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Show Under the CAPITOL DOM DOME DOMEBy DOMBT - = BT Bv By Jimes J\mes J mes James ' \ Conrldman Conr-ul Conr ul Conr\l l Conrld ConrulA ConrlA ' \ - ! manA pol c ci } clolmant clolmantdUlmg dodining man A legislative isdes des dUlmg dui ns nsed legislativeyears the wir wr , years years ] is 15 expect expected e evarious pectt pecttdui sesSIOn ed to t be revJ\ revJ revJed revived \ ed by thiS Ths This Thspobc Thispolicy ] legIslature of the Utah of Junkets to the thevarIOUS thehfor pobc policy is ] 15 that mstItut ons where wherethe wherethemselves hfor state i iwhat various the theio theiolawmake lawmakers lawmake ssticanonsee ssticanonseewhere can see for forthcmselves and andVI andw thcmselves themselves what is ] 15 needed the way wayof wayof wayof VI w what hat should be done in m of legislation legslatlon ] legislationThe legslatlonThe The attitude of the legIslators legislatorswas expressed during durmg the past pastweek pastweek pastweek week was when they recessed both bothhouses bothhouses bothhouses houses from Thursday after afternoon afternoon afernoon ( Monday afternoonspendmg afternoonspending afternoon until spendmg spending noon - all n day J _ _ . FrIday 'Pum'i Pumi ' ' y vstlng visiting vstlngstate visitingstate tncitinff tncitinffstate ] ] state institutions mstltutlons in m Ogden Ths This Thswas Thiswas Thiswas ] was the first junket in m four years yearsTwo Two years ago the senators senatorsand senatorsand toured the theGeneva theGeneva theGeneva and representatives Geneva steel plant and dUrIng dUrIngthe duringthe duringthe the special session last August Augustthey Augustthey Augustthey they mpected Bushnell BushneIl general generalhospItal generalhospital generalhospital hospItal at Bngham BrIgham City Other Otherthan Otherthan Otherthan than these trips visits to state statemstltutlons stateinstitutions stateinstitutions mstltutlons institutions since smce 1943 haveu havebeen have u . been been beenlimited _ hImted limited to the membershipi membershipof membershipj membership i j ) of c committees IDlmttees onlyMeanwlule onlyMeanwhile only onlyMeanwhile Meanwhile Meanwlule both houses havemoved have I moved movedrather , , rather slowly and cau cautlously"wlth cautiously cautiously tlously"wlth tlouslywlth tiously " with some senators ex exrtit ,9 9 . , pressmg pressing _ . . . * concern /rtit rtit / * &i-n &i i n & - over nvpr the th slowy4 'slow slow 'slowijfpace ' -ijfpace ijfpace y4pace y-4 y 4 , " - { , - pace adopted in m the upper upperhouse upperhouse upperhouse house It was pointed pomted out dur durmg during during mg ing debate over whether or not notto notto notto to make the Ogden junket that that173 173 measures including mcludmg 149 149bills 149bills 149bills bills and 24 memorials and res resolutJons resolutions resolutions olutJons olutions had been mtroduced introduced introducedm mtroducedIn introducedin In the first 3 weeks one thJrd third thJrdof thirdof thirdof of the session and that only 17 17measures 17measures 17measures measures had ; received actIOn actIOnon actionon actionon on the floor Between 40 and and50 : 50 11 bills 111s > were on the second secondreadmg secondreading secondreading readmg reading lIstLegislation listLegislation list listLegislation i Legislation to pass both hous houses houses houses es during durmg the third week was wasseaded wasseaded wasseaded . seaded bv by a bill blIl by Senate Pres Presdent President President I dent ident ] Alonzo F Hopkms Hopkins R ( RRich ( R RRich RRich Rich ) to appropriate $861 861 $861500 861500 $861500to 861500to $ 500 500to to the Utah Centennial Centenrual commiscion commis commision cion < ; ion Only dissenting vote in m the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate was cast by Senator MIt Mrt MItcheIl Mrtchell Mitchell cheIl chell ' Melich 'lVIel1ch lVIel1ch ( R Grand ) who whoVI whovas whowas VI vas as turned down in m an n a attempt tempt to amend the bill so mat that