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Show 134 Senator Bennett and Governor Clyde in one corner and Secretary Udall and the Democra1s from Utah's congressional delegation in the other corner. But as the election grew closer, the language of boxing declined and the rhetoric of war took its place. I lcadlincs and stories talked about a "parks battlc,"406 and the editorial page of The Salt Lake Tribune called for "peace talks,"407 while the Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram pleaded for "a temporary cease firc.',4os Conflict reached a crescendo when Secretary Udall arrived in Salt Lake City for the premiere ofa National Park Service film featuring the Canyonlands. Similar to when Udall led politicians and journalists through the proposed Canyon lands to gain their support, Udall wanted to expose Utahns to the Canyonlands and gain supporters. The result was the film Sculptured Earth, which was scheduled to premiere at the University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall. I lowcvcr, university President A. Ray Olpin denied permission to screen the film on campus. Olpin, Bennett, and Clyde accused Udall and Moss of playing politics by showing the film just one month before the election. ll1e ensuing controversy received huge play in local news and made its way to The New York Times in a story framed around academic freedom and censorship. That article carried charges from Senator Moss that Clyde and Olpin were "guilty of cheap partisan politics.'"'09 Olpin was angry that the press said he denied a screening of the film on campus. He clarified that "he and the Board of Regents of the University bad not 406 Salt Lake Tribune, ··compromise Looms in Parks Battle," February 14, 1962, 14; Deseret Nev,.:r 011d Soft Lake Telegram, "Compromise Proposed in Canyon Park Battle," February 14, 1962, 83. 407 Suh /.ake Tribune, ''Compromise Looms," February 14, 1962. •oi Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram, '"Cool Ofr the Park Dispute," April 20, 1962, A 18. • 09 New York Times, "Canyon land (sic] Film an Issue i11 Utah;· October 14, 1962, 62 |
