| Show STATE CONCLAVES SINCE 1894 son executive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers Association another speaker urged the press to accept its share of the responsibility for callinghalt to the multiplication of taxes and regulations which is destroying American industry The welcoming address was delivered by Ab Jenkins Mayor of SaltLake City and renowned racing-car driver Portions of the convention were held jointly with the Printing Industry of Utah The proclamation of limited national emergency in September 1939 had conventioneers nervous about the con flict being engendered by Nazi Germany Forty-eighth annual meeting Friday-Saturday January 17-18 1941 Hotel Newhouse Walter Carlton Beaver Press was elected president The business meeting was tumultuous and controversial and by17-16 vote Hendrik Romeyn was ousted as part-time Secretary post heheld since 1937 Val Cowles of Price past president was elected his temporary successor Julian Bamberger president of the Utah Traffic Safety Council told the publishers It is good business as well as humanitarian to play up traffic safety in your newspapers He asked editors to help educate readers to traffic law changes Maj Burton public relations officer for the State Selective Service Board expressed his organizationdesire to cooperate with the newspapers Don Belding Los Angeles advertising agency executive warned of subversive elements in the consumer movement He cited 50 private organizations and 15 government agencies doing some work in the movement adding some are excellent some middle grade and others are definitely Communistic He concluded When we get out of this national emergency we must balance the budget or something drastic is going to happen however harsh that may sound Forty-ninth annual meeting Saturday Sunday January 24-25 1942 Hotel Newhouse Frank Beckwith Millard County Chronicle was elected president It was an abrupt 339 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
