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Show richiv, Air'.i ' UTAH VAL1.KY NEWS or Out Chaos Lead to Country Responsibility Republican Heavy Burdens Cast on Republicans, Declares Candidate pit pored for the reconversion we were to light the war when it came. admitled fact. i.o riM.ii- - The United States as a miiicn system and mir republic are to survive. Order e i,t sinii be brought out of chaos. That is the theme of discussions. Th.it is what all in our form of government are Americans, who for. earnestly Imping li rf rizc than This is an everj-wlur- i of our unpreparedm-sto fight the war we had to sacrifice needlessly billions in treasure, and of highest importance, thousands of gallant American boys. Our preventable failures have saddened many an American home. And because of our ii i re arciiiie. ,s to return to peacetime economy and living we have already lost heavily, and according to oi.r best minds, if our muddling doesn't soon cud, we shall be on the brink of economic disaster. is- - .Sentiment is is s'mT,l,h' vr country. The (Jallup jxdls show it. For instance the recent survey shows a change of 5 points in the intermountain states in the direction away from the party in power. As of today, the jaill hows 2' Republican and IfP. Democratic. Other sections in tlu northern states run in the same -- are great. Admittedly our We no sooner get rid of one i nn rgeucy Ilian another is upon We end great national us. strikes to find that the settlements reached an out daled by developments in another field the ink is dry on the first settlement. Then we face I ho prosieit of strikes all over again. Under O.I.A. .vu grant one price rise to find another rise in still another line like the wage increases nullified by tin first increase, and so it goes. We seem to be utterly unable to settle anything permanently. We nut only literally live from hand to mouth Ihtuiisc of the scarcity (if commodities hut from emergency to emergnever has Invn a scarcity of emergency. And tln-rencies in the i wist 11 years. NOTE: The following ic the text of a radio addresx delivered over the Intermountain Network by Arthur V. Watkins, Republican Candidate for U. S. Senator. Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo introduced Judge Watkins. Introduction tilTs nut forget Ihiit there i another election on August 20th. ill which time we must make final selection of candidates for n few positions on lioth Uepuhliciin ;iiul Democratic tickets. A mono those vet to lie chosen is .1 candi-ilat- e for the United States Senate on the Republi111111 can ticket. have come here this evening to introduce a candidate who really needs no introduction, at least not to you folks in Central Utah where this man has lived a very active life for a good many years. The speaker who will follow me on this program is well known for his active leadership in many fields, lie is an authority on reclamation and irrigation. He is a Church und civic leader with years of successful accomplishments in several high offires. He is one of Utahs lust public speakers and writers, lie knows Utah's natural resources and possibilities like few persons know them. I That this is the only way left to the voters should be clear when it is realized that the Democratic Senators and Congressmen from the South who do not agree with their party colleagues from the North, are lieing nominated by the voters of the South, and as nomination in that section of the U. S. is cqnivn-leto election, these senators and congressmen will be back again to bedevil their colleagues from tin' North. The breach between the factions will continue and the country will suffer from inaction. The of Congress election of more Democratic memlx-rwont solve the problem. It only adds more moinliers to the strife. Hast events and the current situation in nt Furthermore, we are handicapped as a nation the present situation of the Democratic party. Under our two jcirty system of government the Democrat ic parly now has the rcsjion.sibility of conducting the affairs of the nation. Hut the party is As chairman of Utah County's Defense dustry Committee, he helped lav the foundations In- While he is a successful lawyer by profession he is also a successful farmer und has worked with several active farm organizations. It gives me great pleasure now to introduce to you Judge Arthur Y. Watkins, candidate for United States Senator on the Republican ticket. Mr. Watkins Spmli Thanks Mayor Anderson, for that gracious and very kind introduction. It was a great victory. eign foes surrendered. for- Thu allied nations, after a very lad brginni'ig had won the war with convincing and overwhelming power. at our Our enemies lay crushed and feet. Their world had gone down with them. blo-thm- : Flushed