| Show Budget Discussed By Maw Aids The budget trimming job which will confront the Uie state legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature when it t convenes Monday M may be lessened somewhat by a series of informal conferences Wednesday between Gov Herbert B. B M Maw Mav w and his st state te department heads Typical of the states state's dilemma is the general fund where 19 is being asked and only expected for the next biennium according to the gover gover- nor Special revenue units units chief chief chiefly ly Iy welfare and road departments departments- want another or so A surplus of an estimated 2 left over from the present budget and available next July 1 may take up some som of the shock ck in inthe n the general fund of ot may be exhausted by legislative for for the centennial and other purposes Gov Gay Maw also was waste to meet witha with witha a delegation from tie the e Utah Municipal Municipal Mu Mu- league Wednesday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon to discuss the leagues league's desire for a a cut in state liquor profits The conference was sought Bought b by the civic officials after receiving a discouraging letter from the gov gov- Although J full contents of the of-the the letter letter letter let let- ter were not disclosed league officials officials off I- I felt Gov Gay Maw had left the thedoOr thedoor thedoor door ajar in in his final paragraph which invited the meeting anc and stated that some other plan must th therefore be worked out Aside the important but dull economic problem the upcoming upcoming upcoming ing legislative e session n will be spiced by Utah's first battle over political control since the mid- mid depression upheaval gave the Dem Dern Democrats unchallenged power I p Democrats will still control the st state te offices and enjoy an uneasy majority in jn i- i ithe the senate but over in the house ho of representatives the G GO GOP 0 P will have its Us own way Packing icking up 24 ho house seats ats since the the last session the the- Republicans will have nearly a 2 to 1 edge 39 to 21 and their 11 to 12 disadvantage dis din advantage in the senate could be overcome by an occasional refractory refractory refractory re re- re- re Democratic vote TD D Democratic ino U Unity The su sudden den Republican onslaught onslaught on on- slaught may serve how however ver to strengthen the ties tics of br brotherhood brother ther- ther hood among the Democrats who w were rc given to squabbling squabbling- among lr themselves when living i in the luxury luxury lux lux- mx- mx ury of ove overwhelming majorities Nevertheless thinking back to the session of an even eyen decade ago ago when they had only one sena senator senator sen sen- a ator F and four and four representatives the Republicans pu are are re highly optimistic over the prospects of making a abig abig abig big splash in the administration of ot state affairs for the next two years Finance Pr Ir Problem blem blemA A Finances probably will vill be the most moat difficult but the session also also wUl will be be kept busy lusy by byan byan byan an avalanche of oft proposed l lation and d la law changes anges coming from all directions Nearly every special interest group in the state stat has has- its legisla legislative legis legis- la ive committee to push its own desired measures es A combination of at f five y veterans' veterans organizations has drawn up a a- comprehensive program program program-of of veterans veterans' legislation Labor law changes are being nde by an attempt to outlaw secondary boycotts Coroner Coroner Coro Coro- ner ncr and grand jury bills will be Ini initiated again in in- inan an effort to bolster bolster bol bol bolster ster crime prevention detection and prosecution both parties parties' have committed ted themselves in their platforms to revamp the state primary election laws and the nonpartisan judiciary plan will aga again n come up for attention |
