Show t GREEK REBELS GAINING GROUND Upper Chamber Completes Legislative Ac Action j Ac-j c- c tion on Earnings Impost After Charges of Illegal Action on Part of of- Committee The senate voted late Saturday afternoon to hold sessions Saturday at 7 p. p m. m and Sunday from 9 a. a m. m to 1 1 p. p ni rn H Higher gher income taxes for Utah individuals and corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- were ordered by the state legislature Saturday when the senate adopted a conference committee report on senate bills 88 and one then reenacted both measures The house took similar action late Friday afternoon The bills as compromised by the committee deleted the property tax offsets in both 88 the Individual income tax tai bill and one the corporation franchise tax bill Rates we were e lowered to compensate However taxes will be higher as individual income t ta X payers will have lower exemptions as well as Ipse lose the offset provided b by present law Three Per Cent for lor Corpo Corporations Corporations will continue to pay a 3 per cent rate but their property tax offsets also are gone The action action came after a bitter Jig fight over the committe report offset advocates claiming the U committee overstepped bounds in lowering rates from the original bill which were not directly in dispute between the house ouse and senate President President President Pres Pres- ident Herbert B. B Maw ruled the committee acted in accordance accordance accordance accord accord- ance with rules however and the senate upheld him by a vote after a debate Senator W. W D. D Hammond D. D Grand rand who authored the 50 property tax offset the senate placed in senate bill 88 the individual income tax measure cited joint rules and claimed the committee exceeded its authority by reducing the tax rates In both senate bills bUls 88 and 1 the latter th the corporation tax bill Reduce Range of Rates In 88 the committee reduced the tax rates to range from 1 per cent to 5 per cent instead of 2 to 6 per cent as both houses house's agreed upon In senate bill 1 it cut the rate from 4 to 3 per cent after both ho houses ses passed a 4 per cent rate The red reductions were explained explained-as compensating for tor elimination of offsets offset from both measures The rates never were in dispute Senator Hammond declared in charging a joint confere conference ce committee is empowered empowered empowered ered only to consider matters directly at issue The dispute was oyer over the property tax offsets and the exemptions in the individual income tax bUt bill Senator Hammond asked that t the report he hc rejected for br that r reason raon aon but President Herbert B. B Maw ruled the committee acted within Its Us I rights holding the exemptions offsets and rates were closely related Then for the first time of the curlent cur- cur lent session the senate appealed from froma troma a ruling rulin of the thc chair Senator Ira A. A Huggins D. D Weber offset champion champion cham cham- pion made the appeal and the senate split wide open Offset advocates advocates' lined up against opponents exactly as they did earlier in the session when th the upper house passed 88 sa and an 1 after bitter debates Debate Debat opened on whether Senat Senator r Hammond or President Maw was cor cor- Senator W Wallace observing the trend of ot things then receded from his hie admission of or defeat deleat by Senator Holbrook by declaring the offsets and rates are entirely different We will wilt set tet a 1 precedent on this question he said If un we accept the report it will mean that any conference conference confer conler- ence committee can change anything i it wants in a disputed bill Senator Holbrook suggested that a abrand a brand new brand bill Incorporating the compromises of the conference committee committee com corn might be introduced introduce i. i Th The Th fight was still on as the se session Ion continued con con- cone pa past part 1 p. p m. m The senate enate Saturday morning defeated d de the Holbrook resolution which would provide for a amending ending the state constitution to remove re restrictions on the legislatures legislature's power ver to Io o tax intangible property and Incomes and md to levy excise taxes Short of Majority The vote W was 13 ayes ayes 9 nays and andl andi I. I absent three votes short of ot the r re required required re- re two thirds majority for tor submission sub Lub mission of a constitutional amendment amendment