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Show Page 4 THE AMERICAN STATESMAN IMa ieati Friday, October 30, 1950 . Vote Lee (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) "The voters know what has been going on in city hall and they want someone with experience and courage to clean up the mess." Lee said. "I think they will vote for performance, not promises." Lee hit at a press release issued by the Jenkins camp charging that state government costs had gone up 75 per cent during Ids two terms as governor. "Very true, costs were up." the former governor said, "but what Jenkins didn't tell you is that the money was spent for new schools, new state buildings. new highways and other improvements. And he also forgot to mention that we were able to finance them without increasing taxes. In fact, we reduced them." Jenkins1 Fairy Tales Jenkins' publicity men have advertised that their candidate has "devoted his life to government administration" and has also boasted of Ids "wide experience in executive and legislative fields of government" Lee pointed out Assistant to the Assistant Actually. Jenkins has held only three appointive positions, the former governor asserted. He was appointed a deputy in the Salt Lake county attorney's office, a deputy in the Attorney General's office, and served for 60 days as an appointed state senator. "This is all the experience my opponent can truthfully claim." Lee said. "Absolutely none of his very brief contacts with government have been in the administrative end. yet his backers would have you believe that he is qualified to run a $16,000,000 like Salt Lake City." cor-portati- i TWO OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE Which Will Your Candidate For Mayor Uphold? on One To Protect Government By The People Or One To Serve Union Bosses? t Jenkins Wants Dictatorship As a senator during the last legislative session. Jenkins advocated the "strong i 60-da- y so-call- ed mayor" bill to give Salt Lake City's mayor dictatorial powers. Jenkins cast a "yes" vote for every spending proposal--excep- t one that passed the Legislature. The lone exception, the record shows, was the new sales tax which was bitterly opposed by the union lobbyists. "Having voted against the sales tax at the behest of the union bosses at that time, this young man is now singing a different song." former Governor Lee pointed out "He is now praising the sales tax as providing the means to build a new city overnight." Former Governor Lee commented. "When I left the capitol as governor two years ago. the State had a surplus of $19,500,000. It's all gone now all of it spent by the same crowd which is trying to grab control of city halL" tax-and-t- ax spend-and-spen- d. This Is The Oath A Mayor Takes When He Is Sworn Into Office: "I do solemnly swear that I will support obey and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the 'Constitution of this State, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity." This is the oath that Walter Reuther's COPE, the political action committee of Big Labor, asks candidates for public office to take in return for COPE money and endorsement "I hereby agree that if I receive the endorsement of this committee (Committee on Political Education) I pledge to actively support the program and platform formulated by the Labor movement on city, state, and national issues. That I will Join a caucus of all other d candidates which is pledged to abide by unit rule on all matters of organization or on basic labor issues. That 1 will clear all campaign literature through this committee and will cause to have distributed only that which is approved. If it is found at any time that I have failed to meet the obligation outlined above, I agree that I forfeit this labor endorsement." (Fr.m Mlnnmpolla' Tribune) Labor-endorse- There is no doubt about the oath J. Bracken Lee will take if you vote Tuesday, to elect him Mayor. He will support the Mayor's oath to serve ALL the people and will pledge no allegiance to any outside group. , HOFFA WILL BOOMERANG Lee said the backing of the union bosses would boomerang at his opponent because the rank and file union members resent attempts to deliver their vote. ' Hi. many decent men and women who make up the membership of labor organizations will not be driven to the polls like sheep to vote for a man who has promised to load more taxes on their backs." he said. "They know me and my record of with them. I am glad we have a secret ballot because the voting booth is one place when a Union Boss fair-dealin- g can't crack the whip." (Paid political advertisement by Ben Smith, 1980 Downlngton Avenue) |
