Show MOVES FOR REPEAL VOTE GOVERNOR PLACES ISSUE i UP TO SPECIAL SES SESSION SION Y rf Authorizes Steps to Cle Clear r Way for mission in Special Message n to Lawmakers i o. o c All barriers to settlement ent of or the controversial state arut national prohibition que questions at a general ele election tion this No Nol vember vemb r were surmounted Wednesday when Governor Henry Henri H. H Blood laid the issues clearly before the special session o othe the legIs legislature i L Likening the public trend rend toward repeal to an anal al almost irresistible mass movement of such potency and force that everything in opposition is being swept aside the governor governor authorized and invited the legislature to take the following I steps to clear the way for re resubmission of of the liquor ques ques' tion Lion to the people 1 I. To so amend existing statutes that a general election can legally be beheld beheld beheld held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1933 November No vember 7 2 To propose by a joint resolution tion lion the submission to the voters of ot the state of Utah the question of repeal repeal re reo re- re peal revision or retention of at section section sec see tion 3 of article 22 of the constitution of the state of ot Utah 3 To amend provisions of title 46 of the Utah revised statutes 1933 so as to provide provid statutory regulations for the control of ot the manufacture transportation possession and sale of beer containing not to exceed 32 per perc percent cent nt alcohol by weight within the state of ot Utah Events of ot the past year in the United States Stales have clearly indicated a pronounced shift shiH in popular sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment on the liquor question the governor governor gov gov- told the lawmakers in his mea mes sage So rapid has been the change of thought that hat one might liken it to toan toan toan an almost irresistible mass movement of such su-ch pot potency ney and force that everything every every- thing in opposition is being swep swept aside Many have chafed under legal re restraints restraints re- re imposed by the laws and the constitution state and national which have tended to delay final action This public sentiment warran warrants official oUt oUt- cial recognition Legislative action can be properly accorded the subject at t this this' time e with without ut much extra cos cost because of ot necessity which brought brough you here in special session for an another another another an- an other purpose The governor then reviewed other important matters that have been placed before beCore the special session and recalled that when the call for jr the special session was Issued June Tyne 8 he gave out a statement that the re resubmission resubmission resubmission re- re submission question was one for or the legislature and not for executive initiation and action You have made it clear to me me b by personal contact and by unofficial written communication explained the governor that a very large majority majority majority ma ma- of the elective and appointed members of both houses of the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature desire to consider an an act upon a amendment proposing the modification or repeal of section I 3 article 22 of the state tion Lion The executive then pointed out that thata a constitutional amendment under tinder present laws can be voted on only a at general election and he reviewed opinions of Attorney General Joseph Chez on the question one holding that tha thata a general election could not be held this year unless the election statutes were amended to make It possible The election opinion the governor said paved the way for proper legislative legislative legislative legis legis- procedure on this prohibition question Commenting on the eighteenth amendment Governor Blood declared declared de de- dared I take this opportunity to make certain observations with respect to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment amendment amend amend- ment to the federal constitution and the relation of at that subject to the repeal repeal re reo peal or modification of the so-called so prohibition section of at the state con con- This legislature during the regular regu las lar session passed house bill which contained a complete plan for placing before the people of Utah at a asp sp special ial or general election as the governor might decide the question of the repeal of of the eighteenth amendment That act ad I signed and it became el effective tive March 21 1933 Nothing more is required except the ministerial duty placed upon the governor governor to set a date dale for the election as the act provides The governor then outlined his reasons reasons seasons rea sea sons for not calling that election up to this time Fir First t h he said no good purpose could have been served by promptly calling a special election asit as asit asit it would have cost the taxpayers of the state heavy expenses and probably probably probably ably would not have influenced the final Cinal vote on the repeal of the eighteenth eighteenth eight eight- amendment second it was not difficult to recognize the determination Lion tion of the people to vote on state pr prohibition repeal as early as pos pos- sible I would have been disregarding the dictates of good judgment if it I had called an election on the eighteenth amendment with inevitably heavy state costs cost while the probability or possibility existed that both the federal federal fed fed- eral and state constitutional ques- ques lions ions could be submitted to the voters and settled at one election thereby saving practically half the cos costs costs he said aid The fact is every action of the governor governor gov gay in in an effort to properly handle this his whole liquor problem has Ivas been taken aken after due deliberation and with little Ittle or no regard to Intemperate Utterances ut ut- on either side The right of ot the he people to lo vote directly or through duly elected representatives on any Continued on Put Pat Two V i t BLOOD SENDS Continued From Pare Pace One public question Is 13 fully and freely ac ac- ac But every action taken should be along legal lines JInes with due respect t to the orderly processes of government May May I 1 not add that not a moment of ot harmful delay has occurred in inthe inthe inthe the procedure followed from first to last On the other hand the administrations administration's adminis policy of economy has been consistently ed In fri accordance with my original pledge to the taxpayers tax taxpayers payers o of Utah Accompanying the prohibition message was another important state tate problem which Governor Blood placed on the agenda of ot the sp special lal session that session that of the eviction of indigent indigent indi indi- gent tenants Outlining the conditions leading to the unfortunate and regrettable eviction eviction evic eric tion of ot indigent tenants the governor gover nor called the legislatures legislature's attention to the fact that measures have been proposed to remedy this situation providing by law for relief reUel by authorizing author authorizing izing county commissioners under certain well vell guarded conditions to aid the distressed tenants This would be done by allowing part or all of ot the then past due rent to be converted con into a crediton on the taxes due during the current year on the property used wied by the temporarily indigent renter x The governor pointed out that this situation deprives the county of ot its taxes and the property owner of his rent as well as inflicting a hardship on the impoverished tenant Common humanity demands that evictions wherever possible be avoid avoid- avoided ed Men and women who through no fault faulL of ot their own are destitute should be allowed a place to live live live- a home borne for their children the governor gover nor nor said Such a law as herein suggested sug suggested can and should provide against abuses and its provisions as to the allowance by the county commission commissioners ers should be permissive rather than mandatory This matter I 1 call to your attention for such action as you think proper The message concluded by calling the lawmakers' lawmakers attention to difficulties difficulties ties encountered b by municipalities regarding regarding re re- re garding carding the effective date of ot ordinances ordinances nances passed by the governing bodies The governor suggested a brief briet statutory stat amendment which he said he would present to the legislature The message also urged a desirable amendment to the law relating to attorneys attorneys' at attorneys tornes fees fees' in certain cases of ot foreclosure fore tore closure A bill biB he said toward this end has been prepared and will be placed before the lawmakers soon I |