Show UNDER THE TilE Capitol Dome By Wm Vm T. T Iglehart For Utah State Press Service The lawmakers really went to work making laws s this fourth week of oC the legislature While the only major measures passed by both houses were tho the liberalization of the workmen's compensation act and the occupational occupational occupational disease act ad introduction of oC the governors governor's post war planning plan plan- pl ning anji construction bills and virtual completion of or the new school chool financing measures bring into legislative view almost all of Df the important controversial proposals the legislature Is expected to deal with The senate and house had one of their to be expected altercations altercations ions when the house demanded demand demand- ed cd the upper body rescind its action in naming a sifting committee committee committee com com- and the senate figuratively figurative figurative- ly thumbed its noso nose at the house for Cor suggesting such a thing So the senate sifting committee commit commit- tee of oC seven headed by Lorenzo E E. Elggren Salt D-Salt Lake will hereafter have complete say asto as asto asto to what bills are brought to the floor of of the senate those be house or senate meas meas- ures Many a well Intentioned proposal will have its head lopped lopped lopped lop lop- ped of off right there And inasmuch as the house has a hundred more bills before beCore it now than It did two years ago at this stage of the proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings theres there's certain to be some wailing and gnashing of oC teeth Tho The governors governor's post war bills which would enable counties and municipalities to share in possible state and federal funds for planning and construction permit the state stille publicity and industrial de commission commission com com- mission to assist communities Insetting in insetting insetting setting up ups up small g manufacturing and Industrial l enterprises met with rather cordial response inmost In Inmost most quarters His suggested appropriation appropriation apr ap ap- r of to the state board of examiners for these construction and planning activities may strike some snag Pension and pay measures for public employees aro numerous and far reaching embracing everybody everybody everybody ev ev- on the state payroll from the governor to the school janitor Its It's too early to predict what will happen to th them m but If the usual econom economy bloc starts doing much arithmetic the more social minded legislators are in for Cor some seine difficulties because all aU of oC the bills call for some state stat as ilS well as individual lions The Tho house set up a uniform uniform uni uni- form Corm salary committee Joe JOB L. L Newey ewey Ogden D-Ogden to harmonize such measures I Senator Grant Macfarlane CD- CD D- D Salt Lake succeeded in fn having the senate pass his bill for a 3 hospital with a 1 half million trillion dollar appropriation lion ion tho the largest to get by either Continued on page age tour four I S. S S I i c Under the Capitol Dome Continued from page one house louse so far Of OC course requested request request- ed exceed by far fa r estimated revenues and the governor goy gov suggested budget How v t to bring these all into line is th the themore themore e more nearly sixty four millions million s dollar Collar question confronting the tho joint budget committee now i In n the throes of daily sessions fhe They have ha appointed subcommittees sub com to examine all proposals proposals proposals propos propos- als and some of ot those reports report s are sire beginning to sift back to th the e whole committee While partisan p politics hasn't t been much In on th the e flood of ot the houses unmistakable able evidence of the interest o of oC f party organization in the doings doing s of the legislature is seen In the th e frequent appearance In the capItol cap cap- Itol Ito halls hails of ot Roscoe Boden noden the state chieftain an and d his Republican opponent Vernon Verne Romney It is more than a guess gues s that their current Interest centers cen centers more in to the appointment appointments s Governor Go Maw is recommending g to the senate for confirmation I than in most of the actual legIslation leg leg- i Some of ot the governors governor's major nominees for state jobs are no now w known to be under very close clos e scrutiny and furthermore the results of the last election where Governor Go Maw dropped d so o far behind his ticket have hav e induced the part party wigs big-wigs t ta to toa a more determined attitude 1 in n patronage matters A reconstitution n of oC the cu current cur rent Pent methods of providing pro funds fund s for the states state's educational system system tem tern Is seen In the series of five fhe e bills that will be bo Introduced this week by the Governors Governor's committee com corn committee on school finance headd headed head head- ed d b by speaker of the house Rulon Rulon Ru Ru- lon Ion R. R White The measures will provide pro a more equitable method method method meth meth- od of ot apportioning funds a L simplification of the present formulas under which funds ar are e and likewise provide provId E Ea a a- committee to continue a study of pf Utah Utah's entire tire system of taxation taxation tax tax- with with a a view to providing the next next- legislature with a groundwork for legislative ac- ac f- f tl on q e. e 3 |