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Show State and Municipal Affairs Rich, D., Brigham City; Huggins, D., Ogden; Farr, D., Ogdfin; Erick-scn, Erick-scn, D., Salt Lake; Warner, D.( Payson; Hirschi, R., Hurricane; Dawson, R., Layton. Bicknell, absent and not voting. Appointments to senate standing committees, with chairmen listed first, were: Agriculture and' Irrigation Senators Sen-ators Hopkin, D., Woodruff; Mc-Murrin, Mc-Murrin, D., Logan; Rich, D., Brig- j ham City; Christensen, D., Salt! Lake; Morrill, R., Junction; Me-lich, Me-lich, R., Moab; Kelly, R., Fillmore. Appropriations and Claims Senators Huggins, D., Ogdeh; Hopkin, D., Woodruff; McMurrin, D., Logan; Child, D., Salt Lake; Christensen, D., Salt Lake; Ash-ton, Ash-ton, D., Vernal; Richards, D., Salt Lake; Warner, D., Payson; Hirschi, R., Hurricane; Kelly, R., Fillmore; Lund, R., Manti. Banking and Commerce Hirschi, Hir-schi, R., Hurricane; Christensen, D., Salt Lake; McMurrin, D., Logan; Lo-gan; Ashton, D., Vernal; Bailey, D., Salt Lake; Kendall, D., Nephi; Morrill, R., Junction. Education McMurrin, D., Logan; Lo-gan; Child, D., Salt Lake; Rich, D., Brigham City; Ericksen, D., Salt Lake; Nielsen, D., Provo; Morrill, R., Junction; Lund, R., Manti. Fish and Game Farr, D., Og-den; Og-den; Hopkin, D., Woodruff; Kendall, Ken-dall, D., Nephi; Warner, D., Pay-son; Pay-son; Hirschi, R., Hurricane; Morrill, Mor-rill, R., Junction; Kelly, R., Fillmore. Fill-more. Health and Labor Bailey, D., Salt Lake; Kendall, D., Nephi; Richards, D., Salt Lake; Romney, D., Salt Lake; Nielsen, D., Provo; Melich, R., Moab; Lund, R., Manti. Highways Ashton, D., Vernal; Miller, D., Price; Romney, D., Salt Lake; Nielsen, D., Provo; Hirschi, R., Hurricane; Morrill, R., Junction; Junc-tion; Kelly, R., Fillmore. Judiciary Richards, D., Salt Lake; Huggins, D., Ogden; Farr, D., Ogden; Miller, D., Price; Bailey, Bai-ley, D., Salt Lake; Dawson, R., Layton; Melich, R., Moab. Mining and Smelting Miller, D.; Price; Richards, D., Salt Lake; Warner, D., Payson; Dawson, R., Layton; Melich, R., Moab. t Public Institutions Ericksen,' D., Salt Lake; Miller, D., Price; McMurrin, D., Logan; Ashton, D., Vernal; Warner, D., Payson; Romney, Rom-ney, D., Salt Lake; Lund, R., Manti. Revenue and Taxation Christensen, Chris-tensen, D., Salt Lake; Huggins, D., Ogden; Hopkin, D., Woodruff; Farr, D., Ogden; McMurrin, D., Logan; Child, D., Salt Lake; Rich, D., Brigham City; Nielsen, D., Pay-son; Pay-son; Morrill, R., Junction; Melich, R., Moab; Kelly, R., Fillmore. Rules and Contingent Expenses Warner, D., Payson; Huggins, D., Ogden; Hirschi, R., Hurricane. Revision and Enrolling Child, D., Salt Lake; Rich, D., Box Elder; Melich, R., Moab; Nielsen, D., Provo; Pro-vo; Richards, D., Salt Lake. Social Relations and Relief Kendall, D., Nephi; Hopkin, D., Woodruff; Miller, D., Price; Ericksen, Erick-sen, D., Salt Lake; Romney, D., Salt Lake; Nielsen, D., Provo; Bailey, D., Salt Lake; Dawson, R., Layton; Lund, R., Manti. duced in the' first week of the session ses-sion were: SB-5, by Alonzo F. Hopkin, D., Woodruff Provides real property rights for aliens eligible to citizenship, citizen-ship, designed to cope with the Japanese Ja-panese problem. The proposed measure mea-sure would limit property rights of aliens not eligible to citizenship, to rights guaranteed said aliens in treaties between the United States , and their respective countries. The j bill also defines, in the same man- By J. J. CAHOON SALT LAKE CITY (Special to the Herald) "We must do a lot more for the farmers of this state or we are liable to have no farmers farm-ers in a few years," Governor Herbert Her-bert B. Maw told Utah's 25th Legislature Leg-islature as it convened last week for its biennial session. Charging the legislators with the duty of aiding Utah's outlying districts, Maw said, "We who are enjoying the advantages that in- ner, real property rights of alien- owned corporations, companies, . and associations. SB-2, by Hopkin, D., Woodruff-Amending Woodruff-Amending Utah motor vehicle registration reg-istration law empowering the tax commission to issue windshield stickers in lieu of license plates in 1943. SB-3, by George M. Miller, D., Price An act to establish an office of state control of waters and providing pro-viding for appointment of a commission com-mission or officer to administer and designate authority. GB-1, by Val H. Cowles, D., Price To prohibit state legislators from accepting paid appointive state positions while a member of the legislature or for two years after af-ter their term ends by resignation or expiration. HB-2, by Frank J. Mozley, R., Salt Lake, and Quayle Cannon, Jr., R., Salt Lake To provide Saturday Satur-day openings for the fishing, elk, and pheasant hunting seasons. Both houses early in the week voted to limit junket trips to committees. com-mittees. But throughout the entire week debate waxed eloquent on the creased prosperity has brought to this area cannot ignore the serious struggle that citizens who are still pioneering other sections of the state are having. If we are to expect ex-pect them to close their eyes to the glamorous appeal of prosperous prosper-ous centers and remain on their farms and ranches and in their small communities, then we must adjust many of our state policies." In the first headline news of the session, W. R. White, D., Ogden, was elected speaker when the house Democratic majority split and a Republican minority joined ranks with the dissenting Democrats. Demo-crats. White was nominated on the house floor by Adrian W. Hatch, D., Cache, which was seconded by S. W. Elswood, D., Weber. White received 33 votes (21 GOP and 12 Democratic), defeating the caucus candidate, Grant Midgley, D., Salt Lake, who received 27 votes. In the Senate Grant Macfarlane of Salt Lake, the Democratic caucus choice, was named president. Among the important bills intro- subject, with the lawmakers modifying modi-fying their original stand to allow visits to army camps and war plants in Salt Lake, Ogden, and the Provo area. A roll call vote on the house motion mo-tion limiting junket trips to standing stand-ing committees showed: Ayes, 50; nays, 9; absent, 1. Members voting vot-ing against were Alfred M. Durham, Dur-ham, D., Salt Lake; Robert L. Elliott, El-liott, D., Provo; William Grote-gut, Grote-gut, D., Spanish Fork; W. John Holt, D., Salt Lake; Mrs. C. L. Jack, D., Salt Lake; D. H. Jensen, D., Emery; T. M. Rees, D., Salt Lake; Henry C. Roberts, D., Goshen; Go-shen; J. Welton Ward, D., , Box Elder; Royal J. Brinkerhoff, R., |