Show r t Casually Observing with Cliff A legislative Report From Capitol Hill By Cliff SEVENTH WEEK SEVEN WEEKS have sped by with less than two more remaining to do a tremendous job processing nearly bills that up to had come before the two legislative branches of the Legislature It's hard to say how many bills will die in the sifting committees of the senate and house but I can predict many will never again see the light of either body and be THE SEVENTH WEEK started off with a thrill as tho was privileged to hear a brief from a fine young Lynn governor of Boys State who was chosen In for this Ho Is a senior student at Pleasant Grove His parents present to visit with Governor Lynn for an THE FIRST bill that received consideration was 20 if passed by the senate and signed by the will regulate nursery especially those classified as transients who bring plants into Utah each year without A FARMER'S B received a favorable nod by the house which passed it It amends the Gas enacted in Farmers and other off-highway users of gas heretofore had to save all invoices of gas purchases for a year to qualify for a Now they can get the same con- by presenting a statement from the supplier that they had bought so much gas during the I was pleased to help move this bill out of onto the floor and get it TWO BOATING II B 4 and II B 36 received almost a unanimous voto for passage after several I was absent from tho chamber doing sub-committee work on appropriations when these bills but I understand they will relax the licensing of TUESDAY BROUGHT a real hot issue before B. which had been introduced by title only in the It's that much talked about measure that called for banning all kinds of trading stamps in Utah's Since a bill with title only can't be the membership permitted S B 19 to be Normally Tuesday is Senate Bill but tho rules were suspended and wo tackled Trading After much by proponents and opponents the highly controversial issue got the big axe and Is now a dead duck to the unc of 22 to no 41 There was rather an interesting sidelight to this one Cal national committeemen for tho Demos and Jerry who tho same position with the Utah are attorneys for Sperry makers and dispensers of Green Naturally both wanted the bill and carried on a real high-powered bit of FOR A FEW minutes Tuesday afternoon the senate- Seo back page Casually from Pace Joined us In the house where we heard Senators Mc-Keo of Wyoming and Frank E. Moss Both expressed hope for the American way of life winning the cold war and were pleased with the progress being made by our new president In IF HIS the Governor of signs S. B. Davis County will have two more representatives in the 35 They now have The senate passed this bill after a score of and sent it to us for One new amendment was then reconsidered by the and passed as we received In 1963 there will be 66 house members instead of the 64 serving I voted against the bill the first then changed my vote when the Republicans wanted to make it a party which it should have I had no particular strong feeling on this either for or HAD ANOTHER first experience Tuesday evening when we accepted an invitation from the officials at the State Prison to see the the annual talent shop put on by the We took a brief junket about the prison to see phases of the at one of their evening meals and saw their show It's almost amazing the talent found behind prison walls and the genuine interest and enthusiasm these hardened characters have about their real big project Building a Chapel where they can attend church on AFTER A LONG and rather heated the house killed H B which brings to an as of June a Merit School program for teachers that has been studied for the past seven I favored this bit of legislation because I firmly believe that some day a Merit System of some kind will become mandatory in hiring teachers in our public I feel very badly to see seven years of research and go down the drain because of the ultra conservative attitude of a group of representatives But that's MORE SENATE bills were considered on We had a lot of and passed a few bills that have very little effect on us here in the A which will give the people of Utah a chance to vote in 1962 on whether they want to give the State Commission full control of all monies raised by gas taxes and other motor fuels and highway user to be used In building and maintaining highways In the was given a lot of but is still on the at least until A NEW WELFARE act was explained on Friday and then held on the board for debate this I'm trying to gather information that will help me vote right on this Welfare is one of our biggest and I might costly and to make some proposed changes would cost you and me a couple of million more dollars each I hope I can be guided Intelligently in this WE COMPLETED our subcommittee work and made out reports during the seventh It was a very educational experience and one I shall always appreciate I saw our state government WAS HAPIT to visit with Charley Ray and Marion Ralph Taylor and Lloyd Smith during the Be sure and look me up if you come out anytime during the next two weeks We'll be working Saturday and a lot of nights this THE LAST WORD If you are facing something that seems more than you can affirm that with faith in God you shall walk through There are experiences in life that are not easy to but with faith in God we can these |