean War on June 27, 1950, that knocked Mr. Trumans operations out of kilter. Actually, the budget-balanci- ng Truman deficit was $1,811,000,000 for fiscal 1949 and $3,122,000,000 for fiscal 1950. thers empire. Debt Ceiling Raised The reason which, in varying degrees, motivated .many of the votes in Congress for raising the federal debt ceiling from $275 to $280 billion included these: The belief that a higher ceiling should be voted now to facilitate enactment of tax cutting legislation if this should be decided upon later on. A tax cut probably would reduce r venue for a time but would be expected to act as a long-ru- n business stimulant. Fear that increased defense spending in prospect might make the present ceiling unrealistic and add to the Treasurys difficulties in handling the public debt. (Members of the economy group in Congress advocate trimming other less essential spending to , provide needed defense funds.) labor-politic- al ng (R-Calif- .) 1953-195- THE LIGHTER BOURBON Kantucky Straight Bourbon Whiskay 6 Yra. 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