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Show V op University of Utah Library Lfe Salt O 1 Tt T mm T "ar" C .f 4 e late :8 West Virginia Governor Featured As State Wide Speaker On February 13 With plans and preparations reaching a hurried climax, Utah Republicans, this week, will be putting finishing touches on Lincoln Day Dinner observances scheduled throughout the 9 state. Climaxing county dinners to be held on Lincoln Day DinFeb. 12, will be a state-wid- e ner, Friday, Feb. 13, at the Union Building on the University of Utah, campus. Tickets to this dinner are $6.00 per person. Guest speaker for the state-wid- e dinner will be Governor Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia. Governor Underwood is expected to arrive in Salt Lake City sometime on Feb. 12. This year, Lincoln Day dinners will be ob- serving the 150th anniversary of the President's birthday. In other observances scheduled throughout Utah, former House of Representatives member, William A. Dawson will speak in Tooele County; Carvel Mattsson will be the guest speaker at Beaver County; and it is expected that Robert Kunzig of Pennsylvania will be the guest speaker at the Cache County observance. County chairmen report that ticket sales dinner are going well, and a for the state-wid- e huge crowd is expected to attend the special dinner at the University of Utah. A roster of able and qualified speakers for county dinners is still available through the Republican state headquarters, according to Thomas G. Judd, chairman of the state central committee. Governor Underwood is one of the nation's youngest governors. A member of the executive committee of the National Governors Conference and chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board, he will be introduced by Utah's Governor George D. Clyde. dinner is Chairman of the state-wid- e S. Woolley. Vice chairman of the dinner is Lamont F. Toronto, secretary of state. Other members of the committee include John J. Flynn, finance and tickets; Mrs. Hazel T. Chase, seating and arrangements and Mrs. D. Clark Dil-wor- th Williams, decorations. Eisenhower Details The Rights Program civil rights proA seven-poigram for stronger federal power to punish anyone using threats or violence to obstruct court ordered school integration was proposed nt Senate Passes Sunday Law; Gets New Bills The controversial Sunday Closing Law will occupy a major share of Utah Lawmakers attention as the bill comes under discussion by the House of Representatives during the next few days. The bill has passed the by a vote of 16-8. In other legislative news, a bill iZ last week by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. equal protection of Stressing laws a reality for all, the President would also authorize temporary aid to states and localities cooperating in carrying out school integration. The President, asking that school integration obstruction be specifically made a federal offense, stated that "There have been instances where extremists have atand other tempted by mob violence concerted threats of ' violence to obstruct the accomplishment of the objectives in school decrees. program Among the were provisions for legislation to make force or threats of force to obstruct court orders in school desegregation cases a federal offense and that greater authority be give nto the FBI for investigation of destruction of schools or churches including authority to seek persons fleeing from state to state in such cases. ... jtep. William. A. Dawson, with Gov. C. H. Underwood of West 'iVIrglniyM highlight Utah Lincoln Day Dinners. Utah h S( uA Weekly Newspaper Devoted to I Good Government VoL 13; No. 4 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, February 6, 1959 Utah Pupil Costs Expected To Double In Ten Years six-poi- nt If per pupil costs should con- 1968-6This projection of. school tinue to rise during the next 10 costs was made by Utah Foundayears at the same rate as they have tion in its latest analysis of Utahs during the past decade, school op- public school finances. The Foundations study notes erating costs in Utah would increase from $55.4 million in 1957-5- 8 that such an increase in school to an estimated $135 million in operating expenditures would re- 9. - to establish a, summer program of education for students requiring a special opportunity to maintain satisfactory grades was introduced to the House on Thursday. The bill included provisions for a three-mont- h program of special classes in Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City Secretary of Agriculture :Ezra and Provo. Taft Benson told a meeting of Intermountain and Western states The House of Representatives concernsugar beet growers in San Franalso heard discussion cisco last week that a realistic ing an act for creation of a state attitude by sugar producers has traffic safety coordinating saved the industry from the fantastic and indefensible surpluses In addition a new bill calling of other farm commodities. for the establishment of a trade Addressing some 700 sugar 'technical institute was introduced beet growers from several westto the House, apparently under a ern states at the annual meeting lable. This bill, if of the California Beet Growers Association, Benson declared that passed, would provide appropriations of $150,000 for a building site; cooperation by Congress to reoutmoded $125,000 for equipment and $575,-00- 0 vise the support for operation of the institute programs for wheat, cotton, com, rice, peanuts and tobacco is a during the first biennium. Members of the' House of Rep critical necessity. By next July Benson said, we resentatives did pass their, first will have more than nine billion first the also session of the bill this of surplus fanp commodities dollars houses both to be passed by into in bill a government inventory and under session that being stations loan. The cost of storage on these television clude radio and : as news outlets to. which. government stocks will be about one billion dollars a year. This is material may not be submitted. fantastic and indefensible. (See SUNDAY, Pg. 2) Benson Asks For Realistic Attitude - . . -- Noting that the United States beet sugar industry this year is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its founding at Alvarado, California, Benson pointed out that beet sugar operations have been realistic geared to market conditions. He paid special tribute to Mormon pioneers who early-da- y an played important role in the development of the industry In the Intermountain area and related some early history of this saga of sugar. Benson told his audience that the sugar beet industry is in a' solid position. Production, last year was about 15.3 million tons, of sugar beets. This was about 30 per cent above the average and only all-tibelow the slightly high of 1957. Yields per acre in the past two years have been higher than ever before. But you are not burdened with surpluses as producers of . . 10-ye- ar , some other crops are. Your industry has done a good job of of expanding production and markets simultaneously. The secretary said that the Sugar Act is realistic legislation that has brought benefits to sugar beet and sugar cane farmers, to consumers of sugar, to the sugar industry as a whole, and to our foreign suppliers. He warned, however, that the sugar program cannot be used as a model for general farm legislation because much of our sugar must be imported, which is not the case with most other farm commodities' consumed in this country. The secretary pointed out that legislation is now being introduced in Congress to extend the Sugar Act, which would expire at the end of 1960. He said extension has full administration backing and that a bill recently introduced in the Senate was signed by 48 senators. '-- quire a substantial rise in the proportion of Utahs personal income going for public education. During the 1957-5-8 school year, school operating expenditures in Utah were equal to 3.84 per cent of the total personal income received by all individuals in the state. If Utah school costs rise to the $135 million figure by 1968, the public schools would require nearly five per cent of Utahs estimated total income that year. This projection assumes a continued rise in Utah income levels for the next decade comparable to the rise in recent years. Total expenditures for all public educational purposes (school operating, capital outlay, vocational schools, higher education, and other) were equal to 7.18 per cent of the states personal income last year. In comparison with other states, the report shows that Utah is characterized by one of the largest public school loads in the nation, a below-averag- e financial capacity to finance education, and a superior effort made to support the public ' schools-- . Despite the superior effort made to ; support i public education in Utah, the amount spent per school child is somewhat below the national average. I1 |