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Show - CUnJer CUnJerIhetA IhetA ' I r rr i rj 1 i r r/ r ri / r V V Vi : .J J . . th ' a 1lO , } ; IJ\ IJ \ : of the senate and house 01 of 01repre Failure lCglSla- lCglSla lCglSlature > l lture - ntat1ves of the current leg representatives repre important importantlegislation t ture to agree upon vastly imp implegislation . legislation has brought about a law deadlock deaQiock which threatefl.8-un threatefl.8un threatefl.8 threatefl8 un threatens--un- threatens threatensunless . - - - . - making effectively prevent the theenactment theenactment less broken-to broken to - and changes changesin changesn enactment of new statutes in ! n existing eristing ones deemed Vltally vitally neces- neces necessary - ' welfare welfareWith welfareWith sary to the statc's statcs state's states With only 10 days of the session left , the theeighth theeighth beginning of at the leglSlators legislators faced facedwith facedwith found themselves eighth eightheek \\eek eek week \ In regard to at atleast atleast impasses with senous serious oftax ot of ottax least two of the most far reaching indIvid- indIvid indIvidual - tax leglslati9n legislation proposals-the proposals the - - franchl5e franchise franchl5etaxation franchisetaxation ual Income and corporation measureS , taxation measures other by large groups as of prUne prime prUneimport primeImport regarded threatened with similar similardeadlocks similarI similardeadlocks import , were deadlocks I IWhat deadlocksWhat What might happen to these contra- contra contraersial - , ersial b1lls bills is seen in the fate of It H ItB . 8 hour day dayfor dayfor B 5 , the b1l1 bill providmg providing an mines workers Il It Ildied Itdied for ! underground died a lingering death when three threeconference threeconference conference comrtuttees comrittees falled failed to agree agreeupon agreeupon senate amendments A l1ke like fate fatemay fatemay upon controversial controversialmeasures controversialmeasures may be In store for other measures unless the legislators of upper upperand upperand and lower houses betome become more agree agree- agreeable . - I Iable I i able to compromise compromiseI compromiseAt At the beginning of the e1ghth eighth e1ghthseSSIOn eighthsession seSSIOn week the two tax measures measureswere measureswere were in the hands of compromISe compromISecommittees compromisecommittees committees , known as conferees These Thesecommittees Thesecommittees both bothhouses bothhouses committees were appointed after houses had refused to recede from their theirpos1tions theirpositrons pos1tions positrons regarding property tax off- off offsets offsets - sets and personal exemptions in the theincome theincome . income tax bIll and offsets in the cor cor- cor corporation - Indl- Indl Indi- Indi Indlcations Indications - poratIon franchIse tax measure I cations are tha that both houses w1ll will re- re refuse refuse - - wIth "bitter bitter " ending ' re re- re resulting . - fuse to YIeld , suIting sulting m in the k1lling killing of both bills billsIn billsIn In the meantime-v.hlle meantimev.hlle meantime v.hlle vhlle meantime-'ahile 'ahile ahile - - . ' conferees confereesare and countel counter countercharges ' " are conferrmg-charges conferrmg charges conferring-charges conferring - - charges are the order of the day . These heated verbal exchanges tend to tokeep tokeep keep agleement agreement waters much nled- nled riled-- riled nled1demng riledw - - - ' w \ \ 1demng idenmg the nit rift between house and andsenate andsenate senate , apparent almost ahnost from the be begmmng beginning gmmng ginning of the seSSIOn , w1th with the lower lowerbody lowerbody body favOling favoring "leftiSt leftiSt " " leglslation legislation and andthe andthe the upper house veering more to the theconservative theconservative conservative conservativeAlmost Almost equallY as controversial as asthe asthe the much debated tax measures are aresuch aresuch such blIls bills