with victory, we had high hopes that now we could emluirk on the highway to everlasting Hace, we could build a U tter world. We Ulieved that the nations that had stood an. I fought together in the worlds greatest of all wars would niai'vh a in war. unitedly together in e We made a t.egiuuiMg in that march. We organized the United weild charter. Nations under Rut since that h.ipN'iird the nations have beer; m irking time. lYuce treaties seem a long way off and bitterness marked by charge and counter charge between Russia and In r allies are In short, we tiud ivaro alevery day net uiTenecs. most as hard to win as victory in tin war. In tin international field grave problems confront u on every hand. Tin path is dark and tre.ii herons, and at home the dark (loads of domestic strife have been will us ever since victory came the field ef battle. We knew the vv.ir's end would come. it we were a I flin that emphatically. a. With the election of a Republican majority, both in house and senate, bethe Have Hurden coming necessary and def initely probable, the Republicans are put on, notice to do something more than take a perfunctory interest in the coming poll. Just anyone to fill the ticket will not do. For theirs will he the responsibility of putting into immediate operation a legislative program 1o take care of the unsolved problems now vexing the nation. Republicans Will President Truman's pleas go unlieedid. He cannot get his reconversion program, such Truman as it is .umler wav. Mcmlicrs of his own iwirfy, a party which by the way has a large majority of Congress, either kill his measurc.-on- t right or i'.i rv them iincereniouiously in some congressional committee pigeon hole. Won't Liston to next Janu-r.r- v i;s doorstep the problem which by that time promises to be more acute if possible than it is today. Rapidly rising prices are strikes in the bringing threats of new nation-widimmediate future, O.I.A. will no doubt be up for more consideration because the pressure groups of all Thi new congress which will convene believe President Truman is simerely trying to guide tin country in tbc way In thinks it should go. Rut bis own vacillating conduct defeats bis One day In threatens to draft the railroad men in the army if they won't work. The next day he is for the apiieasement of strikers. They did appease John L. Lewis and the miners. Following hard on these events, he vetoes the only long range labor bill Congress has enacted this session, although it was jn many respivts similar to the measure he asked for. I pur-po.- air: It's nearly a year now since the last of uur Mb Washington demonstrated I of (icneva Steel developments. Friends of the s unable to act as a unit. It has fallen ;iart lietoro our very iyes. Tin right and left wings are hardly on speaking terms. The Southern Democrat has no use for the northern new deal Democrat and Thai situation is regret able to all true Americans because it means a break down of government. vice-vers- Again the President wants O.P.A. u his own terms or not at all. even tboUi: h his own parly chiefs tell him the O P.A. nsion measure is tb.i I , s t one lie can get out of Congress. So bo v el iied tlu first bill. Meanwhile the 0 P.A. debate goes mi and while it dies. the business of the miwilry is like a slop in a storm without either a rudder or pilot. It's on it- - way but no one knows just when And all of Ibis iraneuvcring is to head off inflation winch is already here. O.P.A. rnav ivvivid again but it wi:l only be a slu 'd of its former self. Those i c! are historical facts. I la coualrv in confused. a!! I there ary wonder that there are pent up forces of having power ready to start and hoop going the industrv for a long time to come. What prosperity we have conn's in pi;e of poi-"- i 'ons I1."' hoia'ise if them. Only a country that has developed a business system and aa economy ef s'uh as we Inve muM survive the blui'di-rina- - long as it has. That it still i a going e in spi'.i of everything thrown in it way is one of the thin's of this turvy a.ge vli-Mcia- ru Rut there must i on:e a il.augc if our private w!!l find on kdior-mdustri- ul e shades of interest and opinion will want something more done about it. treaties Long deluved Worlds Future bringing to an peace end a state of war and fixing the world's Course future course will be ready for consideration. Foreign trade policies, taxation, deficit financing, (dummy in government, expansion of the reclamation program are also some of the imixuiar.t matters which will also be pressing fur attention. In addition to these specific matters, there is the great issue upon which the future destiny of our count rv now hangs. It has been stated as the issue between irresponsible, extreme radicalism on the one hand and