Show Ray E. Dillman ATTORN FY-AT-L AW Utah Expert ELECTRICAL WORK Commercial and Resident Wiring Radio and Appliance Repairs HAROLD DILLMAN Utah A DAY All makes of portable All nationally advertised JEWELRY Roosevelt Utah EXPERT Brick Mason A brick house is cheaper than frame construction L' Will Trade Services A. W. BURT Roosevelt Star Route I ALL NATIONALLY Makes of Rand Instruments and Supplies Save at Credit to Suit Your Purse Why Aside from the well-known selling points of insurance and the fact that insurance projects your there is the sense of security that only adequate ance can No matter what the size of your farm or the extent of your investment it is to your advantage to have enough insurance to protect Insurance for Every Purpose I BURGLARY WINDSTORM LIGHTNING RAIN Also Insurance to Protect Your Personal Possessions From all the Above Homer P. Edwards AGENT UTAH Over 25 years of experience in i m isi S. enjoy the luxury of 3 years eld I J in y it 5 j A Proposal to Defer the Chain Store Tax Referendum in the Interest of a United War Effort I ff This letter is published for the information of the public and especially the qualified Utah voters who signed petitions referring the proposed special tax on chain stores to a vote of the people at the General Election 1942 February A. D. UTAH RETAIL GROCERS Salt Lake Dear The retail chain stores of Utah have authorized me to place before your Association a proposal for cooperation in a joint action in connection with the referendum on Senate Bill 44 chain store Under existing Utah this issue will be voted upon by the people at the general election on November We assume that your as the publicly acknowledged sponsor of S. B. will undertake a campaign to persuade the public to vote for your And since S. B. 44 is aimed solely at chain and would be a sentence of slow death for chain our members have no alternative but to defend to the best of their before the bar of public In arranging for the passage of S. B. 44 you undoubtedly believed that it was of great importance to the competitive interests of your We may also assume that the qualified Utah voters who signed referendum petitions did so in the belief that a complete airing of the culminating with a vote by the people of would be in the public We fully acknowledge that our members have a and interest in the decision of the we cannot help but believe that all of these interests in this issue have become less important since December There is only one issue now confronting as today the necessity of conducting an all-out defense of our nation in its hour of greatest At a time when American soil is under invasion and American lives are being sacrificed in its we as we are confident that you that in a period of such grave national peril we should submerge our internal differences and meet the emergency that faces The present war is total It is a conflict in which all of us have a and which demands of each of us the utmost in and It is a struggle in which it would be criminal to do less than our Both independent and chain retailers have an important task in this We are depended upon to assure the steady flow of available supplies so that production may proceed and civilian morale be maintained at a high Our contribution is We are in the army of For these we propose that your Utah Retail Grocers Association unite with us in a petition to Honorable Herbert B. Governor of requesting that he place before the Utah if a special session meets prior to August a recommendation that the legislature act to suspend the vote upon S. B. 44 until a general election following the cessation of Counsel assure us that this is entirely and that the rights of your those of the and of will be in no way injured by the Acting upon the assumption that your membership would as ours to be free during the time of trial ahead to devote full attention to the war we are submitting for your consideration an opinion covering the question of the legislature's constitutional authority to order the together with a suggested measure to accomplish this A copy of this with is being forwarded to Governor Maw for his information and because this proposal has been substantially inspired by his many splendid statements regarding the necessity for complete undivided effort in marshalling all of Utah's facilities for the job of winning the This letter is being published as a paid advertisement so that the Utah in every county of the who signed referendum petitions on S. B. 44 may also be informed of our We sincerely hope that you will accept this We hope that our joint petition will result in favorable legislative action and that it will be possible to arrange for further wholehearted cooperation between us in any and all by which ways we can and unselfishly carry out our responsibilities and duties to Utah and the Yours very H. T. UTAH CHAIN STORES ADAM HAT STORES NATIONAL SHIRT SHOPS BAKER'S SHOE COMPANY J. J. NEWBERRY COMPANY CHANDLER SHOE COMPANY OWL DRUG COMPANY W. T. GRANT COMPANY J. c. PENNEY CO S. H. KRESS COMPANY ROEBUCK CO LERNER SHOPS OP SAFEWAY STORES Inc THOM SHOE MONTGOMERY WARD p. W. WOOLWORTH CO NATIONAL DOLLAR STORES DRUG CO WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY V |