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Show Vatkins Urges Defeat Of Party En Power Senator Arthur V. Watkins leveled his campaign guns on behalf of congressional candidates candi-dates of the Republican party toward Senator Elbert D. Thomas Thom-as and the Democratic party Tuesday night at a dinner-meet-1 ing and rally in Roosevelt, as he officially opened the 1950 campaign cam-paign in the Uintah Basin for those who are heading the GOP ' ticket. I After touring the county in i general Tuesday Senator Wat- j kins was feted at a dinner at the Frontier Grill at 6:30, at ' which time he told the group I just who, was responsible for getting' the Union high school, and how it almost was lost, i "Because," he said, "your pres-1 ent congressman didn't think it could be sold to the congress and the appropriations committee. commit-tee. Congressman Granger should be given credit for everything every-thing he did on the project, but certainly should not take credit for more." he stated. Speaking at a rally in the elementary school later in the evening Senator Watkins labeled lab-eled the Democrats as "an old, tired and confused party, who were unable to see clearly the needs of the nation." "It was the failure of our elected leaders to recognize Russia as a potential poten-tial enemy that places our security se-curity in jeopardy today," the Senator said, He accused the party in power of withholding facts from the public by saying-"The saying-"The American people have a right to know what went on behind be-hind the scenes during the last World War." Anyone now holding office in the Congress halls of Washington Washing-ton who was responsible for our being at war for the third time in 33 years, should be removed from office. Senator Watkins said. He further stated that Senator Sen-ator Thomas was a member qf the foreign relations and armed i services committee and it was his duty to have advised the people of this state of the dangers dan-gers that were threatening because be-cause of Communist sympathy during and following the war. If he were aware of these dangers, dan-gers, he was and still is. the wrong person to represent the state in Congress, according to Senator Watkins. Mr. McLea, County Republican Republi-can chairman, introduced local candidates who are seeking office of-fice in Duchesne county at the dinner and again at the rally. Toastmaster at the dinner meeting meet-ing was Ezra J. Nixon, who introduced in-troduced several other visitors in addition to the candidates and the senator. A musical program was presented under the direction direc-tion of David Watkins. school music director at the Roosevelt high school, and Miss Esther I Wogec sang two numbers, ac-companied ac-companied by Mrs. Schmiett. who he pays f0t fi ..V'cesjiegetg-" U |