decent, prudent progress on the wild-ee- d other. And all bis time wb.ee Is of ( sKinsihility in inter-nation- affairs has arrived. al With the arrival of economic maturity cuiin a period "hen jiolitical maturity must accomi-ai.aivj guide the efforts of our people. The day when an g irresponsible , politiran could spend in United the States without duing Congress years is any harm past. The Congress of the United States 'today must be made up of experienced, intelligent, and puhlie spirited citizens. Our times demand it. The man who represents the people must have spent lorg years in preparation and in public service. He must he familiar with world affairs, and more important he must have a knowledge and experience in the governmental processes which are a product of our own peculiar development, otherwise he cannot get his ideas translated into action. ward-healin- the Democratic party is unable to carry on of a sharp and bitter division in its ranks the only practical thing the country can do is to turn to tbc nimpsilion party and place uxm it as rapidly as pissible under our laws the responsibility for carrying on national affairs. Since by Mayor Anderson Introduces Watkins maturity. -- That hope and foiling accounts. MO doubt, for the change in senti- - nnt Clrinirinir : a She hits read.,, in economic ami jf; i: itaj Iieriod development where she must le responsible f,,r j,,. acts she commits. As a powerful creditor nat. j,,. must not only consider the effect of her juts oil 1:,T own people, but must observe what the effect will b(. on the debtor nations. The days when a gmat. growing, republic can do what it sees fit with no thought of other nations is past. The period j n.. Mature e Rcca p;iji U. S. is Now reached industrial and en- - This many wavs. radicalism (presses itself in its mot extreme form it marches as totalitarianism which seeks the overthrow of representative democracy such as we are supposed to have in this country .with the intent to replace it with the Russian hrurd of dictatorship. In its milder forms it runs all the wav front schemes to take over the count rv and manage it under T.Y.A. authorities to plans to redistribute the wealth of the country through taxation. Whatever form it takes it is deadly to our free institutions ami must lie resisted by all true Amerirar with all the resources and power at their command. wild-eve- d In Patriotism Called For (ood government is only obtained by a devotion to public service of honest and capable intelligent, men and women in public office. (There is no other way to translate our ideals into ac tion. A patriotic American with ability and training owes it as an obligation to his or her country to devote a share of his or her time to the public good. Responsible citizens must volunteer to carry the load in Congress, in. the State offices, in the County offices and in every public position. If it is a sacrifice to devote such time .then the sacrifice nmt be made. This is a time when idle criticism is nut einiugh. This is a time when good constructive ideas mu- -t for the solution of our national prnlmiu-- . the fires of hatred, bias, prejudice, and banning will bigotry only increase the weight of our burdens. This is a time when Republicans, and Democrat alike, must devote their full energy to choosing capable, trained .and intelligent candidates. Each voter must scrutinize the life and ra of every candidate for public office. This - inoperative. Each candidate must present to the in.' 'c a true and adequate picture of his qiiaiifiratiui'v Every election campaign must present the if select the candidate best able to meet the tremciai 'i problems of our national life. i- is-i- of My name is presented to the voters of tin S for Unit oil Slates senator in all hun.ilii.'. I tah the realization of my responsibility to the tin State requires that 1 do all in my power to the issues as 1 see them, to make my life an open Us k for the scrutiny of the voters and the solution ot it grave problems. jw--- i t : , i The championing of . cent, prudent, sound ',:' gram for real progr ' should be alxive part! but because it is the real issue on which ship, Democratic party is now split, it becomes both th duty and opportunity of the Republican party t" carry the flag and make this a country of prude:!, enlightened progress instead of u country of revolutionary radicalism which it is well "'1 its way to become under the left wing domination of the Democratic party. (iOP Must Carry The Fluff : the responsibility of I Republican party when it again is given the man- (rent, then will date ing and and lie to govern. It must meet an immediate, pre- challenge. In deep humility then before with llis help it should prepare for that liuri,p responsibility. mm zn |