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Show Southern Utah's Future Dependent On Electricity - -- - - :.: y. A.j I A S&- - J ; V ' " CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER ft "The future of Southern Utah Is dependent upon electric power", said Congressman Walter K Granger, who addressed the Cedar City LIoiu at their club meeting Monday, "and before its greatest potentialities can be realized leaders of the area must solve the problem of providing an adequate supply of electric energy." "Whether you will admit It or not" the Congressman said, "the welfare of your children and their children, child-ren, Is tied up with the power question." ques-tion." After commenting on the future of southern Utah, its growth and accomplishments, the Congressman launched Into a discussion of national na-tional issues as they effect every individual and upon legislation of the last congress as It effects the West. He maintained that in spite of a-larmlng a-larmlng conditions and actions that arose during the last session of Congress Con-gress the West fared very well. He pointed out that although appropriations approp-riations for the activities of various agencies were cut, sufficient funds were provided to allow those agencies agen-cies to continue with their most Important services. Included in these are the grazing and reclamation services, he said. Good legislation was enacted with regards wool and sugar beets, two important products of the West, he maintained, although the acts did not provide everything hoped for. Speaking of the tax bill vetoed by Pres. Truman. Mr. Granger stated stat-ed that In his opinion this was a poor time for tax reduction. He maintained that we should keep taxes up and do everything possible to pay off the national debt while employment and income Is at a high level. He maintained that It would be much easier to reduce the national na-tional debt under present conditions, than to wait until a later date when Income will undoubtedly be lower than It Is today. "By paying now" he said, "the lHlow who stayed at home and made money during the war will be called upon to make substantial payments on the national na-tional debt, rather than leaving the veteran who fought the war to pay the debt. Commenting on the Investigations of war contracts Mr. Granger main-talned main-talned that the press and radio has not been providing the people of the nation with the true facts, and stated that "unless the press and radio changed their tactics and give the whole story and authentic Information, Infor-mation, 'something must be done about It, He did not elaborate on what should or could be done to correct the condition that he claimed claim-ed prevailed. Talk of another war should cease", Mr. Granger stated, "and local leaders throughout the nation should devote every effort to promote pro-mote peace." He continued that "we should accept our responsibility to help the world, to bring about economic ec-onomic stability, but should not ex-pect ex-pect to make friends by spending large sums for relief In any country." coun-try." In closing, the speaker stated that we need not be alarmed about the threats of any group destroying our system of government. "Our government govern-ment Is safe." he said, "and will remain safe as long as we have our educational system, freedom of the press, and the ballot. |