as H B 4 , effectmg effecting mater mater- maternal . - Ial nal changes in the present state Indus indus- industrial . - . , trial act through increasing inCl easing and other other- otherwise . - WISe alterIng workmen's workmens ' compensation compensationin in case or of accIdent and H B 16 , levY levy- levying . - mg ing a tax of 4 cents per 1000 cub.c cubc cubs . feet feeton feeton on natural gas Both passed the house . I IPerhaps Perhaps not 50 so contloverslal controversial among amongI amonghousepassed amonghousepassed house-passed house passed - meaSUles measures , but certain 01 of 01senatorial ofsenatorial I senatorial amendment ale are the pro- pro proI produce - I duce dealers ' hcense license and control . and - I ' truck ' b111s bills An All are how they can wend the1r their way through throughthe throughthe the devIous channels of amendments , concurrence , confere conferees s and fmal final agree agreement agreement ment 1S is puzzling even the most san- san sangume sanguine - legIslators legislatorsWhen gume guine . . . . When matters contrO\ersIal contrO ersIal controversial \ are dis- dis disClSSed discussed - - C\lSSed C lSSed cussed \ on Capitol H1ll Hill the talk mvar- mvar invar- invar mvarably invariably - - ably iably ! includes the liquor questIon And , say the conversatlonal1sts conversationalists , if ; f liquor liquorcontrol liquorcontrol control goes the way of "obl1vion obl1vion "oblivion oblivion " VIa VIathe viathe the d1sagreement disagreement route , " then a special specialsessIon specialsession sessIon of the he leglslature legislature must be held heldBut heldBut But controversIal-largely controversIal largely - from per- per personal personal - sonal and sentunental sentimental viewpoints-as viewpoints as viewpointsasit - it 1S is , there 1S is much mOle more hope for foragreement foragreement agreement on liquor control than on ontaxes ontaxes taxes or legislatIon favoring or hitting hittingcertam hittingcertain certam certain glOUPS groups from a financial : stand- stand standpoint standpoint - point In brief , some solutIon of the thevexatIous thevexatious vexatIous 11quor liquor quesbon question is ardently ardentlydesired ardentlydesired desired by every leglSlator legislator Hencet Hencetthe Hence , the thegreat thegreat great majouty majority WIll be wlIlmg willing to com- com compromiseto compromiseto - promise-to promise to - - give way on some moot mootpomts mootpoints pomts points 1f if necessary to fmal final enactment enactmentof of a 11quor liquor control measure measureOne I IOne One pomt point is not open to much de deI debate debate I bate That Is the lower house w will willgive l lgwe gwe give way to the extent of abandoning abandoning1tS abandoningits 1tS its much favored state store plan Nol Non , declare the experts in legi legislative labve af af- af affairs - . pnvatel1cense privatelicense fa1rs fairs , Will the senate insISt on a pnvate private l1cense license system It v.111 v111 will . be satisfIed with withstate withstate state stores with by the drink sales in inhotels inhotels hotels , restatmmts restaurants and clubs The house Thehouse w111 will probably agree to this- this thisaftel thisaftei - - aftel aftei much oratory by the bone d1YS- d1YS drys- drys - . d1YSand drysand - and the ultimate result wlll will be passage passageof I of a measure very much resembl1ng resembling the theorigmal.l theoriginal1 leg1Slativedraft legislativedraft origmal.l origmall original1 . committee of 49 leg1Slative legislative draft draftPresident leg1SlativeI I President Helbert Herbert B Maw of the thesenate thesenate senate came out with a state ware I house warehouse plan which ill in theory at least Is IsI issirrilar hrilar sirrilar to the Holmes compromise I compromiseI compromiseliquor I liquor proposal Legislative opinion opinion"as opinionwas "as as was " that the Maw plan would not notsay notsway s\\ay s ay sway \ \ ardent house advocates of notI the I 5tate state thestate ' storcs