me the re return return return turn on a $500 500 $ 000 revolvmg revolving revolvingfund revolvingfund fund included mcluded in m the appropna appropria appropnatIon appropriation appropnation tIon would go to the state v vv \ \ , , iterboard iter iterboard ter terboard board fund Dissent Dssent ] ng votes votescast votescast votescast votesI I cast in m the house ame from fromRepresentatIves fromRepresentatives fromRepresentatives RepresentatIves Keith Browne BrowneR ( R Salt Lake ) Mernll MernIl Merrill K DaVIS DaV's Da , 'vis vis ' VIS V's Vs ' ( ( R-Salt R Salt - - - Lake ) and S WayneClark Wayne I | dark Clark ( R RTooele Tooele ) Of considerable interest mterest was wasthe wasthe wasthe the house vote on \ two to \ 0 senate senatebills s nate nateblIls natebills blIls bills to repeal the governor 15 s semei semeigency emel emei gency powera power " , in m regard to toMate toctate tate Mate < finances fmances and the emer emerg emergancy emerg g gancy ncy relief fund The 21 emerI Dem Demecrats Demccrats Demccrats I ecrats ccrats demonstrated their thclr pow power power power er as a minority mmonty group by powI votTg votiig vot I Iing iig ] Tg ) * as a unit umt against agamst one of the themeasures themeasures , measures consequently consequent1 ellm elim ellmnatmg elimnating elimnating theI I natmg nating an emergence emergenc emergency clause to tomake tomake tomake make the act effe live hve tive upon ap approval approval approval toI I proval provalwhich which requires a to toth \ twoth \ 0 I th rds majority ind md and eating catmg that thatthe thatthe thatthe the house may not override the thegO thegovernoA thegoiernoi gO\ gO gOerno governoA \ erno . s veto should he so act acton acton acton on the billsAlso bills billsAlso actI I Also passed by the two hous houses houses houses es during durmg the tre v \ eek was t tie tieBoden tieBoden 1e 1eBoden Boden bill to clarify filling fillingof fillingof fillingof of vacan ies les is on county commis commls commisciors commislors lors ciors < lor 15 and memorials urgmg urging urgmgcongress urgingcongress urgingcongress congress to extend the present CommodIty presentCommodity Crec Credit t corporatIOn corporatIOnpurchase corporationpurchase corporationpurchase purchase program to cover the theentIre theentire theentire selltne sellthe entIre 1947 wool clip chp and to sell tne the town of Dragerton house by house rather than as an entire entiretown entiretown entiretownSenate town townSenate Senate Senateiction SenatectIon -iction iction \ctIon ctIon action ' \ - al also o included includedthe includedthe the passage of a bill provldmg providing providingfor ballot despite despiteheaving despiteheaving . . for a headless heavmg heaving opposition oPPosltJOn from Sena Senator Senator Senator tor Dexter Fair Falr ( D Weber ) and andb andb andb b 11s lIs lls to allow the banks to re remam remain remain mam main closed on Saturdays mea measures meacures measures sures cures strongly opposed by Sen Senator Senator Senator ator J Frances Fowles ( D We Weber Weber Weber ber ) In addition addtlon ] the upper upperhouse upperhouse upperhouse house passed and sent to the thelower thelower thelower lower house measures to extend extendthe extendthe extendthe the retirement system .tor tor for . mu mumClpal municipal municipal mClpal nicipal employes to second and andthird andthird andthird third class cities and towns and andd andda anda , a bill bll ] permitting permJttmg the , state fish fishand fishand fishand and game department to ac acqwre acquire acquire qwre quire additional addJtJOnal game and bird birdrefuge birdrefuge birdrefuge refuge lands in m Box Elder coun county county county ty I : i . I A resolution resolutJOn proposing proposmg a con constitutional < constitutional I shtutIonal stitutional amendment allowmg allowing allowmgthe allowingthe allowingthe I the legislature to set salaries salanes of oflegislators oflegislators oflegislators I legislators failed falled to get a nec necessary