Show SOLONS SPEED UP WET ET i BILLS o Beer and Repeal 1 Measures Come c Before Houses House Receives Favorable Report Upon Resolution Calling for Outright Repeal of Dry Law Outright repeal of Utah prohibition was reported favorably favor favor- ably to the house of representatives Friday while the sen senate senate at ate received a a. similar report on the beer bill bUI which may allow allow al al- low legal brew by New Years Year's day But while the wheels of the legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture ran at h high gh speed i on repeal measures both houses were deadlocked deadlocked dead dead- locked over sales and utility tax bills to provide the revenue for foz the states state's industrial recovery program A favorable report on the resolution resolution resolution tion to submit to the electorate a proposal proposal proposal pro pro- for outright repeal was made inthe inthe in inthe the house during the afternoon by the Judiciary committee which deferred action on the house beer bill Representative Will L L. Hoyt D. D Juab cast the sole dissenting vote orthe on or the favorable report i in committee and it was expected the repeal resolution would come before the house for lor a showdown late Friday afternoon Mr H Hoyt explained he favored consideration consideration consideration con con- of the beer bill first and expressed the opinion that the dry bloc in the house would not oppose the outright repeal resolution it if given assurance that the bill will contain adequate r regulatory r restrictions He was assured by leading l' l peal i peal peal- including Representatives Lane Green Arnovitz Eastman and Doty that the beer bill will be strict in its regulatory provisions were anxious to get the rep repeal al resolution through the house Friday afternoon There is no repeal resolution in the senate and three senators senators Fowl Fowles S and Day have have threatened to leave Saturday night minimizing chances Because of this it was hoped the repeal measure would make its appearance ap ap- ap- ap in the senate before the session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion closed Friday The beer bill made its appearance in the upper house during the afternoon afternoon after after- no noon noon n. n with a favorable report tacked on by the senate state and municipal affairs committee which added a anum num nurn- ber of amendments to the measure The rhe amendments recommended bj by bythe the committee include AMENDMENTS ADDED Dele Deletion lon of the provision to exempt beer from the proposed 2 per per cent cent sales tax This also would involve amending the sales sates tax passed pass by the senate as the latter measure exempts commodities on which excise levies are made To strengthen the provisions of the bill to prohibit brewers from having havinga a financial interest in retailers retailers' es es- es To change the license schedule 1250 per year state license for retailers retailers retailers re re- re- re vending bottled beer and 25 for establishments with beer on draft To permit cities towns and counties to levy a annual license for lor bottled beer dispensers and for draft beer sellers To reduce the wholesalers' wholesalers state Continued on Pare Pase Five Fin SOLONS SPEED WET MEASURES Continued From Page Pace One Ote license rate from a year to Th The senate fired the opening guns at the states state's dry barriers barriers' Thursday afternoon when it passed two of at the three elect election electon n bills The two measures measures' provide for revamping existing election clec- clec tion ion laws to allow a general election in November The third bill biU a new law calling a general election for November 7 presented a number of obstacles howver how how- ever ver and the senate was still sUll in the throes of a heated debate ov over ovir r the measure Friday RUNS nUNS INTO SNAG The he measure first struck a snag when Senator W. W D. D Candland R. R Sanpete questioned the provisions of the bill which he said would vest city and county commissions commission with divided authority over selection of ot election judges As the senate debated the measure and considered amendments which were expected to iron out the difficulties before adjournment Senator Ira A. A Huggins D. D Web Weber created a astir astir astir stir when he reminded the upper house members that the appropriation ap ap- for the special session will have lave expired by Saturday and urged that hat the lawmakers speed up their work work- and nd adjourn by that time tune The sugg suggestion tion was considered unlikely unlikely un- un likely of fulfillment ot however and members expressed the the ion on the legislature will continue in session next week passing additional appropriation bills bUls to take care of continually con con- mounting expenses I The breach between the house and senate over over u utilities and sales taxes again became apparent Friday when