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Show House Committee Puts Time Limit on Aid Bill . i i . (Governor Explains (organization To Joonft Legislature' Session !jiiiijWn,iiUHMjiui .w-y ii ii mi n n. mil.. ii i l i i iiiiiiiiiiiiiii.r.iiii.iji'T.ililww m mmmwmm p.ji.ii n- V is ' " (v v- k tx i J .N 4 -, M - , CO ' V : f v ! w r 'a New Set-up Bill Introduced In Afternoon By PAUL STAPLES Gove rnor Herbert , E . Maw, declarirg that he regarded hit proposed new department of publicity and industrial development devel-opment the most vital part of his state reorganization program, pro-gram, Wednesday presented hit reorganization bill to Utah's legislators at an extraordinary joint session in the house of represe natives chamber. Amid acked galleries, spectators joining legislators in applauding parts ol the bill as the governor explained It, Governor Maw stressed Ithat it was not his measure alone, that the executive branch was not) attempting to impose on the legislative branch, but merely was submitting the measure in a cooperative spirit. . - The bill was formally introduced intro-duced in the house of representatives representa-tives si the afternoon I session, sponsored by the -committee on state reorganization. The committee com-mittee Ion .state and municipal affairs was chosen as sponsor of the measure in the senate. STATE OFFICIALS GO OVER GOVERNOR'S BILL TO REORGANIZE THE STATE GOVERNMENT Senate President Wendell Grover, left; Governor Herbert B. Maw and Speaker of the House Sheldon R. Brewster SenaU President Wendell Grover presided over the meeting! and appointed ap-pointed Senator George M. Miller ( D., Carbon), and Representatives Ray P. Lund (R.. Sanpete), and Elisha Warner D Utah), as a committee to escort the jovernor into the chamber. Provides 11 Departments The b 11, If enacted, would place all state affairs under control of 11 departments and the executive, state and attorney general depart-ments. depart-ments. I "Despite arguments, Utah is dormant dor-mant so far as industrial growth is concerned," Governor Maw said in explaining the Importance ha attributed to his proposed; new de partment of publicity and industrial indus-trial development. "The thing before us first to determine is what we havi in Utah and then determine why i . has not been delveloped, if we have any thirtg." he said. "Utah has a reputation for having hav-ing a great many resources. I don't know whether that can be confirmed. But that is the purpose pur-pose of this department." Tells Magnesium Resources He said he had seen where huge sums of money were being spent in' California to develop magnesium. mag-nesium. "Yet, authorities have told me (Continued on Pact Nlnn) (Column Ont I GOVERNOR STRESSES BOOSTING OF INDUSTRY IN STATE SET-UP (Continued from Pag On) that tat Great Salt lake we have a source of -magnesium that would supply the world for 700 years. The Job of this department is to see what la holding beck development devel-opment and to remove Uit ob-asdsriea. ob-asdsriea. If it s high power rates, let's eliminate them; if it t some oUwr obstacle, let's eliminate that. "Tea per eent of the people of Vah are holding back the growth of the aUte. But the time had come When we muet find out what the other 90 per cent want. CosasmlaaloB Needed "If we leave this Job to the governor gov-ernor or to congressional repre-TLaUivr, repre-TLaUivr, it will never be done because they are too busy to handle s large an undertaking. We have to have a commission that will devote de-vote its full Ume efforts." He said the new department would work in conjunction with other departments to -develop good highways and to open Utah scenic resources. "We must advertise to bring people to the state." he said. Tourists don't stay here. They ' pate right through, devoting one day to seeing Utah. We should make them want to stay five or six days. But they hurry on to other states that have not one-half one-half the scenic resources of Utah." FrooU From Aolo Fees - Governor Maw proposes that this department be financed with the 9800.000 now going annually from the state motor vehicle fund to cities and counties for street the investigation that should be made. . State Highway Patrol Control of the atate highway patrol pa-trol and licensing of drivers would be under the executive branch, the constitutional officers. In giving to the executive branch, chiefly the governor, control of funds, he said: "Somebody must have the power to take funds away from departments, depart-ments, to check spending and to change appropriations. If the legislature legis-lature would preler to name a committee of its own, permanent at least for the biennium, that would be satisfactory to me." In explaining that the new finance fi-nance department would have control con-trol over every cent expended by the state, he said: Finance Department The state has lost enormous sums of money by bond brokers going Into one department and buying buy-ing bonds and then taking them to another department and selling them. It seems ridiculous that such a condition should be permitted." permit-ted." Thus, all Investment of state funds would be handled by the finance department At present, the land board. Insurance fund, board of loan commissioners and other units handle their own investments. in-vestments. So far as effectiveness goes, the board of supplies and purchase "doesn't exist," the governor told the legislators. This Is because it comprises members who are too busy with their other duties to scrutinize the items coming before it. The same applied to the board I of examiners, he said. i Cites Future Polley ' "In the future, definite need for 1 materials or employes will have to be shown," he said. i "I believe Iota of departments In ' this state have employes that are i not needed." Under the bill, the Hate auditor ! would have responsibility of auditing audit-ing all state departments. In addl- tion, $10,000 would be appropriated to the governor to hire outside 1 firms to conduct an annual "post audit" of the departments. The welfare department which would control all welfare work, would maintain a central warehouse ware-house for food. After his appearance before the legislators, Governor Maw returned to his office and plunged Into work on his budget message, due on the twentieth day of the legislature, Saturday. His aids said the message would differ from previous messages in being more general in character than listing amounts for each department de-partment It Is expected to be comparatively brief and provide for centralization of financial authority author-ity under direction of the legislature. and road work. He said he would prepare another bill on this phase. "I promise you that not one rlime of this money will be spent so as to harm federal participation participa-tion in our road building," he said, taking note of objections that such diversion might jeopardize jeopar-dize the federal aid in highway work. There will not be a community that will not get two or three times the benefits It now gets. Strikes at Selfishness "The thing that will defeat this measure will be selfish interests, if it is defeated. It may be officeholders, office-holders, or it may be individuals, or corporations. "Nearly one-half the $800,000 now is spent where it is not needed." He explained that no department depart-ment would be authorized to expend ex-pend large sums of money to develop any industry. "If the department learns that money is needed for industrial development, it will propose a program to the legislature," he said, noting that private capital would be stressed In industrial development Not Maw's Plan Alone Governor Maw explained that the reorganization program was not his plan alone, that it was a plan adopted by many other states and - that he had spent most of his time on it in adapting It to Utah's needs. He said he has had the bill examined ex-amined for constitutionality by 14 private attorneys, the attorney general's staff and the Salt Lake county attorney's staff. He explained that the board of pardons, under the bill, would comprise com-prise the governor, the attorney general and three citizens "who ran really go into things and find out who should be paroled." He aald the board as now constituted, Including Justices of the state supreme su-preme court. Is unable to conduct |