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Show Utah Solon Seeks Business, Labor To Solve Job Problem Bill Would Authorize Railroads To Move Into Air Transportation Field; Senate Receives 'Working Wives' Bill STATE CAPITOL, Salt Lake City, Feb. 7 (U.R) A bill to permit railroad corporations to move into the field of air transportation in Utah was passed by the senate of the state legislature today. The bill, which was sent to the house of representatives for its consideration, amends state laws which permit the railway companies to own stock in and to build, operate and maintain transportation lines on land and sea. It passed witn nine opposition. . An unemployment and recovery conference of legislators and industrialists, in-dustrialists, businessmen, laborers und farmers was proposed in a joint resolution introduced in the house by Rep. Sheldon R. Brewster, Brews-ter, D., Salt Lake. The resolution proposed the legislature leg-islature resolve itself into a committee com-mittee and invite labor and business busi-ness to join it in an effort to ' solve Utah's unemployment prob lem. A bill to limit dimensions and weights of trucks and trailers nnd to regulate lighting equipment equip-ment of trucks was presented to the house by Rep. Charles R. Hunter, R., Iron county. Another proposed motor act would, if enacted, en-acted, prevent price discrimination by retailers of motor fuel. It would require the retailer to set his own price for the fuel and maintain main-tain it for all purchasers. Rep. H. E. Smith, D., Weber, introduced another companion measure for his homestead exemption exemp-tion bill, designed to prevent counties coun-ties raisin tax levies if the ex-cmption ex-cmption bill becomes law. The . companion measure would strike a provision from state statutes which permit counties to increase maximum levies. Teacher Bill-- Rep. P. S. Marthakis, D., Salt ; Lake, presented a bill to the house which would prevent arbitrary arbi-trary dismissal of teachers. The measure provides for hiring of teachers after a two-year probationary pro-bationary period. An instructor completing probation would be automatically rehired from year to year unless the governing board saw fit to dismiss him. Dismissal could be accomplished only after a public hearing if the teacher desired de-sired it. The senate received the "working "work-ing wives" bill passed by the house when a threatened movement move-ment for reconsideration' failed to materialize in the house. The measure would prevent the state or its subdivisions employing men or women whose husbands or wives were employed in private industry and making more than $800 annually. |