amend amend- ment meat to the electorate Meanwhile the house Saturday Continued on on P Pase ie Eight HIGHER INCOME TAXES PASSED from Page Pace Pae One Ont morning moring had staged a heated healed debate of ot its it own on the Bletzacker direct primary bill bU which p passed ged 33 17 By a quick parliamentary move Representative Clifford Bletzacker D. D Salt Lake forestalled ho house e reconsideration reconsideration re reo re- re consideration of f the bill bi he helped draft Before th the ballot baiot W was announced announced an an- Representative Grant Macfarlane Mac- Mac Lariane farlane D. D Salt Sal Lake Lkc switched his hi vote from na nay to aye ac to put him on onte the te prevailing side and thus allow alow him to give notice of 01 a motion for tor reconsideration ton Macfarlane Overruled Representative Bletzacker sensed the move and Immediately gave such uch notice himself himsel That made it i impossible sible for R Representative Macfarlane to give notice and Mr er has only daly nl to fall fail fai to lo carry out the notice Representative Macfarlane objected but was wa overruled Debate on the te bill bi was under a minute five gag ag rule and speakers speakers' were numerous Opponents Opponent charged it i would be expensive expensive ex ex- ex pensive and would make politics a sport for demagogues demagogue Proponents claimed It provides the only caly ony democratic democratic demo demo- cratic method metho of ot choosing political candidates S i Representative Will Vill Wi R. R Holmes CD D D. Box Elder led opposition and said to the America convention system is i traditional He Hc char charged chard d the bill bi would increase the power of ot money in politics I r am for this thi bill bi because I believe believe be be- be lieve leve in the the people declared Madame Ma dame Representative Reva Beck Bosone Bosone Bo Bo- sone D. D Salt Sal Lake I If they fail fai to vote vole and neglect their they get th the kind of government government gov gov- for which thc they ask Salt Sal Lake City has a direct primary a arid and d no effort ever ha has been made to re repeal repeal re- re re peal it i. i True I believe beleve it i is i expensive but butI i I believe democracy is i worth it i. i She said the Democratic party w was s pledged to enact a direct primary Representative Macfarlane an officer of ocr of the party organization in Utah said it i was wa not pledged to enact but only to stud study such a law The Te debate consumed alt all the morning morn morn- mor jag ing ig session sCion of the house The ho house e of or representatives late Friday af afternoon roon decided individuals and corporations could stand substantial I ial additions to their Income tax bills bis when it adopted the conference I committee report on both senate bills bil 83 88 and one after considering the measures meas meas- urea ures separately Approval was not without heated on the individual in income income income in- in come tax bill bi and 83 BS passed ed with wih only a bare bar majority of or 33 ayes 23 nays and 4 members absent absent When the report came up in the house house louse it was wa defended by Representative Live tive Moses L. L Holbrook D. D Davis Davi who declared offsets t ar wrong that under S. S B. B B 1 corporation franchise franchi e tax collections will vilI wi be 50 p per r cent greater and that under S. S B. B 88 Individual individual In in- income tax returns will wi be doubled R Representative e Clifford Bletzacker D. D Salt Sat Lake put through trough a motion moton to o consider the bills separately After Representative Joseph Joeph W. W Jensen D. D Weber moved that 88 be adopted Mr Bletzacker r offered a substitute motion moton that it i be rejected That started the arguments that the he bill bi would heap eap a burden on those least able to After pay Representative Rep Rep- Holbrook raid aid if i the substitute substitute sub sub- motion moton were adopted the bill bi would b be dead Mr said raid he ic would rather see the measure killed kled than pass pars paS with wih such low ions tons Representative Mrs D. D C. C Gibson CD D. D Carbon charged the little man would bear the burden Representative Paul M. M P Peterson terson CD D. D Summit Summit assailed th the committee report on 88 88 declaring the bill bi hits hit the he working man on the nose Representative Marion G G. Romney D D. Salt Sal Lake implied senate conferees conferees con- con had Influenced the report report