the he house utilities utilities' tax bill passed Thursday was sent to the upper house It was formally filed in the senates senate's record when a house messenger appeared ap ap- and asked that it be returned to o the house where a motion was on record for tor reconsideration The senate sen zen ate however refused to release it without formal application by the thc house STIR IS CREATED Another was created in the senate enate when discussion arose on amending the Gibson house resolution tion ion proposing a constitutional amendment amendment amend amend- ment meat on minimum wages for women and nd children The original amendment amend amend- ment meat has passed the senate and house and has been signed by the senate president and speaker of Df the house Senate President J J. J Francis Fowles advised the conference committee to work vork with caution on amending the resolution reminding the members it t is a felony to change the acts of the he legislature The senate also passed a concurrent concur rent house resolution expressing condolence condolence con- con dolence to the family of Represents tive ive Bayard Baard W. W Mendenhall D. D Salt Lake ake whose son died Thur Thursday day of automobile injuries The house received a favorable report report re reo port from its election committee on the he first of three election bills in inthe inthe the he repeal program A minority report report re re- re port was filed however howe by Representative Representative J. J S. S Magleby R. R Sevier which held out for a il general elec elec- lion ion on repeal in 1934 rather than this fall all The house passed senate bill 13 providing pro an appropriation for Lorenzo Loren Loren- zo C. C Romney youthful Utah national guardsman who was injured when a 75 mm rifle rille exploded at West high school last lasz spring The house also passed house bill 14 designating the state tax commission as the motor vehicle department The house and senate meanwhile continued at swords sword's point over the utilities tax and sales tax measures The senate Thursday killed the utilities utilities ties tax bill biU 13 to 10 and within a few minutes the house had passed a similar simi simi- lar ar utilities bill by a vote of 46 to 13 BREACH WIDENS The senates senate's action in defeating the utilities measure widened the breach between both houses considerably House proponents of the utilities I measure measure were expected to turn the 1 thumbs down on the Holbrook 2 per percent percent cent sales tax measure which the senate sen zen ate e passed recently as retaliation A compromise loomed as the only method of solving the legislative difficulties difficulties difficulties dif dif- dif dif- and clearing the slate of the recovery act to allow the lawmakers to o devote their attention to 10 repeal What the compromise might be however however how how- ever leading legislators were at a l loss oss to sa say If It the house bouse defeats the senates senate's sales tax measure as it is almost cere tam ain tain to do do and if the senate rejects the house utilities bill which is airiest almost ai al al- al most riest a foregone conclusion the legislative legislative legis docket will have been cleared of all revenue producing measures for forthe forthe the he recovery act and will be in a position position tion to start at the beginning again VOICES OBJECTION Representative Darrell T. T Lane D. D Salt Lake objected to certain provisions provisions provi provi- of the utilities tax tax- bill Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day but voted with the majority giving giVe ing ng notice he would move for reconsideration recon recon- Friday The senate defeated the utilities measure on second reading by the following vote For For Senators Senators H. H B. B Calder W. W D. D Candland W. W H. H Griffin Jr Ward C. C Holbrook A. A E. E Holmgren Ira A. A Huggins Herbert B. B Maw George M. M Miller Mrs Burton W. W Musser and C. C Clarence 10 Against Julian Against Julian M. M Bamberger John E. E Booth O. O C. C Bowman Wilford Wilford Wil Wil- ford Daly P. P J. J Fennell Paul H. H Hunt George Jefferson Malcolm A. A Keyser Knox Patterson Arthur McFarlane Mc Mc- Farlane John M M. Wallace Clifford E. E Young and President J. J Francis Fowles The vote in the house on the utilities utilities util utile measure was For For Olson Allen Anen Anderson Gibson Gibson Gibson Gib Gib- son Boyden Caine Christensen Cornwall Creer Edman Ericksen Gammeter Granger Hall Hammond Harris H Henderson Holbrook Holdaway Holley Hop kins Hoyt Jarvis Keddington KilHan Kil- Kil Han lIan Lamoreaux Lane Low Lund Magleby McKinnon Miles Mitchell Monson Nicholes Pope Rich Royle Adair Thatcher Vernon Wayman Way Way- man Young and Speaker Smoot Against Against Arno Arnovitz Miller Clark Dot Doty Eastman Greenhagen nha en Grossenbach Gros Gras Maw v. Newman Paxton Peterson PC Pe- terson Van Wa Wagoner oner and WalL Absent Absent l Mendenhall |