Show S Senate nate M Mulls Hulls Utah Aid Bill B By Will Vili Jan Jan-Is Utah's legislature swung into the Ule second half of its session Monday with several important pieces of proposed legislation awaiting action of the lawmakers Both houses opened at 2 pm p.m. and the opening prayer and roll call was hardly out of the way when the senate took up an important important important im im- im- im item welfare item welfare on a special special ape ape- cial order of business at pm p.m. This legislation was in the form of a constitutional amendment resolution Welfare came before beCore the senate for the first time this session in inthe inthe inthe the form of a house bill calling for tor fora tora a supplemental appropriation of to meet estimated expenditures expenditures expenditures of the welfare department during the remainder of the current current current cur cur- rent biennium ending June Jun 30 The welfare department had asked the additional appropriation and warned that if it were not forth- forth See Seo Page 5 Column 4 r Welfare Fund Bill Tops Utah Senate Agenda Continued from Page rage One coming an across the board cut would hn have ve to be made to welfare welfare wel wel- fare recipients I Passes House The bill passed the house without without without with with- out a dissenting vote but when it came out of ot the senate welfare committee an amendment to cut the amount to was mended However on the basis of revised figures submitted by the welfare department Sen Orrice C C. McShane R R. R. R Beaver Millard welfare c com committee o m 11 i t t tee e e chairman agreed to support an additional appropriation of This would make the total appropriation tion as amended by the senate In effect this would enable the department to continue payments to recipients without a cut during the third quarter of the fiscal year or January February and March of ot this year An allocation of ot has been made for forthe forthe the tho final quarter by the welfare department Since no one can es estimate estimate estimate es- es expenditures accurately during tho the final linal quarter Until the effect of ot the settlement of the Copper Corp strike on welfare is seen the senate welfare committee Is recommending no supplemental appropriation for the final quarter be made I Fund Bill DIU Drawn Draun Should the welfare department not be bo able to live within its legal budget during the final quarter Sen McShane has introduced a abill abill abill bill to take care of that His bill would authorize the state board I of examiners to transfer funds from the emergency relief relict fund of oC to the welfare de de- de- de This would preclude the necessity of ot a a. special session of ot the legislature being called to handle the emergency These two bills should pass the senate with little difficulty But this is not the last time welfare will come before the legislature The question of ot reorganization of the department and an appropriation tion for the next biennium still sUll has to be me met And while a com compromise compromise compromise com com- promise solution appears to be Inthe in inthe inthe the offing otting on the supplemental appropriation ap ap- ap- ap further discussions on welfare promise to be bo heated and drawn ou out t. t Education Bill Educations Education's pet bill to bill to remove the state superintendent from the election ballot should ballot should get by the house A large number of Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- representatives act like education thinks More difficulty should be met In the senate as several senators feel the education lobby Is exerting influence beyond what It should In fairness to these senators It should be said they are not education anti they merely feel teel that education like any other group should be kept in proper balance with other Interests of the state The bill would have th the state superintendent selected by a state school board Popular control would be indirect the electorate would elect the state board at regular regular reg reg- ular school board elections State board members are arc now chosen by state school district conventions of city and county school district board members Opponents' Opponents Views Opponents of the measure feel that its effect would be perpetuation perpetua perpetua- tion in office of the superintendent This in turn would allow education education education tion to build an even stronger lobby it is felt Another bill on the senate special special special cial order calendar calls for an emergency appropriation of ot 50 to the Utah state symphony orchestra for tor use during the remainder reI remainder re re- I of the current season Of this amount is a deficit I |