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Show National President of Jaycees Tells Gathering Young Men oi Country Face a Challenge of Ideas Ml l.lll I I II II J"H . ! !'l"iP"1'.HH ; ; ( PAUL D. BAGWELL , Speaking before 120 Junior Chamber of Commerce and civic club members of southern Utah this noon, Paul D. Bagwell, Lansing, Lan-sing, Michigan, president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce told the gathering that V young men of our country coun-try face a challenge of ideas-democracy ideas-democracy versus totalitarianism. totalitarian-ism. "The community, state and nation is what is it, because of its citizens", Bagwell said. "Qua-lified "Qua-lified individuals must give of their time and energy to make this country a better place in which to live. There are men in this country that would have us believe that totalitarianism should replace democracy. It is up to the young men", Mr. Bagwell Bag-well said, "to take an active interest in-terest in community and national nation-al affairs and to promote our way of life." Mr. Bagwell landed at the Cedar Ce-dar City Municipal Airport at 11:05 a. m. from Salt Lake City, where he spoke last night. He was accompanied by Hughes Brockbank, national vice president; presi-dent; Ray Klauk, state vice president; pres-ident; and Al Hart, state president. presi-dent. Bagwell was met at the airport by representatives of the local Chamber, and driven to town on one of Mayor Gronway Parry's pioneer wagons. In the course of his speech, Bagwell outlined part of the history his-tory of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, which was founded in St Louis in 1915. He pointed out that progress comes about when someone thinks that he can do something better. Bagwell Bag-well said that the Jaycees were started with this in mind. lie said that the Jaycee organization or-ganization gives the young men of the community an opportunity opportuni-ty to work on civic problems. "It puts civic . consciousness into them" he said, "and gives them an avenue to participate, and helps them advance in business and civic efficiency." Bagwell noted that the national nation-al organization was founded for the purpose of promoting similar organizations throughout the country. In all, 44 nations now have Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce groups. In line with this purpose he said. "200 representa tives from this country will attend at-tend a 15 day International convention con-vention in Brussels, Belgium, this year during April. They will attempt to make friends with observers ob-servers from the various countries coun-tries In western Europe, and show them a little of our way of (Continued on Back Page) laycee President Visits (Continued from Page one) 1 life. It is a responsibility of our time," he said, "to assist those nations In finding peace, and it Is a challenge to all of us." Mr. Bagwell Is en route to the west coast for a trip to Hawaii. In April he will head the U. S. delegation to the fourth Congress Con-gress of Junior Chamber International Inter-national In Brussels. Mr. Bagwell has made more mmmmmmmmmmm visits to local organizations than any former Jaycce president, despite de-spite a high school football injury in-jury which makes the use of a cane necessary. During the past six months he has delivered 159 speeches and appeared on 92 radio ra-dio broadcasts. Mr. Bagwell has held various posts in his local, state and national na-tional Junior Chambers' of Commerce. |