necessary neeessary essary two third majority and andSenator andSenator andSenator Senator Val H Cowles ( C Car Carbon Carbon Carbon bon ) bill to require regIstratIon regIstratIonagents registrationagents registrationagents agents to canvass voters was wask1l1ed waskilled waskilled k1l1ed killed (4 4 ( 15)Public 15) 15 15)Public ) Public hearings hearmgs scheduled scheduledthIs scheduledthis scheduledthis thIs week might well decide the thecourse thecourse thecourse course of some bills partIcular particularly ly labor measures mtroduced introduced introducedin mtroducedI mtroducedm m in the rile senate and house Labor Laborleaders Laborleaders Laborleaders leaders and their .friends friends . m in meluding ineluding ineluding eluding Governor Herbert B BMaw BMaw BMaw Maw continue contmue < to insist msst ] that thatthere thatthere thatthere there is 15 no logic in m attempting attemptmg attemptingto attemptmg'to 'to to ' to curb labor m in view of the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor industry mdustry peace Utah has hasknown hasknown hasknown known Senators Warwick C CLamoreaux CLamoreaux CLamoreaux Lamoreaux ( D-6alt D 6alt D-"Salt "Salt Salt D-Salt - " - Lake ) H HGrant HGrant HGrant Grant Vest ( D Umtah Uintah ) and Rue RueL RueL RueL L Clegg R ( ( R RSalt Salt Lake ) and andsupporters andsupporters andsupporters supporters of their bills bJlls msst insist mssthowever insisthowever insisthowever ] however that now is JS the tIme tImeto timeto timeto to take steps against agamst JurIdIc juridictional jundictional tIonal strikes secondary boy boycotts boycotts boycotts cotts and other practices they theywould theywould theywould theyi would outlaw with their thClr bllls bills blllsSenator billsSenator billsSenator Senator Clegg followed up last lastweek lastweek week bi by b introducing mtroducmg a resolu resoluI resolution resolution tIon proposing proposmg a constItutIonal constItutIonalamendment constitutionalamendment constitutionalamendment amendment to outlaw the closed closedshop closedshop closedshop closedshopAlso shop shopAlso Also introduced mtroduced last vv \ weekwas eek eekwas eekwas was a measure by SenatorsLamoreaux SenatorsLamoreaux Senators : Lamoreaux and Lorenzo E Elg Elggren Elggren Elggren gren ( D Salt Lake ) to leganze legalize leganzepan legalizepare legalizepan pan pare mutuel mettmg metting at horse race meets but limiting l1IDltJng uniting the themeets themeets themeets meets to five fJve days except for fora fora fora a 10 day meet at the state fair fairSenator fairSenator fairSenator Senator \ Melich I\Tehch I Tehch offered a mea measure measure measure sure to move Davis count countyfrom } from judicial district No 2 to toNo toNo toNo No 3 and Sanpete county from fromDio fromr 1110 Dio < o 7 to No 6 and cut one Judge Judgeeach judgeeach judgeeach each from districts dstncts ] 2 3 and 7 7while 7while 7while while Senators Clegg and Or Ornce Orrice Orrice nce rice C McShane ( R Beaver ) In an Introduced antroduced Jntroduced troduced a senate resolution resolutionaskmg resolutionasking resolutionasking askmg asking appointment appomtment of a four fourman fourman fourman man committee to mveshgate investigate investigatethe mveshgatethe the state ] liuqor Juqor commission COmmISSOn COmmISSOnI commissionA ] I A four year vear school at Webcr Weber Webercollege Wobcrcollege . college and $1125000 1125000 $1 1 $1125 1125 $ 125 000 for a new newsite newsite newsite site and buildings bUlldmgs for the col colloge college : lege loge are arc sought .in in JD . measures m in introduced introduced . troduced b } Senatois Senatols Farr FarrFowles FarrFowles ! Fowle Fowles Holbrook and Wardi WardOn Ward i On the matter of appomt appoint appointments appointments ments ' L B Johnson of Rch Rich Rchcounty Richcounty Richcounty ] county and Marden Broadbcntof Broadbentof Broadbent of Heber City held the lead for forthe forthe torthe the vacancy in m the stite stte state , agrI agrIculture agriculture agnculture