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Show OGDEN CITY, UTAH, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1951Lee Insists Governors Weigh TaxesVows Hell Bolt Unless Vital Issues Come UpGATLINBURG, Tenn., Oct. 2 UP Gov. J. Bracken Lee, R., Utah, threatened today to walk out of the annual governors conference unless it takes a stand on high taxes, inflation, the Korean war, the national debt and integrity in government.The Utah governor, a bitter objector to centralized government in Washington, voiced his protest as the conference met for a round table discussion of the problems of social security and welfare.Several of the governors had discussed the problem of how to care for borderline senility cases, without committing them to mental institutions, when Lee erupted.Pounds TableIm interested in things that are vital, but these things are incidental, he shouted, pounding the table for emphasis. He said the conference was wasting time unless it got down to the subjects he mentioned and adopted resolutions on them.Maybe Ill walk out of here, knowing Im right, he said. I believe Im right and every man in this room knows Im right. The outburst caught the governors by surprise but Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, who was presiding, immediately brought the talk back to the subject under discussion.Dewey told Lee that he offered an enchanting panorama of subjects which confront the nation today.Got Real ProblemsWeve got some real problems in this country. he said. We have a national debt of 260, 000, 000, 000; weve got inflation; weve got a problem of integrity in government; weve got a Korean war that already has killed or maimed almost 100, 000 American boys, and we are told by the administration that we are faced with a third world war and higher taxes. Lee said the governors have it within their power to direct the course of the nation and they should rise above politics and tackle those problems.He said there was nothing political about discussing those problems and the governors should adopt resolutions showing how they feel about them.In an interview earlier, Gov. John S. Fine R Pa. , said it was much too early for Pennsylvania Republicans to begin taking sides in the election of a presidential nominee for 1952.A drive headed by Dewey to enlist westerners in a draft Eisenhower campaign was under way today at the conference. |