Show Granger Announces Senate Candidacy Walter Valter K Granger senior member of Utah's congressional delegation and former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Representatives Representatives Saturday announced he will seek the Democratic nomination nomination nomination nom nom- to the United States Senate A long and outstanding record record rec rec- ord of public service including on the powerful Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- and Ways and Means 1 I Committees of Congress is listed listed list list- ed cd in support of Representative Grangers Granger's candidacy During World War Val I he served served served ed in France in the United States Marine Corps Before going to Congress he served as Mayor of Cedar City three terms as state legislator and as asa asa a member of the Utah Public Service Commission Congressman Granger is a member of the L D S church d A 4 h A seree ta tatu tu d at Tee tt year I mission and was vas Bishop of the Cedar City Third Ward Yard for nine years In making his announcement Congressman Granger said In Inthe Inthe the he west we grow only if we have lave water and our agricultural al 1 and industrial growth will be limited by the amount of water we vc get I will continue the fight ight for more water for Utah Congressman Granger pointed out ut that he has fought hard for reclamation This fight has paid off ff in the following completed projects Scofield and Newton dams ams and the authorization of the he Weber Basin project Still to o be authorized are Echo Park the he Central Utah project and the he Dixie project Mr 11 Granger said aid The development of the Colorado and Virgin rivers ar arthe are arc the he last sources from which adequate adequate ad- ad equate quate irrigation water can be secured for this area Congressman Granger is nationally nationally na- na known for his support of the rights of labor a strong educational program and the extension of the benefits of so- so social ocial security He lie is the first Utahn to achieve the distinction of being elected to the most powerful committee in the Congress Congress Con- Con gress ress the Ways and Means Ieans Committee and prior to that he served on the Agriculture Committee Committee Committee Com Com- which handles legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion which is so important to the economy of the west Mr 11 Granger has sponsored and promoted many bills of importance importance importance im im- im- im to this state and to the west Among those measures are the Thye Granger Act providing providing providing pro pro- viding for the preservation and rehabilitation of the national and private forests and the amendment amendment a- a to the Revenue Act extending the benefits of capital capital capital cap cap- ital gains provisions to livestock growers This amendment will save millions of dollars to the livestock industry of the country country country coun coun- try according to Congressman Granger Legislation supported by him has been of particular benefit to the sugar beet in industry industry in- in dairy industry woo wool growers and the livestock and mining industries In the last las i session of Congress Mr 11 Granger Granger Granger Gran Gran- ger was the author of legislation providing for the rehabilitation of the Ute Indians r |