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Show 46 WIth the a new'vbta of presentation of hts credentials living 'Wes te open in the Sen_. of the United States fer the then Senator frOM Utcah, Senator EIDert D. Thomas. He in this body. seU the United Stetes Senate the greatest deliberative body re....ded was to spend eighteen consecutive yean H. himin the world. During were for thee eightee" yecn he WQS re-tected twice. two.f UtGh's favorite and re-eleetionl he WQ$ most opposed by Brigham Young University. 17 'His two opponents outs.tanding ,_pie. In 1938, Dr. Pr-ankfin S. Harris, Dr. Harris was Q man who hIs fint brd president w. of the held In great pect by the eitizeft$ of Uteh and who had MClAy acquaintances throughout res- the world. He subsequemly became pr.fdent of the Utah Stete Asrteultural College. He has 'new repr.en,ed the United States abroad especicny in Iron where he toutht (rrlg.ton pr_tiees GAd agricultural techniques. During the cGmpotgn he mait\tained his position at the University. The issues .f the compaign Democrat enci e Dr. Harris le,publ ican with brought forth the issues thot shov,ld (:GtUSe a OJ were similar one 01" <my eempcign between a liberal two spec i fie issues:. fifteen-point voter to to roily to program his that, cause. for This him, highlighted fifteen-point program 17' This indicated a unIque $ituation in American polities While se,veral of education had previous'ly served in the Congress ,of the United States, here, for probably the first time, two university professoR were opposing each other to gain (1 seat in the Senate of the United States. This is indicative of the attitude of Utah people to education. They respect and honor it. In 20 of the last 24 years, at le,ast one professional educator hQ$ represented the people of Utah in the Congress .. men of the United Stmes, including the present Representative H. Aldous Dixon. |
