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Show Spotlighting ; UTAH MF.LT UTAH DOLLARS Utah's silver dollars, with which everyone in this area is perfectly familiar may liecomo somewhat scarce in the immediate immedi-ate future. It seems that in the east, the increased demand for silver by the manufacturers of photographic film, jewelers, electrical elec-trical manufacturers, and other silver using industries has created cre-ated such a dearth of the white metal, that there is no alterna-ive alterna-ive but to melt down silver dol-lars dol-lars to get an industrial supply. Many big photo - engraving plants, whose key item of manufacture man-ufacture is silver nitrate, derived deriv-ed from silver, are facing a shutdown shut-down this week because of silver sil-ver lack. U. S. treasury officials admit that there is nothing to prevent industrial users of silver sil-ver from melting silver dollars. As most everyone knows, silver dollars are strictly a western item, and rarely seen in the east where they prefer paper curren-jcy. curren-jcy. Since industrial uses of silver sil-ver runs into the millions of ounces annually, who knows but what our silver dollars may become be-come a collector's item in the future. In the meantime at Washington, Washing-ton, two congressional silver blocs the western representing producers and the eastern speaking speak-ing for the users of silver have dug in for a fight over the treasury treas-ury purchase and sale price of silver. Western senators want the price upped from 71.11 cents an ounce to 90.3 cents, and at the same time looking toward a pos-Isible pos-Isible price of $1.29 an ounce. Eastern opposers to any raise in the silver price predict that 90.3 cent silver will drive many industries outside of the United States. In the meantime, in our own state, Eureka, Tintic, Park City and other mining areas are experiencing ex-periencing housing shortages, the first in many years, for silver sil-ver mines are again going into production in the face of a fact that means much to the west that today the United States is consuming silver faster than I mines can produce it, and the i world market price is higher than 71.11 cents an ounce. TRACY NAMED CHIEF Aaron W. Tracy, northern Utah educator and business man ' has been named by Gov. Herbert B. Maw to head the state publicity pub-licity and industrial development develop-ment commission. Mr. Tracy i succeeds the late Ora Bundy. The new chairman assumes the leadership of the commission commis-sion with a year's background in the organization, during which time he became perfectly familiar with, the aims objectives, objec-tives, problems and achievements achieve-ments of this important state de- partment. Aaron W. Tracy is a modest man of high intelligence and exceptional ex-ceptional ability, having held executive positions in business, educational and governmental fields during the past 40 years. Starting as president of the Weber academy student body, and next BYU student body president, he was named principal prin-cipal of public schools in Weber county in 1907. In 1919, he was chosen head of hte Weber college col-lege English department and named president of the same institution in-stitution in 1922, which position j he held for 14 years. Beginning I 1936, Mr. Tracy taught English four years at the BYU. He spent two years as U. S. government historian at an Ogden war supply sup-ply depot. During his office as president of the Weber college, Mr. Tracy displayed exceptional ability in placing the college operation on a firm buisness basis, accumulating accumu-lating considerable property for the school which later proved of tremendous financial value. Progressive, with advanced ideas, Mr. Tracy is credited with placing Weber college to the front, -both educationally and financially. As a private business man, Mr. in its 99-years history . . . The new assured operation of the Geneva steel plant is only the beginnirg of Utah's fight for a place in the industrial center of the future." Tracy's business activities have proven highly successful. The new commission chief is a friendly, likeable gentleman; easily eas-ily approached, a good public relations re-lations man, one who ponders all decisions carefully, and one who was well chosen as chairman chair-man of the commission, a man ' who can successfully pilot the I department to its chosen objec- tives. I POPULATION GROWTH Gov. Herbert B. Maw's recent statements before the Lions club first postwar convention are heartening to those interested in Utah's destiny. Said the governor: "Utah is entering the most promising era Governor Maw then predicted jthat the population of Provo and 'its i m m e d iate surroundings , would exceed that of Salt Lake in 25 years. Industrialists, he declared, say that Utah people can produce more per hour, were more dependable and efficient effi-cient than people in any other area with which they have dealt. The governor deplored the fact that up until the last four years, "Uah's best crop" is its trained young people, who had found it necessary to leave the state to earn a livelihood. The future now offers much for young people who wish to remain re-main and help build Utah, he pointed out. |