culture commission commSSlon ] occasionedbv occasJOnedbv occasionedby occasJOned occasioned bv by the res gnation of Don E EKenney EKenney EKenncy Kenney and Arthur McFarlane McFarlanewas McFarlanewas McFarlanewas was prominently prommently mentioned as asa asa asa a replacement for Gordon Tay Taylor Tayfor Taylor lor for Hyde on the state fmance finance fmancecommlssJOn financecommission financecommission commlssJOn commission Also likely to be bereplaced bereplaced bereplaced replaced ] is S ' lJustin LJustm 'Justin Justin E Hurst HurstchaIrman Hurstchairman Hurstchairman chaIrman of the state hquor liquor hquorcontrol liquorcontrol liquorcontrol control commission COmmISSOn ] who has hasasked hasasked hasasked asked the governor that he not notbe notbe notbe be reappointed reappomted In the house major legIsla legIslatlve Icgisiafive I tlve tive activity was lacking lackmg dulnng dulring dulnngthe dulringthe dutnngthe the week Action on bills was wasof wasof wasof of minor mmor nature inasmuch masmuch as ashIghly ashighly ashighly hIghly controversial measures measuressuch measuressuch measuressuch such as the Clegg bill blll remainedin remamedm remamed remained m in committee Principal Prmcpal committeePrincipal committeePrmcpal ] bills introduced mtroduced m in mthe inthe inthe the house would provide for re reapportIonment reapportionment reapportionment apportIonment of the legsla legisla legslature legislature legisiature ] ture on the basis of the 1940 1940census 1940census 1940census census eight or nine nme tax bllis bills bllisI bllisto billsto billsto to remodel the real ireal seal property propertytax propertytax I . . tax program in m conformity conforrmty IWIth with IWIthI withthe withthe the new minimum mmlmum school pro program program program I gram all of which was prev previ previously previously ] ously introduced mtroduced m JD an the senate senatea a measure to appropriate appropnate $375 375 $375000 375000 $ 000 to the state department of ofhealth ofhealth ofhealth health which whlch with wJth federal and andmatchmg andmatching andmatching matchmg matching funds would be used usedto usedto usedto to construct operate and super superVIse supervise supervise VIse hospitals hospJtals a bill to appro approprIate appropriate appropnate prIate $40 40 $ 000 ; for the control controlof controlof controlof of tuberculosis and bang s dl di dlsease disease disease sease among livestock and an another another another other measure to grant smgle single smgleveterans singleveterans singleveterans veterans a $2700 2700 $ and marned married marnedvets marriedvets marriedvets vets a $3300 3300 $ personal JDcome income JDcometax incometax incometax tax exemptIonBllis exemptionBills exemption exemptionBills Bills Bllis passed by the house m in mI meluded ineluded ineluded eluded those to increase mcrease leVIes leVIesof leviesof leviesof I of cities and towns for hbrary library librarypurposes librarypurposes I hbraryI purposes to empower CItIes CItIesand citiesand citiesand and towns to raise money moneythrough moneythrough moneythrough through bonds or otherwise for forfmancmg forfinancing forfinancing fmancmg financing the construction constructJOn op operatJOn operation operation eratJOn eration maintenance mamtenance and re repair repair repair pair of sewer and samtatIon sanitation samtatIonsystems sanitationsystems sanitationsystems systems and to charge for the theservIce theservice theservice servIce in order to repay the thecost thecost thecost cost to permit merchants a 5 per cent but not to exceed $100 100 $100annually $100annually $100annually 100annually $ annually deduction from sales salestax salestax salestax tax collections as part rem reim rembur reimburcement reimbursement ] bur burcement ement for the cost of col colIlectlng collecting collecting Ilectlng lecting and remitting remlltmg and to torequIre torequire torequire requIre a majority maonty ] of the coun county county county ty commissioners approval approvalwhere |