Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 10 | Utah House Kills Buffeted Bill to Alter Finance Commission

Utah House Kills Buffeted BillI dill Bill III I To Alter Finance Commission I t Amended to eliminate the major mai major ma ma- i jor proposed change change change-a a six-man six I I I finance commission S S B one of the the most controversial bills Inthe in inthe I the legislature Friday had been killed by the house of representatives I After a group I had succeeded in striking out the man six provision leaving the fi finance fI- fI f nance commission in its present 4 form the bill gained only 12 votes y The bills bill's defeat however touched off even more heated as- as than during debate on the bill with Representative Frank J. J R R. Salt Lake charging the governor had conducted a personal private lobby against the bill bill to to shirk the responsibility of veto The representative referred toa to toa toa a Democratic caucus behind closed doors Thursday noon with the g governor vernor in attendance and declared declared declared de de- that if the governor had wanted to say something about the bill he should have said it to the entire house His Ills remarks brought protests protestations protestations that the governor was not lobbying Mrs C C. L L. Jack D D. D Salt Lake said the reason for forthe forthe forthe the governors governor's presence was an 1 invitation from the caucus also extended to the secretary of state and the attorney general on motion motion motion mo mo- tion of Mrs Della Delia L. L Loveridge D. D Utah It was learned later that the secretary of state and the attorney attorney attorney ney general were out t to lunch atthe at atthe atthe the time of the invitation and could not be located A question to Mrs Jack by Representative Quayle Cannon Jr R R. Salt Lake Is it Il not true that the governor called a group of Democrats down to his office the other day and urged them to vote against the bill 1 brought a vigorous protest from Representative Representative Representative Grant Midgley D D. Salt Lake author of the disputed amendment but Mrs Jack finally said she did not care to answer that question Explanation of the bill bilt was given gIven given en by Representative J J. J Welton Ward D. D Box Elder who said that more strict controls proposed in the bill would be an advantage particularly if the legislature accepts accepts accepts ac ac- the recommendation of f the appropriations committee for di direct direct direct di- di appropriations to various departments departments departments de de- rather than through the state government operating account t. t i