As M Atthe the he bill bi came conic out of conf conference rence ex- ex were lower than tho those e written writ writ- ten en in by the house houe when it i p passed ed edthe the original bill biL The substitute motion lost ost on an n oral vote and the motion to o adopt the report carried A last attempt to kill ki the bill bill bill-a bi-a bi a motion moton b by Representative Bletzacker to strike the enacting clause failed clause failed a after Representative Rep Rep- Rep Peterson tried unsuccessfully fully to ra raise e the maximum rate of the ta tax Cr from m 5 to 6 per cent cent After recessing the house houe adopted the he committee report on S. S B. B 1 with little debate wih The on S S. S B. B 88 was wa as follows For For For-Aird Aird Allred Alred Anderson Bennon Bennion Ben Ben- non nion nion Bowler Child Cook Cornwall Doty Joty Edman Farr Gamm Gammeter ter Hall H Handricks Hendricks Holda Holdaway Joeph Joseph Jo Jo- seph eph W W. Jensen Jenen T. T W. W Jensen 3 Larsen Lar- Lar sen sen cn Lw Low Luke Maw Murdoch Olsen Ol- Ol sen en n. n I Th ra Theobald Twitchell Twichel Whiting Whit Whit- ing ng Winder and Speaker Speak r Granger Ag Int Bosone osone Boyle Gibson Mrs Mr n Holley Holey Hom Holmes Hummer Albert Jensen Jones Kl Kiefer ler Lamoreaux Lindstrom wm Maeser Mitchell Michel Monson J J. JR R R. PeA Peterson Pe- Pe terson A Paul p cul M 11 P Peterson ter n. n Richards Romney Selvin in Sp Spence and Taylor Abent Marthakis and Nicholes lows The V voting ting on n S S. S B. B 1 was as follows follows fol- fol For Alred Allred Alired Anderson Anderon Ben Ben- nion non Bosone Boone Bowler Bryan Cook Cornwall Dot Doty Edman Gammeter Hall Hal Hendricks Hendrick Holbrook Holdaway Holley Holey Hummer Joseph W. W Jensen Jones Jon Jon- Larsen Low Lw Luke Macfarlane Macfar Macar lane Marthakis Mitchell Mitchel Monson Murdoch Nicholes Nichole Olsen J. J R. R Peterson Paul M. M 1 Peterson Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards Ta Taylor lor Thackeray Thackeray Thack Thack- eray cray Theobald Twitchell Whiting Winder and Speaker Granger Against Against Bletzacker Bletzacker Bo Boyle le Gibson Gib son Holmes Holme Mrs Albert Jensen Kiefer Kefer Lindstrom Romney Selvin Sr non and Spence Absent Farr Farr Farr T. T W. W Jensen Maeser and Maw The Te senate Friday worked at C feverish fever I ish ih pace as Saturday is the last day under rules rule to consi consider er its it own mea meas mea ures The upper ho house e accomplished the following 1 1 Passed S B. B to create a state public s service commission to replace the public utilities commission commission commis commis- sion with wih salaries of or annually for tor commissioners 2 Passed H. H B. B 13 providing for forue use ue of gasoline taxes to meet interest road and sinking fund charges charge on bond bonds 3 Passed S. S B. B 13 providing annually to educate children of soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers slain in th the tha World war 4 Received the public works work act of 1935 and a bill bif to provide for building armories at Logan and Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish h Fork The Weber county delegation lost losta a battle batte to add a highway through Ogden Oden to the state road system but won elimination of oC the so called Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den bypass road The Utah count county won elimination of or a bypass by by- pars pass road on the te west wet shore of Utah lake lale With Wih these thee chan changes es the hi highway hway bill was advanced to third reading bi wa calendar The house Friday afternoon passed three utilities regulation bills bis by Representative Representative Rep Rep- Rep Warwick C. C Lamoreaux D. D Salt SOl Lake and accepted senate amendments to one a assessing sing utilities three fourths the cost of ot their regu regu- lation laton The three are Ore H. H B. B 51 51 making holding companies amenable to Utah laws Jaws by requiring them to qualify in the state if i they do business here H. H B B. B 52 preventing foreign loreign corporations corporations cor cor- praton from doing intrastate busin business business busi busi- n ness s unless they qualify under Utah Ia law la st I H. H B. B 54 prohibiting operating companies com com- panics from purchasing services ice from froman an affiliated Cor foreign corporation unless un less les ness the in the latter lter state is i qualified to do busness business bui bus busi I |