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Show Pace THE UTAH STATESMAN 2 Friday, May 23, 1958 m Utah is somewhat of. a Mecca for the growing number of ivi Americans searching for pretty pebbles and. interesting minerals, WASHINGTON and up it according to the current (May 31) issue of The Saturday Evening goes and where it Up will stop no- Post ' In an article entitled "They Find Baubles in the Dust Andrew Hamilton tells that last year an 'estimated 500,000 prowled mountains, woods and beaches, eyes alert for any brief gleam of mineral or telltale flash of crystal Hamiltons report, illustrated with color photographs, taken at the Valley of the Goblins and other locations in Utah, says that one of the pleasantest things about this hobby is its modest coat A collector's basic tool, be he a Ph.D. in geology or a Boy Scout working on a merit badge, is a prospectors hammer blunt on one end, pointed like a pick on the other, Hamilton relates. Tn addition, he should have a couple of rock sacks-eit- her or knapsack type a small magnifying glass, a dolchisel or two, a knife and a good mineral guide. Twenty-fiv- e lars ought to cover it all nicely. rock-houn- ds . tuck-in-the-b- elt Most rockhounds are said to specialize rather than try to collect all 1,500 known minerals. One, for instance, may be fascinated by the shape of crystals. Another may concentrate on petrified wood. A third may prize only rocks that fluoresce. The Post article tells that the region around Capitol Reef, one d areas administered by the National Park Servof the ice, is a veritable bonanza for collectors. least-visite- Among other things, Hamilton reports, it abounds in petrified woods of rich colors and unusual patterns; black, glasslike obsidian embedded with white "snowflakes of silica; warm red jasper; banded and plumed agates, which take a high polish; diamquartz, amethyst and topaz crystals; beautiful blue variscite; ond-like labradorite, and dinosaur and marine fossils. Few rockhounding finds are worth much in terms of dollars and cents, Hamilton says, but the Federal Bureau of Mines estimated that last year amateur gem hunters found semiprecious stones worth slightly over $1,000,000 or approximately two dollars' worth per rockhound. The monetary value is not what keeps the true rockhound going, the author comments, but it is something to keep in the back of the mind. You never can tell. Dixon . . (Continued from Page 1) go abroad, they promote friendship and understanding. is also working in the House The Utah congressman-educato- r Agriculture Committee for an amendment to the bill extending Public Laiw 480 allowing the exchange of American farm surpluses for foreign currency. This amendment would authorize use of a greater share of the $2.7 million from Public Law 480 foreign currency to finance exchange of far myouth, specialists and professorial chairs in universities in such fields as government, health, industry and labor. Under present law these foreign currencies can only finance d exchanges. school-connecte- body knows. That, in essence, is the present story on government spending. The situation is so acute that members of the Congressional economy bloc are warning that the campaign against governmental waste and extravagance must be intensified now tomorrow may be too late. 1. An official forecast (by Maurice H. Stans, the Budge director) that a large deficit in the general range of 8 to 10 billion dollars, according to present tentative estimates is in prospect for the next year instead of the ($500 million) surplus we had planned. 2. Indications that (unless the trend is reversed) Congress may approve larger appropriations tnan requested by President Elsenhower. Cuts have been made by Congress every year for the past 13 years. 3. Tne likiihood that the Treasury will ask Congress for a permanent increase in the national debt ceiling to at least $290 billion to permit tne increased deficit spending now in prospect. Tne permanent ceoiling , now is $275 billion, but Congress recently raised it temporarily until June e 30, 1959 to $280 billion. The the Korean peak during War was $300 billion. 4. An avalanche of legislative Dealers for proposals by New-Faspending untold billions of dollars to combat the present recession. These have been estimated to aggregate as high as $100 billion considerably more than the total of the regular budget. Mr. Eisenhower has expressed opposition to make-wor- k activities which could turn a temporary recession into a long-tim- e depresall-tim- Your Congressman Writes THE VICE PRESIDENT - RIOTS - ANSWER By Henry Aldous Dixon RIOTS, the burning of American libraries, stone throwing and attempts to assassinate Vice President Nixon while touring South America have startled many of our citizens. These citizens want to know what type of offensive we can employ to promote friendship and understanding for the United States. Upon- his return from South America, Vice President Nixon PROcalled for an expansion of EXCHANGE-OF-PERSONGRAMS to reach the future intellectual leaders of South America and other nations of the free world. Because this involves the peaceful survival of the free world I would like to report two activities which I was pursuing even before the vice presidents trip dramatied this need. The ANTI-AMERICA- N - S As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, two years ago I supported a program to allow the exchange of our FARM SURPLUSES for foreign currencies to finance American students in studies abroad. This not only helps us get rid of these pricedepressing surpluses, but it helps feed hungry people abroad and helps promote peace. Unfortunately, the primary contact of most foreign citizens with Americans is through wealthy tourists or American officials who frequently remain aloof from the native populations. This promotes jealoOsyl Recently I have worked in the House Agriculture Committee for an amendment to the bill extending P. L. 480, which exchanges American surplus farm products for foreign currencies. We will soon have the enormous SUM OF $2.7 BILLION worth of these foreign currencies and in some cases we are finding difficulty using them, partly because they must, as a rule, be spent in the countries involved.