Show Under the Capitol Dome By Wm T. T Iglehart for tor Utah State Press PreS Service The legislature broke up Monday night In rather a 31 haze of oC mutually exchanged uncomplimentary uncomplimentary uncomplimentary remarks between the governor and the senate over the administration of the state liquor control commission That particular subject public pub pub- lie lic limelight for the last week and prolonged the the- session Into five sixtieth days the GOth being being being be be- ing the legal But meanwhile the boys and girls had dumped a appropriation on top of ot the taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers reviving the general property tax levies grabbing abond abond a abond bond reserve fund o of and giving ing the general fund an estimated above a legislated ceiling on public welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare funds all to meet the Santa Claus Glaus spirit of oC the ap ap- The They furthermore accomplished accomplish accomplish- ed these worthy purposes without without without with with- out doing anything in particular I Ito to meet the anticipated post war employment a and u nd d construction problems Democrats will bt b arguing for quite a spell as to whom came out first in the liquor controversy controversy contro contro- I versy the the Governor or the sen sen- ate The latter turned down a reappointment for Cor James C. C Allen Allen Al AI I Ilen len R whoso whose term is expiring but ut the former Cormer refused to ac ac- ac I to the senate demand that he fire the other er two members i iThe The Republicans will just go on I saying as they are aro now that I both Democratic factions lost I IOnly Only the voters can eventually e tell The evidence compiled is i ii i being sent to the Salt Lake county and third district court attorneys for p possible grand jury action So what The legislature did refinance on still a temporary basis that promises pretty well the state school system f vEO riu doing they permit city cily county and district boards of education to lift their levies for school purposes in varying degrees and gave the system a general fund appropriation appropriation appropriation of with provision provision provision pro pro- vision that the districts will have to meet higher curriculum and other requirements in order to more nearly equalize educational education education- al opportunities in the state This program was formulated by the governors governor's special school financing committee which la labored labored labored la- la bored for Cor the pa past t two years under under under un un- un- un der the chairmanship of the able speaker of the House Rulon White Ogden democrat The governor had trouble with the joint appropriations committee which took away from him his contingent fund and gave to the state board of examiners with which to meet emergency needs of departments departments departments de de- de- de and institutions during during dur dur- ing the next biennium They likewise rode over-rode his early recommendation rec ree that they appropriate appropriate appropriate to departments In lump sums by detailing their allotments allotments allotments allot allot- ments to specific purposes Agriculture didn't fare so well Although j they got a now new dairy division in the state department the other bills passed for the specific benefit of farmers and stock growers didn't amount to much Bulls on on the public domain domain domain do do- main were limited and Grand county got a n peach mosaic control control control con con- appropriation Other bills were like like- e those State county and municipal Continued on page palie four tour Under the Capitol Dome Continued from page one employees received more than usual consideration The boys on on the hill bill decided since the taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers last fall raIl voted them an increase in pay through the adoption of a constitutional amendment they could hardly do less than give their hard pr pressed fellow tellow employees of or tho the pu public certain increases They also attempted to get under way waya a move to have public employees brought under the provisions of the he federal social security act net a amendments now pending in Congress The general welfare program as represented by the Welfare C Commission and county agencies agencies agen agen- cies cles came in for Cor somewhat less attention than in the last few Cew sessions but recipients of or old age assistance nce had made legal the 40 a month ceiling they have been receiving under the gubernatorial edict efforts to release the counties from their 15 per cent share snare m nu she he programs program's programs program's programs program's pro pro- grams gram's costs failed ailed old folks were p permitted to engage in fu agricultural agrIcultural agricultural ag ag- pursuits to relieve relie the labor shortage without loss of oC their grants Sportsmen did win a point or t two wo but by failure of their various various var- var var-j var ious lous organizations to get together e er r on a uniform and adequately adequate adequate- adequate j ly prep prepared red program they missed missed missed mis mis- sed any real accomplishment De Dear r season opening was set for October The h house use conveniently conveniently conven COD buried in sifting committee commit commit- tee the to permit opening opening opening open- open ing seasons on Sunday But the tIle house let a 31 lot of bills a lot of ot people wanted to die in m that same committee This session completely dodged e ed d the issue presented them b blast by y l last falls fall's election calling fo for tor r the partisan non-partisan election of th the e judiciary The senate considered consider consIder- e ed d state bar association bills for fa r days and then never even gave gaYe e the house a crack at them So S you'll go o judges i inthe in n the tho same old-fashioned old way which is probably all right The State Publicity and Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Development commission w will ill go on doing business at th the e same old stand despite the tho vie lent lens if It not valiant efforts to kill kit 1 it t in the senate because of ot rein some e personal animosities against it its personnel Other miscellany include the granting of ot funds for tor a statue of Brigham Young in the national nation nation- al statuary hall fn in n Washington I the he t construction of a long- long sought state hospital for children children chil chit dren suffering from crippling diseases Mitchell two major proposals for a continued study of of- the Colorado river treaty and asked Congress to re rescind rescind re- re the Antiquities Act Labor won the they the earlier major fight of ot tho the session In getting industry to unite with them on of amendments extending extending extending extend extend- ing and clarifying the benefits extended under th state al nl compensation and occupational occupational occupational disease acts This was a the outstanding instance of ot opposing opposing ing forces Corces getting together on legislation for lor the general ben ben- The representatives of the people b have had their biennial opportunities to make laws They've made a a. lot of ot them They got mad at one another They got mad at the governor and his administrators of state departments They got mad atthe at tho the lobbyists striving for Cor spec special spec spec- ial lal advantages But they did al also also also al- al so accomplish many things that will benefit all the people of ot the state Greatest criticism of their failures would pr probably bably be directed at their neglect of ot postwar postwar post postwar war problems But the war situation situation situation situ situ- isn't right now clear enough to tell what t really Is best hest to do A special session can be called on the morning after that great day of ot peace |