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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
9
The piece highlights the oil industry’s “Your Service” slogan during Oil Progress Week 1953. It notes the industry’s size with 42,000 separate enterprises and about 200,000 service stations, most run by independents. Service stations are praised as American institutions providing widespread help and routine maintenance.
In a long interview, Secretary Benson discusses surpluses and price supports. He recalls a past era when authorities aided private industry by mobilizing grocery and food-chain groups to move surplus products via advertising and feature campaigns, calling for a return to such teamwork and broad distribution.
The piece argues for cooperative handling of surpluses rather than frequent government intervention. It praises mass distribution as a powerful partner to mass production, stressing efficient channels to move abundant goods to 150 million consumers and linking prosperity to continued work and production. It highlights the role of churches in public life and social cohesion.
Babson discusses the potential impact of rising births and declining deaths on children and grandchildren, warning that prosperity requires prudent policy. He cites historical figures, emphasizes conservation, and cautions against overreliance on “Security” funding to fix deeper societal issues.
Students in grades six, ten, and twelve are urged to prepare for the national I Speak for Democracy contest held in November. Local final judging at Uintah and Vernal high schools runs November 16 to 21, with six finalists from two high schools and winners advancing to statewide and national rounds in Salt Lake City and Washington DC. Prizes include up to 500 dollars and local merchant contributions, with emphasis on content delivery and originality.
A site near Jamestown Virginia is identified as the birthplace of American industry where in 1608 a glass factory, the first in the United States, operated. A movement seeks to preserve the site as a national landmark.
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