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Show ! Lloyd Bids For Senate Seat i Ik Sherman Lloyd J Sherman P, Lloyd, former : J Utah Congressman from the j second District, this week j, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat now held by Democrat Frank E. Moss. In making his announcement, Mr. Lloyd emphasized his personal involvement with "the people, the problems and the t- opportunities of every County in j the State of Utah." He officially h declared his candidacy i. Saturday evening at Ephralm at the Sanpete County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. A simultaneous an- noun cement was made in his behalf by Calvin Black of ! Standing at the San Juan t Lincoln Day Dinner at Mon- ticello. Mr. Black is a member h of Lloyd's state-wide campaign committee. "As a former member of the U. S. House of Representatives' 1 Committee on Interior and '; Insular Affairs, I am most sensitive to the problems associated with the use of the public lands, of the proper encouragement to development of our natural resources and of the State's national parks, t monuments and recreational areas. This experience, coupled ' with my state-wide respon-I' sibilities as Legal represents-f tive of the Utah retail food I industry, gives me the type of personal acquaintance with f state-wide problems essential to any individual seeking votes for a United States Senator I declared. from Utah," Mr. Lloyd "I am finding In my talks with Utah citizens that in this year 1976, they are sick of dirty tricks politics and much less Impressed by gimmickry. The times are crucial And the Importance of coming political decisions so over-tiding as to demand the best and most searching inquiry of which a concerned citizenry and political candidates are capable. This Is the challenge which impels me to run and it is In this spirit I wish to campaign. "Senator Moss has fallen far out of step with the present thinking of most Utahns. As a glaring example, he was wrong in his support of situs picketing which would allow one union to picket and stop work at an entire construction site even though as many as 15 or more other unions might have signed with other contractors on the site. Situs picketing also violates the intent of Utah's rlght-to-work law because one craft union could shut down an entire construction site if one of many contractors on the site desired lawfully to operate an open shop. The Utah right-to-work law, first enacted in 1953 has withstood attack after attack in both Republican and Democrat State Legislatures, clearly establishing the policy of the people of Utah. Senator Moss flaunted that policy . I look forward to debates with him on this and other issues." A lawyer by profession, Lloyd served eight years in Congress, serving on Committees of the Interior, Foreign Affairs and Banking and Currency. He was chairman of the House Republican Task Force on Labor-Management legislation. Prior to his Congressional service he served eight years in the Utah State Senate, and was elected President of the Senate and Chairman of the Utah Legislative Council. Following his defeat in the congressional election of 1972, he served briefly as Assistant Director for Administration of the U. S. Information Agency before accepting appointment as visiting professor of political science occupying the Milton R. Merrill Chair at his alma mater, Utah State University for the 1973-74 academic year. He recently served with the U. S. Department of Commerce In western United States, but resigned on January 21 to devote full time to the Senate campaign. He married the former Edith Ann Gunn of Richfield, whom he met while both were students at Utah State University. They are parents of four children. Dilworth S. Woolley, former president of Redman Van and Storage Co. and prominent In Utah business and Industry, is Chairman of the Lloyd for Senate Committee, consisting of 14 prominent Utahns. Mr. Woolley states local Lloyd for Senate committees have already been established in 21 counties of the State. Headquarters of the Lloyd campaign have been established at the Hilton Hotel In Salt Lake City. |