Show washington N WS S for FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER what the declaration of independence pen dence means to all ali americans the anniversary or ay the declaration of independence which was celebrated on the ath of july brings to mind the many advantages american citizens enjoy he may worship in any church of his selection he may read papers that print what they pleaze please and should he choose to publicly criticize the leaders of our government no armed bullies can clap him behind barbed wire because of his right to vote as be pleases his voice is as strong as any mans on earth no law can be made no tax levied without his say so or the consent of the men he elects to speak for him he enjoys more peace of mind than the citizens of any other country you can name at night he and his loved ones sleep unworried by the roar of giant planes overhead they are only streamlined pullmans of the airways the only men in uniform who e ler eler ring his doorbell are postmen and telegraph messengers ile he can not help but rejoice in the fact that american wages and living standards are the highest in the world that within years this country has become the gre greatest at richest most resourceful nation in the world that thanks to peace and medical science the death rate here ds as the lowest on ear earth th that the american people own seven times as many automobiles and more than four times as many telephones an and d radios as any other people he will be glad that the worlds greatest production of electricity makes the cities of our united states radiant examples of hope and good will in the fear filled darkness that envelopes most of the world in 1941 in his memory he will review the parade of program from autorino automobile to stra that have made it a daily adventure to be an amer alcan thanks to his nations liberal laws and the magic of radio and television he enjoys a rare privilege not shared by citizen citizens of any other land for now not only can he help elect the leaders of his choice but can actually hear and see that those men are selected according to the proper rules again he counts his privileges no law compels him to salute our nations chief executive yet his love of country springs from his heart with a spontaneous sincerity unsurpassed anywhere on earth now eight months further advanced than after the initial year of our 1917 18 production munitions industries dus tries are 80 per P er cent re tooled in spite of contusion confusion about priorities the tool industry now has an order for worth of tools for the new bombers alone this T his is three times normal annual production for all purposes farm defense work administrative boards of the agricultural department which will carry on the defense activities of the department part ment and cooperate with other defence agencies having havin 7 state or local offices have been established in every state and county by order of th the e secretary of agriculture the membership of the defense boards will comprise a representative of the abric agric agricultural u I 1 tural adjustment administration tion the farm security administration the soil conservation conserva service the forest service the rural electrification administration a the federal state cooperative extension service and others visit of governor maw governor maw spent a short time in washington on his return trip from the governors conference recently held in dri boston while in washing ton the governor took the tune time to attend a conference in my office with representatives of the bureau of reclamation and the power division of the department of the interior and had the opportunity of discussing many problems that are arc vital to tho the state of utah among which was the discussion of the building of a large steam electric generating plant to supply che cheap ap power tor for the processing of alunite into aluminum and to also furnish power for commercial purposes visitors to washington the following Is a list of visitors f from rom utah during the tha past week governor herbert B maw salt lake city ray lillywhite lilly white salt lake city stanley duffin salt lake city attorney vernon vemon romney salt lake city mrs john L patterson ogden mrs lucinda lucanda A redd monticello ti miss hortense redd monticello ti |