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...news conference, Treasury Secretary George Humphrey was needled by a reporter wanting to learn what Humphrey will do about Utah's unruly Republican Governor J. Bracken Lee, who won't pay his 1955 income tax until ordered to, because he hates to see tax dollars going out in foreign aid. Harrumphed Republican Humphrey: "I'm going...
Utah's Governor J. Bracken...
Utah's far-right Republican Governor J. (for Joseph) Bracken Lee, 57, opened a new skirmish with the Federal Government. For the fourth year in a row, the governor proclaimed that he will proclaim no United Nations Day in Utah. Instead of lauding the confraternity of the U.S. with a lot of foreigners on Oct. 24, he will instead get a jump on One-Worlders by proclaiming Oct. 23 as United States Day. What's more, cried terrible-tempered Governor Lee, he will salt away every penny he owes in federal income tax on what ever...
...exception: Utah's arch-conservative J. Bracken Lee, foe of the United Nations and federal aid programs. In Chicago last week Republican Lee said he would bolt to the "right" kind of Democrat running against Ike. By the right kind of Democrat, Bracken Lee seems to be thinking of James Buchanan or Grover Cleveland...
Outside the filmed comedies, the little rascals have grown up. Some, such as Eddie Bracken and Jackie Cooper, have continued successfully as actors. Others have dropped out of show business (Spanky MacFarland was recently working as a cigarette salesman in Texas...