stores system fram from their fll"st fllst first " lcu fll"stlcu firstlct lct e ' . fll"stI I The senate is expected to act speedI speed-1 speed 1 speed- speed - ily iiy on the liquor question inasmuch as I the asthe trade regulations committee con- con - sldermg sidering consldermg considering the passed H B 41 is com- com corn- corn - posed cornposed of eleven comI I membels members , enough to 'pass pass to'pass ' pass a favored ! measure Wlth with , one more vote morevote Thus a senate llquor liquor bill-H bill H - B.1 B1 B . " 41 amended wm will likely be passed in lowerbranch the inthe Upper house and reach the lower lowerI ini I branch this week weekThe I ) The strong influence exerted by byI I ' byGO GO\ GO Gos GOernor \ ernor I Henry H Blood legI among leg- leg - legislat015 legislators islat015 islators , reflected , as It 18 is , from I ofregard throughout the state in evpresslons .1Jrc 1Jrc ' . lons of regard beenmore and esteem , has never been beenI I more apparent than I during the past pastI several pastseveral da days s of the erted exerted erted , exerted The sessionThe , was Blood on influence V1ew view in current the , graciously graciouslyex session sessionI ex- ex ex- ex - - I prompt and unqucsUoned unquestioned andunqucsUoned andunquestioned passage by both house and I senate andsenate or of the governor's governors ' suggested available OOavailable $750,000available measure suggestedmeasure that would 1 make ake $750 750 $750,000 750000 $ , ( ) OO for state uses without resort resort to additional tax levies . The Holbrook Ibm bill mallng making it POSS1ble possible to $2,000,000 2000000 $ , , bond Issue noared floated refund 1933I the I at 1933at lower interest in 1933 xates rates and theI I with time thetime for first the 1940 , carried out payment the chief extended to I . ' ideas . exccutive.s exccutives executive's executives And incidentally , the gcstlon gestlon will governor's governors ' su sug _ gO Ifar far toward Utntmuch Utnt much muchetnbaITassment muchembarrassment etnbaITassment embarrassment saVl11g savutg Utah In case the legis . i . , I revenue-I revenue I revenueIraising revenue - enact important lature f fails ils to through haVIng haVIngmade havingmade legislation raising quarters of a am11l10n amillion three at least made available for govern- govern governmental governmental - m11l10n million dollnls dollars mental purposes purposesSpeedY purpOsesSpeedy blIls bills making it itpossible itpossible of SpeedY passage to participate in inwater inwater for cities possible rOJects-all rOJects all rolects-alt rolects alt - urged urgedby ! /by by / Governor GovernorBloodwas GovernorBloodwas water conf1dence confidence conf1dencereposed confidencereposed the eV1 evidence ence or of Blood-was Blood was - state's states ' executive head headThey headThey in the reposed unquestionablY saved the Deer DeerCreekUtah DeerCreekUtah They Creek-Utah Creek Utah - Lake $10,000,000 10000000 $ , , project projectfor projectfor and andthe andthe City Salt Lake for ut.ah utah . Hence the vast terrItory to be served by the thegiant thegiant well thank Gover- Gover Governor Governor - - project may nor giant BlOOd for his keen interest and de- de decisive dC . - action In these matters mattersAll mattersAll ciS1ve cisive ' All of which carries out this column's columns column'spredictions column'spredictions that the governor would wouldI wouldemerge predictions emerge from current legislative activ- activ activitIes activSties - itIes Sties the strongest man in Utah He Heis Heis indeed provIng provIngh1'1LSelf provinghimself is doing more He IS h1'1LSelf h11LSelf himself ' the balance wheet wheel wheetof wheelof of the state statethe statethe -the the - nght right man on the biggest Job fob a aBeehive aBeehive Beehive state governor ever handled handledBills . . . . B1l1s Bills that may yet et see the light of ofday ofday day via the lCgIslative legislative hoppers Include IncludeseveralIf includeseveralif several-If