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Show 'LITTLE WAGNER BILL ISSCANNED The proposed "Little Wagner" bill for Utah, which would aet up a labor relatione board, was attacked aa a poeeible "constant annoyance'' to employera and defended aa assuring assur-ing labor peace at a public hearing at the capital Tuesday. At tha hearing, before the social security committee of the Women's Legislative Council of Utah, Franklin Frank-lin Rlter of Salt Lake City, an attorney, at-torney, voiced opposition to house bill 63, while Chairman William M. Knerr of the atate Industrial commission com-mission apoks in its favor. Mr. Riter contended the bill would sst up another board of unlimited powers at the expense of the taxpayer; tax-payer; the board could keep employers em-ployers under constant aurveillance and comprise a ceaseless annoyance; annoy-ance; the bill would permit agitators agita-tors t- foment labor diaturbaacs; would destroy rights of minority groups and rights of individual bargaining, bar-gaining, and deny the rights of (0 per cent of the workers, who, he said, belong to no labor organisations. organisa-tions. He characterised It as "purely "pure-ly clsss legislation." Mr. Knerr said the present law on collective bargaining la a severs restriction re-striction on labor and asked: "Is this result socially desirable?" S. D. Roberts, vice president of the Mountain Fuel Supply company, com-pany, protested against senate bill 20, which would tax natural gas 4 eeitte pee 100 eublo feet. 1 Ue said it was aimed to aid tha coal industry indus-try at the expenaa of the gas industry in-dustry and cited figures to show that gaa paid more taxes per assessed as-sessed valuation and on gross revenue reve-nue than did coat |