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Show Fate Friday, July TIIE UTAH STATESMAN 2 I 11, 195S Loan's vs Handouts For Education .. There are many other defects in this bill as redeported out of committee. Anyone desiring a tailed analysis of the bill, S. 4035, may write to me for a copy of the committee report, which includes my individual views regarding it. ' By Senator Wallace F. Bennett of Utah With the cooperation of Utahs high school principals, I recently completed a survey of the higher "education plans of Utah high school students. Nearly 7,000 students responded to my questionnaire. The basic purpose of the questionnaire was to extent financial considerations are . determine to what 'preventing potential college students in Utah from attending college, and the extent to which a student loan program could alleviate the problem. The need for such study was suggested by a number of proposals early in this session of Conhysteria for massive gress during the programs of Federal Scholarships for higher education. I believed that the need for a large-scal- e proof had been not demonstrated, outright grants gram and I wondered whether a program of loans, to be repaid by the student over a period of time after his ... One of the naTHE FORGOTTEN FLAG tions most historic flags now lies in a filing cabinet in the office of the Architect of the Capitol, hidden from public view. Freedom Flag, which The flag is the was flying over the Capitol the day of Pearl Harbor and the day we declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan. It later was flown over Rome and Berlin when American forces entered those cities, and was flown over the battleship Missouri when Geji. accepted die Japanese surrender. The flag was presented to Congress, but since no suitable place has been provided for display of such items, no one so-call- ed post-sputn- ik Mac-Arth- graduation, might not be equally effective and certainly at far less cost to the government. (The main Democratic bill, S, 3187. sponsored by Sen. Lister Hill and 26 other Democratic senators, would cost $3 billion. The Administration bill, S. 3163, would cost $1 billion. And neither of these programs despite their great cost, would provide help where it is really needed for buildings or for teachers salaries.) ever sees it. Other important documents and objects, and the papers of notable senators of the past, often are given little attention, simply because no authority exists for their collection and preservation. I recently introduced in the Senate a resolution which would correct this situation. It would provide for setting up a method of displaying historic items and papers pertaining to the Senate, where they might be seen by visitors to the Capitol and the Senate Office Building. Senator Kennedy and a number of other senators have expressed an interest in this resolution. I hope it will be acted upon before Congress adjourns. Many universities now extend loan aid to outstanding and needy students, and their experience has shown these loans to be extremely good ricks. The graduates, ability to repay is greatly increased as a result of his training, and since the amounts of the loans are usually quite small in terms of the over-a- ll cost of schooling, they do not. present a great burden to the borrowing student. ALASKA WINS ITS BATTLE I think the results of the poll confirm my opinion. Of the. 6,877 students who responded to the questionnaire, 5,395 (about planned to attend college. 78) Of the 1.4S2 who do not plan to attend college, only 368 indicated that the reason for this decision-wafinancial. And of the 5,395 who do plan to attend college, 4,451 expect to be able, with their parents help, to support themselves while in school. s COMMON SENSE AND PUBLIC HOUSING . . . Last week, I signed a minority report in the and Banking Currency committee protesting against some of the provisions of the $4.7 billion housing bill, which would give public housing a direct pipeline to the Treasury. As passed by the committee, the bill is a fantastically expensive piece of legislation, going far beyond any demonstrated needs for public housing, and including a number of things that arent even related to housing. It authorizes $3V4 billion more than the President had asked for Public Housing! The bill authorizes funds for nine different programs, ranging from urban renewal to military housing and most of these would be financed through an authorization to borrow directly from the Treasury, thus avoiding the usual appropriation process. This is a dangerous trend. When such vast sums of money are being spent, I believe it is wise for Congress to take a periodic look at the programs to determine their status. Bypassing of Congress invites waste and the elimination of necessary checks and restraints. There arc many technical difficulties in the bill. For example, under certain circumstances, a family with an inoome of $9,800 a year could qualify for public housing. i . ... I was happy this week to be among those voting to admit Alaska to the Union. The formalities arent over, but for all practical purposes, the fight for statehood is ended. Utahns can particularly appreciate the feelings of the citizens of Alaska, because we, too, underwent decades of controversy and delay before achieving statehood. Now that Alaska is the 49th state, I hope we can get action this session or next on Hawaii, which has an equally good case for statehood. By so doing, we not only- will give these Americans the sacred right to vote, but we will be demonstrating to the world that these areas are not, as the communists insist, colonies being exploited by the rest of the United States. 