Show Civic City Council Organize for Defense Projects Governor Maw and a Of Industrial Development Committee to Meet Here on March Representatives of civic organizations met with the Roosevelt city council in session in the Municipal building Tues-I day evening to organize and plans for securing defense projects in Eastern Mayor George H. Harrison who at the meeting told the group making a plea for projects we are not selfish-I ly seeking but instead it is j the duty of every citizen of this I area to help get before the gov-j eminent the great undeveloped I mineral and agricultural es of Eastern Utah so that in times such as these when short ages are being so keenly j there will be new reservoirs of I When hundreds of millions j of dollars are being spent for development of new industries and raw we should not lessly sit by and let our homeland go Now is the time tell the world what there is here and cooperate and work for its Harrison this way we can aid in the defense program and still not the progress we have won hard in the last Governor Promises Help Willard chairman of the Duchesne County commission and the County Centennial told the group that Maw is sincerely interested in enlisting the aid of the outlying sec-lions for defense and in I ing defense or food production in rural areas to balance the great amounts of that arc being spent In urban centers of the Mr Day reported that Governor Maw and members of the state's com- for publicity and industrial development including A. S. H J. and Ora Bundy will be in March 7 for a meeting with Basin Projects for trial development and for the j state s centennial in 1947 will be I The meeting is to oe held in the Roosevelt ward land all citizens are urged to be j in Following the talks motions were made that civic clubs and that the president and secretary of each group be made I members of a board of directors I who will in turn I The board is to work in tion with the Roosevelt city I A motion also passed that each j club write to Governor Maw ask-I ing for suggestions and urging the establishment of defense or production industries A number of feasible projects were several of which are to be recommended to Governor Maw and the industrial Present at the meeting were Homer P. Edwards and John C. representing the Commercial V. A. Floyd Roberts and Sam G. representing the Lions Miss Anna Adams representing the B P. W. Kenneth Murle Benson representing the-I American Day-and Bennie representing i the Junior Chamber of commerce and Mayor D. F. Leo Hanson and John C. of the city |