several If - more than one is necessary necessaryi necessarygivmg necessarygiving -givmg givmg -giving giving - Governor Blood power tc to co- co coordinate coordinate - - ordinate Utah's Utahs ' social security program programwith programwith with that of the federal government governmentSuch governmentSuch . Such measures are deemed neces neces- necessary - that the cur- cur current current - sary m rn view of the fact rent legislature will very hkely likely not be bein bein in a pos1tion position to enact the proper leg leg- legislation . - is1atfon islation because became of the federal pro- pro program program - - gram bemg being as yet undecided The ThebUls Thebills bUls bills W1l1 will probably set up means where- where whereby whereby - by the state can cooperate w1th with W.ash- W.ash Wash- Wash W.ashington Washington . - ington after the twenty-flrst twenty flrst twenty-first first - seSS10n session seSS10nhas sessionhas has become history historyAnother historyAnother Another bill talked of and llkely likely to tobe tobe be introduced 15 is one demandmg demanding an anmvestigabon aninvestigation mvestigabon investigation of specIal funds held by bythe bythe the Umverslty University of Utah m in alleged de- de defiance defiance - - fiance or of orders from the state aud1 audi aud1tor's auditor's tor's tors ' office for the1r their restoratIon to the thestate thestate state Such a measure may be spon- spon sponsored sponsored - - sored m in the senate this week Ap Approx1mately Approximately prox1mately proximately $100000 100000 $100 100 $ 000 is said to be m- m in- in mvolved involved - volved volvedTallang volvedTalking Tallang Talking of b1l1S-1t b1l1S 1t bills-it bills it - Is deemed prac- prac practlcally practically - - tlcally tically cel certain tam that many , perhaps tv two twoor . 0 0or or three hundred-may hundred may - never emerge emergefrom emergefrom from - ' " cOl coui'imittees couiimittees ' nuttees Dozens wIll l1kely likely l1kelynever likelynever never reaGh reach the silting sifting committees committeeswhile , while scores of others wIll die Mth with the thes the thesifters s sifters ters ' Tax measmes measures will repose m the leg- leg legislatIve legislative - islatIve archn archites es as UU\\ UU UUanted unwanted \ \ anted ch1ldren children ch1ldrenof childrenof of theIr sponsors-"wlld sponsors "wlld wlld sponsors-"wild "wild wild - " boys of the theroad theroad road , " v . andermg wandering .around around . In the legis legis1attve legislative 1attve lative hoppers until ground beneath beneaththen beneaththorn then thorn o\\n o n own \ \ weIghts Some of these pro pro- proposed . - posed significant SIgI11f1 ant and sometunes sometimes dras- dras drastic drastic - tic changes m in present state taatfon taxation taatfonmethods taxationmethods " { methods Others would laise raise taes tares " { m in strange manners mannersBut mannersBut But , when aU all 1S is sa1d sand and done , the theonly theonly only materIal tax changes that will be beblOUght bebrought blOUght brought about wI11 will probably be the In- In Indh indiridual - dh diridual Idual and corporabon corporation illcome income taxe taxes taxesThere There wIll hardly be tIme to go mto into mtoether intoether ether proposed proposedChanges - ' -Changes Changes changesGrist . . . . Gnst Grist from the LegIslahve Legislative Hopper . A marked change m in sentiment re- re regardmg regarding - gardmg garding the proposal to exempt from fromtaxabon fromtaxation taxabon taxation homesteads uo to $2000 2000 $ m in mvalue invalue value by consbtutIOnal constitutional amendment has been hasbeen eV1denced evidenced of late , culminating in inthe inthe the mtroductIOn introduction by Senator Bambel- Bambel Bambei- Bambei Bambelger Bambeiger - - ger of Salt Lake CIty of S J R 17 , repealing the resolution adopted by bythe the leg1s1ature legislature early m in the session . Senator Ward C Holbrook Holbrookof of Dav1s Davis Dav1scounty Daviscounty county wants |