42-year-l- It seems to me that these figures indicate that the financial problem involved here, while substantial is not a major one-n- ot of such proportions, certainly, as to justify a $3 billion program of outright handouts to help students through college. I intend to submit, in the near future, a bill which would set up a loan program such as I have indicated, as an alternative to outright grants. The loans would be repayable at low interest beginning after graduation, making possible a revolving fund. The cost of such a plan, compared to the scholarship plans proposed, would be negligible, and I believe it could be of great help to those students who really need it. At a time when government spending is so excessive, I think we should explore alternatives to any program of government handouts. low-inco- ur HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher H. V. WRIGHT, Editor 421 Church Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879 Subscription rate $1.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street Salt Lake City, Utah National Editorial Association' 1958 JulY Viol. 12; No. 27 1958 STATE:An Open Letter To GDP's The following letter was sent to all Republican Party workers: TO: ALL COUNTY CHAIRMEN AND VICE CHAIRMEN A third-part- y the U. S. Senate. candidate has entered the race for For the second time in two years the Republican Party in Utah is faced with fighting a campaign on two fronts. No true Republican ever ducked a fight. No thinking Republican will confuse poor sportsmanwith courage. ship with character or campaign in 1956, the ReDespite a two-fropublican Party and its candidates won a resounding victory. We can win the victory in 1958. er nt As loyal citizens of a country made strong by the two-part- y system, as staunch members of the Republican Party, let us close ranks now. Let us wage a vigorous, positive campaign based on the shining record of a service which Republicans have given the people of Utah in the past; on the forward-lookin- g leadership Republicans are ready to provide for the future. Thomas G. Judd Helen H. Brown Jack H. Swenson Carl C. Gaskill Jaren L. Jones - NATION: Phone EM Street LaRue B. Jex Nicholas G. Morgan, Jr. Congrat's: Alaska Makes Grade I by Henry Aldous Dixon The biggest event pf this weeks Congressional activity was the Senate approval Monday night of our House measure granting full statehood to Alaska. not know that the Aleution Islands, a part of the territory of the new state, attend more than 1200 is miles westward from the mainland. I think the addition of a new star to the flag was a good thing ror us all. It has been exciting and The big new northwestern territory holds all sorts of U. S. records. Among those that come to fun and it has helped relieve the tensions most Amermind are the fact that this is the first icans have consciously or subconsciously felt about territory to be accorded statehood; California loses wars and bombs and rockets and economic unrest. its record as having the highest mountain in the It 'has served to remind us that we are still a vigUnited States (Mount Whitney) to Alaskas Mount orous and expanding nation and pointed at a whole McKinley; Texas loses its first place as biggest to Alaska which is twice its size. (A terrible jolt to the new territory to be won. Contemporary Horace can start urging young men again to, Go Texans!) Alaska has the greatest tides and longest Greeleys . . . and North . West coastline. non-contiguo- us There will be 103 million acres of land, formerly government owned; now opened up for settlement. There will be 98 Senators next year instead of 96. There will be 436 members of the House instead of 4.35. The United States is now, except for a slim watery finger, touching the soil of the Soviet Union. The new 586,400 square mile states little Diomede Island (in the Bering Strait) is just two and a half miles away from Siberias Big Diomede. Utah has one of the smallest state populations in the present U. S. but Alaska has only about 50,000 more people than little Weber County. There are about 159,000 people in Alaska exclusive of military personnel. 'There are about 16,000 Eskimos there, 15,000 Indians and 4,000 Aleuts. The largest city is Anchorage with an estimated 1953 population of 40,000 and a fact that many may RECENT VISITORS Recent visitors to my office have been: Mr. and Mrs. Roger Baur, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Niederhauser, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Peck and family, Otto Visentainer, Mrs. Frank Nebeker, Jean Nebeker, all of Ogden, and Clair L. Anderson former Weber College instructor now at Idaho State College in Pocatello; Amy R. K ears ley, Clayton Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Rich, Allen Rubin, all of Logan, and Bin Morris Hotchkin (Harrisburg, Pa.) formerly of Logan; Shauna Lynn Bennett of Layton; Gary Swenson of Taylorsville; Ruth E. Brasher of Huntington; Geniel McConkic of St. George; Kay Brundage of Duchesne; Dan Lilly-whitMelba Coombs, Alan Coombs, Harold Cranv, Frank Jonas, Winifred Sanders, all of Salt Lake City; Paul Larsen of Tremonton; Jo Markham of Brigham City; Claude Brosterhous of Cedar City; Theron Draper of Spring City; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall of Salem; and Dr. Aaron Jones of Price. e, |