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Show Pace Friday, March 21, 1958 THE UTAH STATESMAN 2 THE UTAH STATESMAN Report From Your Governor A A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher By George D. Clyde This week is being observed as National Library Week across 421 Church Street Phone EM the nation. It is particularly fitting that Utah place special emEntered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, phasis on this observance, because for the first time Utah has Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 a State Library. Subscription rate $1.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah Utah people, from the beginnings of our history, have prided NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1958 themselves on their devotion to leaning and love of good books. Books occupied precious space in the covered wagons that crossed Vol. 12; No. 12 Friday, March 21, 1958 the plains and mountains in 1847 and in the critical years immediately following, when every cubic inch of space and every ounce of weight was at a premium. The Pioneers built and operated a school in Salt Lake Valley as soon as they had attended to the first priority construction of a fort for community defense WISE MOVES The Presi- that this nation erect large new and a place of worship. dent, I believe, was wise in de- tariff walls that will stifle forIn the light of our historical heritage, it was ironic that Utah ciding that any government ac- eign trade which is necessary for tion to increase employment should end with the dubious distinction of being the last of should be to stimulate programs our prosperity. We only ask that the 48 states up to establish a State Library. This defect was remealready operating rather than these tariffs be stable and not calling for new and untried pump- continually breakdown permitting died, however, by the 19571 Utah Legislature, and it gave me priming schemes. He is to be par- foreign producers to take over real pride and pleasure to sign into law S. B. 86 of the 32nd Legisticularly commended in my opin- our markets completely as is now lature, establishing the Utah State Library. ion for his decision to call for thp poop additional expenditures for reclaWe are not HAVE BOTH Starting from scratch and with so much to be done with mation projects. Construction of faced with the choice of either limited funds, our new State Library Commission has been forced reclamation projects does more cutting off imports by tariffs or to and with care caution, but a great deal has been ac proceed than just furnish employment quotas or losing our domestic while they are being built. Their mining industry. We can have complished in the last year. operation upon completion adds both. Our current difficulty is a Russell L. Davis, a trained and- - experienced librarian, has wealth to the nation thereby result of a postwar inflation that promoting our peoples economic 'made once adequate protections been named director of the State. Library. With a staff comWhen our posed of Robert Hartshorn, assistant director, Cathryn Weeks, totally unrealistic. EVEN KEEL The Presi- mines could profitably produce Donna Huber and lone Andrus he is making real progress. dents program will keep the lead for 8 cents per pound, a economy on an even keel, sailing 2 cent per pound duty on forAlready the State Library has on order more than 6,000 books along the same course that has eign imports protected their share and they are being rapidly processed and cataloged. A bookbrought us five years of unpre- of our market. Since that time mobile is on order and scheduled for delivery in May. The bookcedented, peacetime prosperity. however the duty has been cut in This prosperity has endured de- half and prices have nearly mobile will have a. capacity of 3,000 books and, in the beginning spite election year predictions in doubled. We seek only to see that at least, will be used primarily for demonstration purposes in rural 1954 and again in 1956 that we our miners are afforded the proare depression bound. This calam- tection that was originally given areas. ity howling, this tendency to call them. The following services are already available through the every dip a bottomless chasm has State Library: Extension service for consultation on library probfailed to shake Americas confilems the state staff has already aided Morgan County to set up dence in the past and, I predict, will fail to shake it in the months its new county library and is arranging to give help to other areas to come. in the state. Book loans to aid libraries with small book budgets. . REAL CONCERN The PresA limited amount of reference help. idents confidence does not mean Objectives for the immediate future are the operation of the that he is not concerned with the third Utah ranks among the small percentage of our peobookmobile, expansion of the present reference service and the of more books for criculation. In providing reference ple who are currently unem- eight Mountain States in the persalployed. Unlike his predecessor, centage of teachers receiving facilities the libraries of the University of Utah, President Eisenhower does not be aries in excess of $4,500 per year, service, existing lieve that having five million this year, according to estimates Utah State University in Logan, the Salt Lake City library and workers out of a job is good for released by the National Educa- other large existing institutions will be utilized. There is no the economy. This unemployment tion Association. This fact was plan to duplicate services already available, but the State Library problem can however be met with- reported by Utah Foundation, the will act as a coordinating agency for libraries throughout the state. out the adoption of billion dol- private, nonprofit governmental In acquiring books, the State Library is placing major emlar spending schemes that substi- research organization. 55 shows The NEA report that with some fiction and a limited tute public employment for priphasis on popular vate employment and stifle the per cent of Utahs classroom number of technical books. There will be no effort to duplicate teachers are receiving annual sal- the technical libraries of the universities and other growth of our nation by over-tax- institutions. aries of $4,500 or more in 1957-5ation or inflation or both. Individuals Utah in local where areas living library service compared with an average of UTAH PROBLEM . . . Ecofor the eight Mountain is not available can, even now, obtain books and reference help nomic activity in Utah remains 40.7 40.9 States for the entire from the State Library by writing to the State Librarian at the and decline a continued high despite In States. United unemArizona, 65 in mining activity. The State Fair Grounds, Salt Lake Citv, where temporary headquarreceive teachers classroom the of must be ployment of our miners ters have been established. Available books can be mailed to First we must get $4,500 or more, while in Nevada met head-on- . The individuals. adequate protection for our min- the percentage is 75.4. have States Mountain five other Members of the State Library Commission are Guy N. Cardon metals ers from the importation-otheir of a smaller percentage of Logan; Dr. A. R. Mortensen of Salt Lake, the state historian; produced in countries where workers make less in a week than teachers receiving $4,500 or more, Wilburn N. Ball of Salt Lake; Mrs. Dan Jones of Cedar City; ours do in a day. We do not ask accordin gto the NEA estimates. Miss Wendell of Golden Black of Phillips Ephraim; Lucy Delta; N. Gile of Murray; Dr. C. Parry Smith of Logan, and Rlaph D. Thomson of Salt Lake, chairman. Secretary of State Lamont Toontro is a membe-e-x officio of the commission. Over the years, the State Library should be invaluable in providing Utahns living in rural areas with the opportunities to explore the wonder of good books that is more readily available to those living in metropolitan centers and also be of valuable assistance to the established city and county libraries, to schools and to community groups. H. V. WRIGHT, Editor 49 THE SMOOTHER BOURBON DAWSON REPORTS ... ... - well-bein- g. ... THE LIGHTER BOURBON Utah Ranks Third Western Teacher Sallery In ... ac-quiciti- on non-fictio- n, IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER B0URB0N...DUY IT! 8, f IheSfeouitai Enjoy -- youcansiaywrUi! You'll prefer It on any occasion Lot's keep mining's granary full . KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY GLENM0RE DISTILLERIES 86 PROOF CO, LOUISVILLE, KY. Mining without exploring for now ore Is like living off a granary without planting now crops. Imports of cheaply produced foreign metals have destroyed the incentive to explore for new ore. If our mines become exhausted it will moan lost fobs, taxes and other benefits. And then will have to .pay skyrocketing prices for foreign metals. Wo need a full mining granary for prosperity and security. Ktntucky Straight Bourbon Whlskay I Yra. 0M 86 Proof CAndtnt Ago Dill Co., Frankfort, Ky. . AgnMPmmamA UTAH KlitllNG ASSOCIATION "From the earth comet an abundant life for all " OE23CM58BO |