Show Senate Senale Clean Decks Deks for f r Welfare Issue Utah Ho House se Moves Bills Through gh Committee Committe Routing 1 By Thomas 1 Mathews and Patrick R. R Eckman Legislative Uve red tape Jape 8 shredded Tuesday as M th the Utah state senate quickly moved Into contact with the Issues ues for which the governor called tho the special session S At Tuesday mornings morning's session the he senate began clearing ng away t the e bills in order to locus focus all its attention on the explosive siye welfare l law lw w which is expected ted to set fire to heated debate debate debate de de- de- de bate before any legislative l dec decision Is forged During the hour half m morning session senators p passed eda a mo motion on onby by Sen Dext Dexter r Farr FaiT D. D Weber directing th the secretary o. o of the senate senate sen sen- ate to have mimeographed for tor afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- c consideration all all- the short bills bUls over which there I la Is expected little argument Sent to Corm Committees In the house however similar short cuts were not contemplated Five of at nine measures introduced Monday Mond y afternoon were sent along the committee route but Rep Clifton Clifton Clifton Clif Clif- ton G. G M. M Kerr R. R Box Elder house m majority leader e der predicted ted during the recess the e bills c could uld not be printed and readied for discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis until Wednesday Wednesday- Resolutions of condole condolence ce to representatives and senators whose immediate families experienced a adeath adeath adeath death s since nce the regular session were the only final actions taken during the short morning period Question of ot a bonus for for Utah World War n U veterans was raised in the senate during the afternoon with introduction o of at joint resolution resolution tion by Sen Newell Knight R R. Salt Lake The m measure sure would provide for fora a abo bonus us based ori Orfa n a t fOrmula giving ng each veteran 10 for r each m month nth spent nt in ih ii the c continental United States between be Dec bee 7 1941 and at d Aug l 14 1945 and S for ea each cacti month spent overseas overseas during this per period o 1 Also Als i included d is a a. a proVision provision pro pro- Vision to o pay a flat to heirs of f veterans killed during this pe pe- nod Consider Land Trade Bills BUls which the senate will consider con con- on- on sider aider during the afternoon include a measure authorizing Carbon college college college col col- col- col lege and the city of Price to trade tracts of at land to the mutual advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of each a law to permit raising the salaries by as much muchas as 25 of county officials in third f fourth and fifth class counties and anda a bill to permit taxing units units in Utah county to contribute money for the site of the Central Utah Vocational school Also on the list was a me measure ure allowing private Industry such industry such a as Geneva Steel Co and Copper Corp to to sell sen electric power pow pow- er to a public utility without the regulation of the public service commission S Rebellion Looms The Tho first sparks of at rebellion against Gov Gay Herbert B. B Maws Maw's welfare recommendations flickered from a senate anteroom during the interval between morning and afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- sessions A joint committee held an executive executive tive ive meeting to draft Its own wel welfare We- We elfare el- el fare bill blU Since the governor has already introduced introduce his welfare legislation the committee move was interpreted interpreted interpreted inter inter- as 85 a sharp break with the governors governor's thinking Minor changes could have been incorporated as 33 amendments to the administrations administration's tion's ions measures Both chambers completed their organization with girl chorus-girl precision precision pre pre- Monday afternoon and the house louse even found time to put nine bills all replacing Gov Maws Maw's recommendations into the hopper Following a Republican caucus caucus caucus' in n the house lounge late Monday afternoon Rep Kerr said the thea G a GOP 0 P lawmakers felt that most of the governors governor's suggestions suggestions' were and could be dis- dis See ee Page Fage 2 Column 7 2 UTAH SESSION from rom Page One ODe posed of or in tn short order Exceptions Exceptions Exceptions arc are welfare public housing rent control and sales tax ear ear- marking He also said no attempt was made to reach a party decision on the welfare problem but some som of ot the cRu caucusing legislators reported report report- ed trouble brewing for tor the governors governor's governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- nors nor's program Apparently man many of the G GOP 0 P members are no not sure their 1947 act has had th the best of administration and also als I doubt that the tho program is as re removed removed removed re- re I moved from politics as the governor governor gover- gover nor maintained in his message Comments on the message reached all levels of ot praise an and criticism From the statements however it was apparent that th the governors governor's governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- nors nor's supporters are aro still sun outnumbered in both houses Most of the governors governor's recommendations recommendations were were In the first flurry of bills bUls to be introduced immediately immediately immedi Immedi- after he finished speaking Entails Three Bills BUb His welfare program Is 15 emb d.- d. i iad Id In three measures Introduced Introduce by Mrs C. C L. L Jack D. D Salt Lake house minority leader and a joint join resolution sponsored by severa several house Democrats H. H B. B 6 would take liens an and maximum budgets out of ot the we welfare wel- wel fare act liberalize property lim ilmi- ilmi and give the welfare commission commission com corn mission a freer hand hald in suspensions suspensions suspensions arising from improper property property prop prop- erty transfers H H. B. B 2 would appropriate th the welfare program the estimated 3 3 additional funds for tor the b biennium bi- bi needed to put the revised revise bill into operation on and H. H B. B 3 would permit the state board o of examiners to authorize additional spending if needed from the emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency relief reserve fund The appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap also would come out o othis of I this fund Earmarks Sales Tax 1 a constitutional amendment amend amend- ment requiring a two-thirds two m majority majority ma ma- in both houses to be pu put on the November ballot advocates advocate I earmarking of ot sales tax revenues revenue for tor public welfare purposes unexpended un un- expended revenues going into a reserve fund When U the e fund fum reaches reache the tax w ld be removed fr from m food then medicine medi cine then clothing Unless the re reserve reserve re- re serve fails below belo 10 The o other her bills take up the non controversial items in the governors governor's governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- nors nor's message and the junior college college college col col- col- col lege appropriations which Gov Coy Maw mentioned without specific recommendation Introduced by Reps David K Holther R. R Weber James L L. Nielson CR R. R Sanpete and E E. K Olson D. D Carbon the latter bl bill asks another for Weber Webe junior college for Carbon Carbo junior college for DIxie Dixi and for Snow House membership returned t tits to its normal figure except for th the authorized absence of ot Rep Edwin Q Cannon R R. Salt SalL Lake whis who wh is in Hawaii Rep John A. A Murch D. D Cache who was absent at the beginning of Mondays Monday's session showed up ii in time for its finish and Rep Merrill Merril K Davis R. R Salt Lake appeared at the Tuesday session 1 I |