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Show Stringfellow Speaks . . . . Congressman Expressed Hope For Farmer, Echo Park Dam Duchesne County and the Uintah Basin was visited Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday by its representative rep-resentative in Congress, Douglas R. Stringfellow, who is making . . a detailed visit to every county and most cities in District No. 1 in Utah, while on vacation from his duties in Washington. Three specific appearances were made in Duchesne County on Tuesday by Mr. Stringfellow, and Wednesday he met vith citizens in Uintah County. His first scheduled public meeting, Tuesday, was at Duchesne at 1 p.m., where he discussed problems prob-lems of the farmer, stockman, politician and the average Mr. and Mrs. America with delegations delega-tions from the various areas in the western part of Duchesne County. The meeting was held at the Duchesne LDS stake house. After private conferences with individuals and small groups in the western end of the county, the congressman, who' was accompanied by J. V. McLea, Roosevelt mayor and county GOP chairman, moved on to Roosevelt, where he addressed ad-dressed the combined Kiwanis, Lions and Chamber of Commerce Com-merce at a dinner meeting in the Frontier Grill Cafe. Mr. Stringfellow talked to the service clubs on an assigned subject "An Informed Press Is An Informed People," slogan for National Newspaper week, an occasion being observed by over 3600 Kiwanis clubs throughout Canada and the United States during Oct. I to 8. "A free people will remain free only so long as they demand de-mand the right to be informed about activities of our government govern-ment and the press is the most sure way of our remaining an informed people," the congressman congress-man told the group. He expressed ex-pressed his opinion that the people of the United States had not been fully informed as to the progress being made in the atomic field and how it was affecting af-fecting our national defense. "That situation will change, I'm sure," he said. Following the dinner meeting, Congressman Stringfellow addressed ad-dressed a mass meeting of citizens citi-zens at the LDS stake house and then met with individual groups later. He touched on several sev-eral issues before the congress dealing with the livestock and agricultural problems, as well as reclamation. He gave hope for a solution of the problems of the farmer and stockman by paying tribute to' Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, and criticized the previous administration for inconsistent in-consistent legislation. "I'm sure the congress will receive a very favorable report on the entire Upper Colorado Basin reclamation program, and especially as it will affect Echo Park. . . Those who have visited visit-ed the areas were impressed that building Echo Park is a must if this part of the nation will progress," the congressman told his audience. He said he anticipated it will be approved by the congress sometime during dur-ing the 83rd session, which is 1954. |