Show Congressman H. H A. A Dixon Is Candidate for Re Election I Congressman Henry Aldous i Dixon of Ogden Monday announced announced an announced an- an I his candidacy for re reelection reelection re- re election eJection from Utah's First Dis Dis- Representative Dixon became the focus of national attention when he resigned a college presidency presidency presidency pre pre- to win a ten-day ten Congressional Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional Campaign in 1954 Dr Dixon is the only Republican Republican Republican lican candidate in the race for Congress from the First District District District Dis Dis- which includes all Utah Counties except Utah Salt Lake Tooele and Davis Opportunity for Service I IThe II I iThe The former educator is highly highly high high- high I ly enthusiastic about the real opportunities for service in I Congress ss His supporters be believe believe believe be- be lieve that his distinguished and varied background as a college president banker sportsman I chamber of commerce president church leader and his record duri during his first term in Congress eminently qualify him for a second second sec see ond term For example working as part of the winning team for the Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado River Storage Project was keenly satisfying Representative tive Dixon said The Project will be a blessing to our State and especially to our young peo- peo pie who will have be better ter em employment employment employment em- em possibilities he add add- ed It Is a real opportunity to tobe tobe be he one of only two members of the powerful House Committee en Agriculture to come from west of the Rocky Mountains and champion western agriculture agriculture agriculture ture on a committee whose in interests interests in- in center in problems of the South and Midwest said Representative Dixon Among the bills important to authored or cosponsored sponsor co t. ed cd by Congressman Dixon are Flexible Supports revised form farm bill with its Soil Bank and I flexible price supports provision Refund of Federal Gasoline Tax fax refund of Federal Excise Excise Ex- Ex cise Tax on gasoline purchased for non-highway non agricultural I uses es Sugar Act of 1956 with larer larF larger lar- lar F ger fier er acreage allotments for Utah Water Vater Research Laboratory t. t if H possible to be located in Utah t for the investigation of or water Vl conveyance utilization and stor- stor 6 i rge problems solutions to which mean more water and its more effective use 1 Likes to Work Vork With Benson Benson Benson- Membership on the House Agriculture Committee said Dr Dixon affords me a cherished D iF- iF opportunity to work closely with Utah's own Secretary Benson F 1 3 YH H. H Aldous Dixon To influence and boldly support his bis program as I have done in inmost inmost most instances has given me great satisfaction Congressman Dixon said Representative Dixon formerly former former- ly served as a member of the Executive Committee of Northwest Northwest North North- west Association of High Schools and Colleges and President Truman's Tiu- Tiu mans man's Commission on Higher Education A former bishop of the Provo Third Ward Dr Dixon has been for thirteen years and still is a member of the Latter day Saints General Sunday School Board Representative Dixon was born in Provo where he became Managing Vice President of the Farmers and Merchants Merchants' Bank nd Superintendent of Provo Schools From 1937 to 1953 he was President of Weber College Col Col- lc lege ge in Ogden He then served as President of Utah State Stale Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- College until he ran for Congress in 1954 n 0 |