Show Utah Body to Study Welfare Measure Sen Orrice C. C McShane R. R Rf Beaver er Millard said Friday afternoon ho lie would move to Increase increase in In- In crease a supplemental appropriation appropriation for the state public welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare department department cut cut to b by the senate finance committee com corn to to The money would be ho used during the first quarter of or 1949 lie He said he had decided to ask the Increase after studying new figures from the department B By Will ill Jarvis Janis Armed with ith financial reports the Utah code of laws and a stock of verbiage U Uta t a h s senators opened an attack on one of their most provoking argument-provoking lems public lems-public public welfare assistance aSsistance- Friday at 2 30 pm p.m. I Specific tem Item of debate was HB RB 27 which calls calIs for a supplemental supplemental supplemental sup sup- appropriation of DOO to the state department of public welfare for use during re remainder remainder remainder re- re of the biennium When its turn on the second-reading second calendar calendar calendar cal cal- was reached by the senate Thursday it immediately caused a minor stir The senate welfare committee had reported the bill out favorably favorably favorably favor ably but with a proposal to amend the bill by cutting the amount of to Sen Orrice C. C McShane R. R Beaver Beav Beav- cr er Millard welfare committee chairman urged the body adopt the committee report and in supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting his argument ar quoted some figures he had received from the welfare commissioners Amend the Bill BUI Senate President ent Alonzo F. F Hopkin Hopkin Hopkin Hop- Hop kin D. D Rich Summit Wasatch Daggett Morgan pointed out that adoption of the committee report usually a routine procedure would in this case actually amend the bill Several senators who were dissatisfied with the committee report asked ased that further action on the bill be put off until they could obtain figures from the welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare department that they thought would bear out but their side of the argument Against the protests of Sen Sent McShane the bill was made a special special special cial order of business Friday afternoon after after- noon Other business of the senate Thursday afternoon included the killing of two house bills to provide provide provide pro pro- vide payment of fees to attorneys appointed to defend indigents in courts Sen Marl D. D Gibson D. D Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon and Sen Rue L. L Clegg R. R Salt Lake both attorneys took tooh the position that as professional men lawyers should do their work for the poor without charge just justas as does a doctor They pointed out that one of the fine things inthe inthe in inthe the legal profession is providing service in court to those who cannot cannot cannot can can- not afford to pay counsel Both requested defeat of the bill Sen Mitchell R. R Emery Grand San Juan and Sen Elias Ehas L. L Day CR R Salt Lake also both attorneys defended the bill on the ground that indigents would re receive receive receive re- re better counsel if some payment payment pay pay- ment were made to the lawyer la Both Defeated One of the bills provided for fees in district courts the other for carrying an appeal to the supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court The first was defeated de de- de- de by a vote voto of 7 to 13 and I the second by a vote ote of 3 to 16 Enacting clauses of similar senate bills then were stricken on motion of Sen The so-called so 22 bill was ad- ad See Seo Page PaJe 5 Column 1 Utah Senate to Debate Public Welfare Bill I I k Continued from Tape rage One I 11 anted to the third reading calendar calen- calen l ldar dar by a vote ote of 17 to 3 with three l L f absent Originally lally banning use of in Utah exI cx- cx I 22 caliber firearm I pt on target ranges the bill now how Is amended so that no mention men- men tion lon of the 22 is made It makes parents P parents and guardians responsible for tor destruction of property or game tame game with any type of weapon t t Also advanced ad to the third readIng reading read- read ing calendar were two other house bills one bills one to increase pay of registration registration regis registration regis regis- agents from 8 3 to 5 a aday day ay the other to increase pay of jury commissioners from 5 to 8 8 a day ft A third house hous bill was amended by by the senate before being adi advanced advanced ad- ad to the third reading calen- calen idar i dar The bill provided a pay increase increase in increase in- in I crease for election judges from 5 to 8 a day with an hour for overtime after 7 pm p.m. The senate Removed the overtime provision 4 ft Polling Poling Measure f t Final approval was given to 58 which authorizes county clerks derks instead of county commissioners commis- commis to designate polling places Also finally approved was HB HE 11 11 which l c makes it unlawful for employers em- em t to require physical examinations examinations exam exam- nations as a condition of employ- employ unless the employer pays the examination expenses The welfare commission earlier had reported that unless a supplemental supplemental supple supple- l mental appropriation was made grants to recipients would have to tobe tobe ibe be cut approximately 14 Of the asked and a approved p pro v c d without a dissenting vote in the house aws sought for grants at the present level during the third quarter of the fiscal year or January February and nd March of this year This Is tho the amount which winch the senate welfare committee commit commit- tee has recommended be For the fourth quarter in the fiscal year and the final quarter in the biennium the commission has reportedly set aside Sen McShane feels that if all aU welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare claims were ere reevaluated and payments made only to those in actual need the department could live within tins this figure which Is the legal maximum expenditure for any anyone one quarter as set up in the 1918 special session laws Near Estimated payments during the final quarter will total about 1 Sl- however and unless the additional supplemental appropriation appropriation tion asked for is made all grants will have to cut across the board Sen Lorenzo E. E Elggren D D. Salt Lake said he was not present when the s senate nate welfare committee ommittee of which he is a member member member mem mem- ber approved the recommended cut in the appropriation He says in fact grants would have to be cut more than 14 in the final quarter unless the full Is appropriated because the welfare commission has already dipped into funds allocated for March to tomake tomake tomake make payments in this quarter The bill as the house passed It will probably receive senate approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap but not without a battle led ed by Sen McShane who feels very ery strongly about the matter Only a Preview Pre This struggle will only be a preview preview preview pre pre- view to the real thing as HB 58 only relates to appropriations for forthe forthe the he current biennium When debate debate debate de de- de- de bate on the Ule appropriation for the next biennium for which more than Ulan for general assistance assistance assistance as as- alone is being sought a areal areal areal real battle royal can be expected Among the nine new bills introduced introduced introduced intro intro- in the senate Thursday was vas one to permit the state to discontinue discontinue discontinue discon discon- buying fire theft and public pubic public pub pub- lic ic liability insurance In lieu thereof hereof pr premiums would be paid into nto a state casualty in insurance urance fund und The fund would be held by bythe bythe the he state treasurer and used only for payment of the specified type of claims upon approval of the board of examiners Sens Newell Knight R. R Salt Lake Lale and Day are arc sponsors of the measure |