| Show the Capitol Dome By Dy Wm m T. T Iglehart for tor U Utah th h State Press Service The swishes and swashes smashes of contending currents mighty near swamped the state legislature this last week as they dunked into the troubled liquids liquids- of the state liquor control laws nigh themselves in school financing tested out deep water later ater of election law changes tentatively tentatively tenta tenta- waded the shallows of I old ld age assistance and actually made no declarations of a positive positive tive character that will either beach or submerge any voter of Utah Clifton Kerr err the t bishop from Tremonton and andWard andWard Ward Holbrook the quietly in intent intent in- in tent senator from Crom had the fireworks of an Intended intended blowup of the liquor commission stolen from them h by Governor Maws Maw's release of an attorney generals general's opinion that every or almost every every every ev ev- ery law on the books had been bent if not busted by wholesale sales of Intoxicating The of Pleasant Grove ahouse ahouse a ahouse house liquor committee with Kerr as ranking Republican Senator Holbrook a aless Jess less regular but more pugnacious pugnacIous pugnacious pugnac pugnac- ious anti commission clique inthe in inthe inthe the senate Both Doth wanted to and did vocally castigate alleged sins of c commission favoritism omission omission omission omis omis- sion and downright malfeasance b by the stat states state's s dispensers of drinking liquor That gunfire hasn't subsided and probably wont won't for another 20 days Everybody thought when this ses session lon ion started that the main mam id idea a was going to be to pass some laws that will provide pro a better place in which to live 11 for the tho to soon Nl rt G. G I. I Joes and Jennies Tolate To date late it is regretfully reported only two or three inconsequential inconsequent Inconsequent- ial measures treasures out of the to total total to to- tal of bills put In have been passed passed passed pas pas- sed to even let the men and women wo women women men in the service know where Utah is True there are quite a number of proposals pending for post war planning an and the hopr hop hop- r for ed-for construction d de deriving e r i v i n g that will furnish the for hoped employment But at atthe atthe the tho end of the two-thirds two mark of this session none of them have been put Into law For Foi the past number of years ears the school people an and all those concerned with the education of l best crop have ve been determinedly de- de trying tring to solve the question of financing Utah's fine fino f educational program in a way compatible with both the educational educational edu edu- desires of or the people and the ability to pay of the tax tax- payers None Done of the measures calculated to accomplish those JL desirable ends have been got- got Jr t r r I ten beyond committee tion And as the session got into its day Mon Monday ay both houses had sifting committees Continued on page four t. t Under Under the e Capitol Capito Dome Continued from page one to tell the lawmakers which bills they could or could not further consider and act upon Seven Sc senators and 17 represent representatives cs or better the majority of either cither can tell from now on out what hat laws the lawmakers will have a chance to pass upon M Moot ot questions of civil chon service service ice retirement privileges ta tax tat ceilings post war aviation highways high ways was appointment various state commissions salaries sale of liquor by the drink or otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise control of livestock on the public domain fishing and hunting hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing opportunities the care of inmates in public institutions these and a lot more of equal Interest are out on the limb which the sifting committees can decide to saw off or or lea leave dangling Of or course if the legislature decides to get at all aU of this busIness business business bus bus- iness the they can make some mighty might worthwhile But so far as the record now shows the possibilities have ha far out-distanced out accomplish accomplish- ment Governor Go Maw finds himself In a not enviable position because because because be be- cause even ven the joint appropriations appropriations committee gave his money bill last week scant courtesy What the senate will do with his recommendation of appointments seems destined for equally qually impolite consideration Partisan politics again last week jumped into law making consideration In talking about liquor legislation fiery young Senator Mitchell 1 Metich of oC Moab Moab Mo- Mo ab declared that the story now should be Morals and the Governor Gov- Gov rather than as during the late campaign campaign Morals Morals and the Mayor l Representative Tom flees loquacious Salt Laker put in a bill that would do away with all political parties by simply forbidding any and all state or count county or municipal employees employees employees em em- from holding office In partisan organizations Friday Fuday was the last da day for foi forthe forthe the Introduction of new bills without either getting the consent consent con con- sent of ether ellier house or suspending suspend suspend- ing the rules lules and few bills can be expected to get such favored ored treatment with the result that the bills thus far presented will have ha to be about enough If not more so But the time spade committee work has bas been done on most of oJ them with the result that both houses are now in a position to dispose of bills just about as rapidly as the sifting sitting committees release them to the floor for tion I |