- Our amendment would liberalize the present law by authorizing the use of these foreign currencies to finance the exchange of farm youth, technicians, specialists in health, government, industry and labor, and the employment, of American professors to teach in foreign universities. Since the time I was chairman of the Utah State Committee on Fulbright Scholarships and ever since I helped administer the technical assistance program in Iran through Utah State University, I have been convinced that the exchange of students, teachers, technical assistants and other dedicted, modest-livin- g people is vital to reducing the hatred and jealousy against the colossus sion. 5. Fears of further inflation of the North. brought on by continued deficit Foreign currency is being used for educational exchange in spending and resulting in additional erosion of the purchasing expanding amounts but is still only a drop in the bucket of the currency available under our surplus disposal program. Last year power of the dollar. These are among the reasons $900,000 was used. This year the amount jumped to $3,250,000 advanced by the economy bloc and next year we hope for $5,725,000. It should be understood for resisting demands for unnec- that this is not so much an expenditure as it is an inexpensive essary spending. They believe utiliation of foreign currencies already available. that the nation's future prosperity would be jeopardized by adopAnother of my activities in this area was to request last July tion at the present time of irre- the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress to sponsible fiscal policies. A year ago a real grass roots prepare a comprehensive STUDY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN campaign developed against a pro- EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. These programs are adminisposed budget calling for the ex- tered by a complex array of governmental agencies with little copenditure of $71.8 billion during ordination and infrequent follow-uthe present fiscal year. As a reThis unique survey is scheduled for completion this summer. sult, the budget was cut substanMr. d and Eisenhower tially It will critically examine all of our programs and their relationship efforts to hold spending be- to our FOREIGN POLICY objectives and their impact on educalow $70 billion for the following fiscal year (beginning next July tion at home and abroad. The report will also examine the international, educational and propaganda programs of the SOVIET 1st). But last fall, while the new UNION and other members of the United Nations. budget was being prepared, RusRussia is pursuing an extraordinary sia launched its first Sputnik. Imrange of activities in ir p. ini-ate- Congressman Dixon, who was a member of President Trumans Commission on Higher Education, says that the Fulbright program is being rapidly expanded. We currently have programs in 33 countries, and $900,000 in foreign currencies was allocated for educational exchange last mediately there was a substantial (Continued on Page 4) step-uin government spending. year. This year the amount was jumped to $2,350,000. Next year At about the same time the first we hope for $5,725,000. signs of the current recession bewhile spendThe Utah solon believes that a great expansion of educational gan to appear. Thus, revenue began to ing increased, and other exchanges between the United States and foreign coun- fall off. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government tries would be one of the best investments in peace which the The budget submitted to ConHARRY B. MILLER, Publisher Unitd States could make. gress last January called for spending $73.9 billion during the H. V. WRIGHT, Editor education in the United States and abroad? What are the roles fiscal year starting next July 1. of the President and Congress in organizing, administering and The prospect now, however, is 421 Church Street Phone EM the (unless .economy campaign will the as be considered, well as a history progarms? financing succeeds) that spending is more Entered as 2nd Class matter at the. Post Office at Salt Lake City, of international education and pending legislative proposals. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 likely to be in the neighborhood of $78 billion and to reach $80 Subscription rate $1.00 per year Doctor Dixon said that at present the primary contact of most billion the following year. Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah foreign citizens with Americans is through wealthy tourists or This assumes, of course, that aloof from officials who frequently are American the native popu- the Administration will succeed lation. This promotes jealousy. On the other hand, when stu- in defeating the many radical pro- NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1958 spending addents, teachers, farmers, technicians and other dedicated citizens posals for profligate vanced by some members of Concountries to which they go. We urgently need more facts on these . gress which would make the to- Vol. 12; No. 21 Friday, May 23, 1958 stated. Dixon Dr. much If tal the programs, necessary, higher. p THE UTAH STATESMAN 49 |