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Show 1 tMr .-if ALL SMILES. Dan Marriott, congressman up for re-election is all smiles as he greets Ronald Reagan at the Republican Rally held in St. George Friday. Reagan , Marriott blast Demos at GOP rally economic policy. It comes when government spends more than it takes in and it will go away when government stops doing that." Concerning energy production, Reagan said, "Let the incentives take over. No bureaucrat has ever produced a barrel of oil." Marriott outlined six principles he said Americans should rededicate themselves to. Six principles Firstly, he said, .we need to "cut big government to its bare essentials. "This could be done, he said, by controlling our demands on government govern-ment and using the federal level as the last resort. "A government that gives you everything you want can also take everything you've got," he said. The second principle is to stop deficit spending and its cousin "runaway inflation." If Americans are able to live by a balanced budget, he said, so should the government. Marriott also said he endorses a constitutional amendment to put a lid on government spending. He also stated he co-sponsored a 33 percent across the board tax cut for every American, which, he said, would bring about four million new jobs by 1981. Make America strong "We also need to commit ourselves to make America strong. And remember that our greatness comes from within." Marriott urged the stamping out of pornography ; im-moraltiy, im-moraltiy, and the strenghthing of the home. "There are more laws protecting the gooney bird, the humpback chub and the woundfin minnow than there are protecting the unborn," he emphasized, em-phasized, sowing his support of Anit-abortion Anit-abortion legislation. You definately wouldn't have enjoyed en-joyed it if you like objective, middle-of-the-road political speeches with a minimum of cliches. And you wouldn't have liked it if you lean towards the Democratic Party at election time. A Republican rally it definately was, and although the Dixie High School gymnasium may not have been .full to overflowing, those that were present apparently enjoyed themselves. Former Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and Second Congressional District Congressman Dan Marriott treated the group to their interpretation of nation's ills and possible remedies. Taxes, inflation dominate The economy and taxes dominated the speeches, along with conjectures concerning Reagans running again for the nation's top spot. Reagan, for example, labeled the Democratic Carter Administration as "social engineers and economic illiterates." Of Carter and his fireside chats, Reagan said, "Anyone who would claim he enjoys a cold shower in the morning would lie about other things, too." Inflation, described by the former California governor as "public enemy number one", is the result of 42 years of a Democratically controlled Congress, both Republicans said. "They (the Democratic Administration) Ad-ministration) are constantly coming up with miracle solutions for which there are no known diseases," Reagan stated. "It's time we made a minority a majority in Congress. Let us get on with the business of baking a bigger pie." Prop. 13 "great" Reagan stated he felt Proposition 13 was . "a great 2x4" designed to get people's attention. He said a national measure of similar proportions would definately "cut the allowance of the federal government." Those who predicted doomsday results and layoffs as a result of the tax cut measure were merely "blowing smoke," he said. He also deplored the Democrats for jumping on what he termed a Republican issue-tax limitations, "and they fought it all the way to the end in California." "I can't quarrel with Prop 13," Reagan said. Government has a way of growing in size, and there are ways of making it more economical." Studies have shown, he said, where government has contracted with private concerns they were able to do it with one-third less personnel and equipment, Reagan stated. Enthusiastic audience But his blasting of Democratic economic policy received the most audience enthusiasm. "Inflation is not an abstract thing that comes and will go away," he explained, "but a planned deliverate Is, V J , 1 I J 1 I RONALD REAGAN |