Show TAX FIGHT 0 STIRS LEGISLATURE Senate Ref Refuses ses Approval j Of House Movement for Property Offset Deletion l I Measure asure 1 Is Declared Robbery in Hot Discussion In the stormiest day of or the session th the state senate Thursday refused to conc concur r in house amendments ts to the individual income t tax C bill including deletion of the 50 property tax aUseL off aU- tf- tf set seL The rae measure returned to to the sen senate ate from the thc house howe was branded robber robbery rob ber bery pure bery-pure pure pure and simple during heated heated heated heat heat- ed debate on a motion to concur in inthe inthe inthe the house amendments As a result of the senate refusal to concur the bill probably will join its companion the corporation franchise franchise franchise fran fran- chise tax bill in conference cornS com m The Thc house hoUe refused to recede from from- ro i its amendments to the corporation t tax x bill and is not expected to do so 20 Inthe Inthe In the individual income tax bill I First Easiness Business i The income tax bill labeled senate sen len late ate bill 88 was up in the senate AS AlS I first order of business Thursday morning The house passed it Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day ay morning eliminating the offset which originally had been written in by the senate and raising As soon as 35 th the took senate vp up the bill a move to slip through a vote to concur in Itt th the house am amendments was launched However erit 11 failed ailed when Senator J. J Francis Fowles Fowles' D D. DWeber Weber demanded a demanded a call of the senate senate sen sen- ate after noting noting's s some me members who advocated advocat d the oUs offset t were absent Later in the hc he morning Senator Fowles noted all allt ll members present and asked consideration of the bill Already ady he had made a motion against concurrence and nd Senator Ward C. C Holbrook D D. Dav Davis had offered an amendment for concur concur- rence S. S Then the debate began Senator W. W D. D Hammond m D. D D. D Grand author of ot the offset urged the senate not to concur saying aing the offset olset was the result of ot three days of senate deliberation and that th the house had undone una ne the work in Iii 15 15 minutes Sen Senator tor Fowles charged the house had attempted to emasculate the bill Senator Ira A A. A Huggins D. D DWeber Weber said he wanted to correct any ideas that t the bill as passed by the howe house was an administration bilL bUl As the measure first came to the senate from the revenue and taxation committee as an administration bill it provided no of offset et Senator Hammonds Hammond's ame amendment amendment amend amend- dment d- d ment during senate passage provided that Two years from now V we will ha have e no income tax if this bill becomes law Senator Huggins said It is LS' LS v robbery pure and simple and simple and the t people wont won't stand for it Pay ray No Taxes H House use ringleaders who tri tried d to emasculate the bill never paid a dime dhe dUpe of taxes in Utah Senator WIllord Wilford Day Wilford-Day Day CR R. R Iron I said Eaid he knew c certain lobbyists are aie seeking to control the legislature v J He Me referred to a a. purported purport sta statement state state- f. f ment of the head of a a Utah org organize niza tion that legislators would be be ai aI allowed al- al lowed to v vote te a certain way way ay o on o one one- e me measure sare re Senator Holbrook d bred he did not like ike inferences some members members mem mem mem- bers had been Influenced No one can cansay say I asked the tle hOll house e. e to strike the offset he said I did there say it doesn't belong On ri the vote the Holbrook amend ed d motion motion to cOn concur ur lost lost 16 18 to 10 7 J. The s seven seven ven who wh voted C for r the Uie motion or for tor concurrence concurrence with the h house we were Senators Calder clit Holbrook Holmgren Hopkin Millet r and Woodward Possible death of both the individual income and corporation franchise tax bills as the result of ot senate refusal to tok accept house howe an amendments tS is foreseen r se n The c stubbornly refused Wednesday to recede from its ments to the corp corporation ration tax ax bill bIlI which like th the the- income tax measure Pate Two S Continued on 5 SENATE FIGHTS TAXATION PLANS I from rue Pare One was amended to delete the property tax offset Like refusal to recede from its changes to the income tax act will mean appointment of a conference committee The conference committee that will try to effect to-effect effect an agreement on the corporation corporation corporation cor cor- bill includes Senators Holbrook Hol Hoi brook William H. H Griffin Jr R. R Cache and George M. M Miller D. D Carbon and Representatives Moses L. L Holbrook D. D Davis Charles B. B Dot Doty D. D Weber and Heber Bennion Jr D. D Daggett Other matters however also held senate attention Thursday Senate bill 92 02 by Senator Hugh M. M Woodward LD cD D Utah to give ive the state district school fund sales tax rec rec receipts re re- re- re c in excess of a was a a special order of business for forthe forthe forthe the afternoon session Meet With Blood However senate members met md with Governor Henry H. H Blood and agreed to o put the b bill ll over to Friday while the governor asks Washington D. D C. C o officials fi als how much federal money can be granted Utah schools The senate Thursday morning passed senate bill appropriating for tor a new committee of nine to investigate the theory of exempting exempt exempt- ing tag from taxes real property up to 2000 and personal property up to as provided in a resolution al already already al- al l- l ready passed by both houses The committee would report November November November No No- vember 15 1936 to the legislature that will m convene in 1937 A move to have the committee study moving of the state prison failed Liquor Revived Liquor was war revived as an issue Thursday when Senator Fowles I chairman of ot the senate trade regulation regula tion committee announced the group will meet in executive session Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning to consider house bill 41 the state store measure that forbids forbids forbids for for- bids sales o of drinks Observers Observer noted that i if all 11 members memo mem bers of the committee agreed on the b bill lJ amended or otherwise thc they could virtually be sure of or passage since only one more vote is needed Amending of or the bill in committee commit commit- tee was expected since several members members members mem mem- bers are known to be in favor lavor of drinks sales or of ot a private license system The house hou e of representatives Thursday morn morning nJ p passed house hou bill with almost almast no debate It provides pro pr vides for lor a state slate road commission of ot three members with no ex officio member 3 as now constituted Fate Scaled Sealed The fate of ot seven education measures measures mea mea- designed to carry out some rec recommendations recommendations ice ice- rec- rec of the committee of nine was scaled sealed when the house tabled one defeated one and returned returned returned re re- re- re turned five to 10 the sifting committee The house howe passed senate bill a reclamation measure allowing district district dis dis- courts to validate contracts between between between be be- tween the federal government and md water users and canal companies Public hearings hearing will be no more morein in the house hous' under a decision of ot the sifting committee announced by its chairman Madame Representative Reva Beck Bo Bosone one D. D Salt Lake All house bills still in committee at the end of or Fridays Friday's sessions will go directly to the sifting committee which determines daily order of ot busi busi- ness House Howe bill 77 b by Representative Samuel F. F Kiefer D. D Salt SaIl Lake to repeal the ton mile tax was debated debated de de- de- de bated Thursday morning and a vote was as exp expected eted during the afternoon A general license fee would replace the tax now levied upon common carriers and contract carriers operating operating operating oper oper- on Utah highways uRe Representative Kiefer bringing up the bill hlll said it had been prepared after years of experience and that it would i. i not hurt the thc railroads It It is not a revenue measure but butone butone butone one for relief he said It is needed to give the truckers a El square quare deal |