Show T N Sherman Sheman r Lloyd Makes Final Observations i Rep Sherman P. P Lloyd has issued a. a inal report on his service as as s Congressman from I Utah's Second Congressional District The Utah Republican is retiring from legislative service service service ice aft after r two years in Congress Congress Con Con- gress ress SiGht i ht in the State Senate HE 1 that America now faces the dangers of excessive ex ex- federal expenditures 1 and debt debt I urge men of all parties parties parties par par- ties to a policy of moderation mod mod- oration in m public policies Mr said the Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress ress t W t which he was elected in vas notable for two reasons reasonS 1 Congress aut authorized h 0 r i zed I future expenditures of billions of doll dollars rs for an unprecedented outpouring of federal money into into into in in- to ever e every ry conceivable activity Although the rate of current election year election year spending w was a s checked promises for future payment gill cause larger larSer federal federal fed fed- eral deficits or force reduction on of appt approved vj d programs 2 More constructively Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress was effective in development development development develop develop- ment and protection of natural resources resources I 1 count among these acts tf G creation of Canyon- Canyon lands Rational a onal Park the authorization au- au of the Dixie uv OF GENERAL benefit to the W Western t states were acts providing providing- greater assistance for wat resource development and research for a review of our confused public land laws for cooperative state federal-state development develop t of outdoor recreation recreation a tion facilities t These acts Mr Lloyd said recognize the proper responsibility responsibility responsibility re re- re- re of the federal gov gov- BUT Bur ON A FAR different scale are the Uie host of acts which launch the federal government into new areas where the propriety propriety pro pro- I. I and need for federal action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion is veri very much in doubt I refer for example to the so called War Var on Paver Poverty t y which will impoverish the federal federal federal fed fed- eral Treasury by about 1 Si billion billion billion bil bil- bil- bil lion annually By way of comparison comparison comparison com com- parison the same amount of money proposed for year one of the federal program would have financed total expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures for every level of public in Utah for the eight yea eal from 1956 through 1963 I r I lE NEW food stamp program program program pro- pro gram gram is expected to grow into a third of a b billion dollar doUar annual annual annual an- an 1 nual effort or enough to cover Utah's jp fowl J public education expenses expense's Tor or r three or more I i years years lI l- l I Mass t is another new and unnecessary federal activity activity activity ity authorized to reach a million annual outlay Mr Lloyd said I I THE UTAH UfAH Congressman's last semi-monthly semi newsletter summarizes 5 these and other federal programs It is vital he said that we impose limits on federal federa activities and at atthe atthe atthe the same Mime ime for states and I local governments to assume I greater ze responsibility I The new multi multi-m multimillion multi dollar dollar dollar dol dol- dol- dol lar mass mass transit programs in Massachusetts and San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco indicate that these levels of government nt have the means and the will to meet their needs Further expansion of federal programs can only kill kiIl the he American spirit of self-re- self liance born of the knowledge that we prosper according to our energies and ability Coming Coming Com- Com ing ng to Washington for taxpayer er paid er-paid paid grants and loans can only weaken that sense of independence independence independence inde inde- Mr Lloyd said CONGRESS should be able to o function more effectively inthe in inthe the future with the elimination of major civil rights legislation as a source of controversy We have now assured to all Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans their basic legal rights to vote to have an education to have and hold a job without discrimination on grounds other other other oth oth- er than merit Most Americans and most recognize the legitimate claims of minority groups rejecting rejecting re re- jetting both the demands of extremists extremists extremists ex ex- in the civil rights movement and the fabrications of those who distorted the purposes purposes pur pun poses of the Civil Rights Act I AM HOPEFUL t that hat discrimination discrimination discrimination dis dis- crimination in another area the excise taxes on so-called so luxury goods will be removed in the next session We Republicans Republicans attempted to repeal these wartime taxes but were outvoted by the Democrats who got their orders from the White WhiteHouse House I am pleased President Johnson has now accepted that program for recommendation to the Congress Mr Lloyd stated |