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Show Granger Announces for Senate Race; Would Push Yater and Reclamation " V ' ' " ' 1 ; , I i ' , ,w - , ; ' 1 - f ' ' WALTER K. GRANGER Walter K. Granger of Cedar City, senior member of Utah's congressional delegation, announced an-nounced last last week that he will seek the Democratic nomination nomina-tion to the United States Senate. Friends and supporters of Mr. Granger have expected for some time that he would be a candidate candi-date for the senate position, but he had repeatedly stated that he was undecided whether to make the bid or not. He had definitely announced that he would not seek re-election to the House of Representatives. Mr. Granger has a long record of service in public office, starting start-ing with Mayor of Cedar City. He served three terms as a Utah state legislator, and as a member mem-ber of the Utah Public Service Commission, before being elected to Congress. He is a member of the powerful Agricultural and Ways and Means committees of Congress. In making his announcement, Congressman Granger said: "In the west we grow only if we have water, and our agricultural and industrial growth will be limited by the amount of water we get. I will continue the fight for more water for Utah." Congressman Con-gressman Granger pointed out that he has fought hard for reclamation. rec-lamation. This fight has paid off in the following completed projects: pro-jects: Scofield and Newton dams, and the authorization, of the Weber We-ber Basin project. Still to be authorized are Echo Park, the Central Utah project and the Dixie project Mr. Granger said: "The development of the Colorado Colora-do and Virgin rivers are the last sources from which adequate irrigation ir-rigation water can be secured for this area." Congressman Granger said: "I have and will continue to support sup-port all measures which build out national strength and add to world stability. A strong and sound national economy without line of defense. I will continue (Continued on Page 2) GRANGER (Continued from Page One) waste must constitute our first to fight for these objectives." Congressman Granger is nationally na-tionally known for his support of the rights of labor, a strong educational program and the extension ex-tension of the benefits of social security. He is the first' Utahn to achieve the distinction of being be-ing elected to the most powerful committee in the Congress, the Ways and Means Committee, and prior to that he served on the Agriculture Committee, which handles legislation which is so important to the economy of the west. Mr. Granger has sponsored and promoted many bills of Importance Import-ance to this state and to the west. Among these measures are the Granger-Thye Act providing pro-viding for the rehabilitation of the national and private forests, and the amendment to the Revenue Reve-nue Act extending the benefits of capital gains provisions to livestock growers. This amendment amend-ment will save millions of dollars dol-lars to the livestock industry of the country according to Congressman Con-gressman Granger. Legislation supported by him has been of particular benefit to the sugar beet industry, dairy industry, wool growers and the livestock and mining industries. In the last session of Congress Mr. Granger was the author of legislation legis-lation providing for the rehabilitation rehabili-tation of the Ute Indians. Mj. Granger concluded his announcement an-nouncement with the statement that: "As a United States Senator Sen-ator the people may be assured that I will continue to serve the best interests of Utah and the Nation." |
