Title |
Speeches 1970-79 |
Creator |
Littlefield, Edmund |
Description |
This collection contains a copy of speeches given by E.W. Littlefield from 1952-1997. Of interest is a report on Utahs Mining in Russia and a photograph with accompanying text about the company owned ranches in Montello, NV. |
Subject |
Littlefield, Edmund W. (Edmund Wattis), 1914-2001; Speeches; Correspondence; Stanford University; San Francisco (Calif.); Utah International Inc.; General Electric Corporation |
Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
Date Original |
1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979 |
Date |
1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979 |
Date Digital |
2010 |
Temporal Coverage |
1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997 |
Item Size |
8.5 inch x 11 inch |
Medium |
speeches |
Item Description |
58 speeches, totaling 917 pages of typed text |
Type |
Text |
Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/290 |
Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
Sponsorship/Funding |
Funded through the generous support of the Edmund W. and Jeannik M. Littlefield Foundation. |
Source |
MS 155 Box 1-5 Weber State University Special Collections |
Format |
application/pdf |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6534rtt |
Setname |
wsu_ucc_ed |
ID |
39323 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6534rtt |
Title |
119_31 January 1974 Ogden Chamber Commerce - 378 |
Creator |
Littlefield, Edmund |
Description |
This collection contains a copy of speeches given by E.W. Littlefield from 1952-1997. Of interest is a report on Utahs Mining in Russia and a photograph with accompanying text about the company owned ranches in Montello, NV. |
Subject |
Littlefield, Edmund W. (Edmund Wattis), 1914-2001; Speeches; Correspondence; Stanford University; San Francisco (Calif.); Utah International Inc.; General Electric Corporation |
Date Original |
1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979 |
Date |
1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979 |
Date Digital |
2010 |
Type |
Text |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
Source |
MS 155 Box 1-5 Weber State University Special Collections |
OCR Text |
Show 8. with available civilian supply. Military needs got top priority and activities considered non-essential bore the brunt of the shortages. Prices and wages were frozen but even then we found that exceptions had to be made to achieve the desired results. Incentives had to be offered to induce workers to go where they were needed or for companies to produce the new goods desired. Time and again one agency found its programs frustrated by another agency. The War Foods Administration inaugurated a drive urging home canning of fruits and vegetables and the housewives at first responded enthusiastically. Suddenly the program was dead in the water, and the reason later developed that the housewife stopped canning when she ran out of spare lumber for new shelves and found that the War Production Board wouldn't give her any lumber. Every local community had a rationing board and these boards took a dim view of any extra gasoline for those of Japanese origin. This prejudice affected the production of eggs and poultry, for unbeknownst to me at the time it was the Japanese who were the predominant people who practiced the art of telling the sex of baby chicks. This may not appeal to you or to me as the best way to do the Lord's work but apparently sex discrimination is still an integral part of the life style in the poultry business. I am willing to defend the proposition that in wartime we had no alternative but to attempt to manage the economy and that we did it reasonably well. We did it reasonably well because we could ruthlessly impose a simple and non-economic standard; namely did or did not the activity in question further the war effort. Cost was secondary. Equity was secondary. The public at the height of its patriotism was willing to accept sacrifices, to postpone its wants and desires. We also had another factor going for us, namely a limitless demand |
Format |
application/pdf |
Setname |
wsu_ucc_ed |
ID |
41216 |
Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6534rtt/41216 |