Show i I STUDENT FORUM I The he world is hungry for leadership Where can we ve find more eloquent proof of this than in our own OVll state Seven years ago this nation was as hit by a depression I and we ve all felt its staggering blow Other states how how- over over struggled to their feet while hile Utah remained pros pros- n Irate Of all the states in the union we ve had the least strength to stand the shock and the least resiliency to tomake tot t make Inake a co comeback ck Three years ago persons or orI orone orone I one out of every four men women and children in Utah i were on federal relief We were competing for the last place in our effort to solve the unemployment problem I since only one other state had a worse vorse record than we vet Utah has been last in everything for so long that it has actually developed a defeatist complex We mention j apologetically that we ve are from Utah and hasten to add 1 that we plan to leave leav as soon as possible Obviously II our leaders haven't given us a state that we ve are arc very I proud of I i Let us take the smoke problem as a disgraceful j example of fumbling leadership The citizens of Salt Lake pay every day in the year in laundry bills to clean up this nuisance No less than citizens i fearing for their health have moved to California where j the atmosphere is purer We Ve are now nov living in ill the dirtiest filthiest city in America The beautiful God- God 1 given scenery we va are blessed with l lofty mountains clear skies a beautiful lake all these fade from view view at the approach of winter when the furnaces start belching forth their black smoke We have done our best to screen from view ua natures nature's ture s 's choicest gifts to a beautiful v city They have repeatedly told us Dont rock the boat You might sink it Such pseudo-caution pseudo is mere cow r ardice Utah has nothing to lose and aud everything to gain by taking a step f forward orward Today our purchasing power is the lowest lovest of any state in the union whereas our production production prof pro- pro f per capita is highest Obviously we are thes the s l most exploited of all aU the states Is it possible that we ve would sink any lower lover than this 7 Every year the ambit ambitious ambi ambi- t and the of the is skim energetic men cream crop mod med off leaving us with another leaderless generation Young men are tired of waiting for a leader to be bel I assigned to them to march them out of the wilderness They are arc tired of marking time Soon they will vin develop their own 11 leaders With proper organization their great army will vill finally begin to march never stopping until they have restored Utah to her rightful pre-eminence pre in inthis inthis inthis this gre great t so sovereignty of state states David I King i ii i |