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Show Views From Capitol Capgtol CapitolH Hill l By Jack Eshleman EshlemanUmted EshlemanUnited EshlcmanUnited Umted United Press Staff Stall CorrespondentSalt Correspondent CorrespondentSalt Salt Lake City , July 13-U 13 U 13-UP-- 13 UP 13UPHostilities 13 - ( UP P ) - - - Hostilities H05tIlitIes were at a standstill be- be bet between be-tw be tw - t\\ t teen tween \ een the securities secuntIes commission commisslOn and andthe andthe andthe the United Umted Prosperity Prospenty plan thlS tills tillsweek thisweek week , \ eek after a truce had been ar- ar arranged arranged ar arranged - - ranged In then theu long standing standmg con- con contro controt con-troveiss con troveiss controveissObserveis - trot tro ' el er S s3 s3Observers thatthe Observeis Observels Observers believed however ho\\e\er ho e er hoverer \ \ , , that thatthe thatthe the h tiuce truce uce merely signalled slgnalled the end endof endof endof of the fir first t round in m a battle battIe of old oldage oldage oldage age pensions penslOns pensionss \s s 's t \ ' s state control of ofsecuntIes ofsecurities ofsecurities ofsecuritiesBackgioand secuntIes securities secuntIesBach.g"lo securitiesBackgioand Bach.g"lo Bach.glo Bachglo Backgioand . " nd of the argument argwnent is isbuefiy isbriefly isbuefly Lambformer buefiy briefly as follows follo\\5 follo 5 \ \ Isom 1som Lamb , former formerolker \ wolker \\olker olker worker for Di Dl Dr Francis Francls E ETo ETownsends ETottnsends planan To\\ To Tonsend Townsends \ \ nsend s old age pension penSlon plan , anhed arii bed ed in m Salt S.ilt Silt . Lake City Clty and an- an announced announced an announced - nounced formation fonnation of the Utah na- na na - - tional honal national nahonal piospenty loSperlty prosperity plan , \ which \ hich he hesaid hesaid hesaid said , w \ would \ ould attempt to make a areality areality areality reality of the Townsend Tol1send To\\ To \ \ l1send dream or of agedpoison agedpelsonc agedpersons $200 200 of$200 of200 $ monthly pensions pellSlon5 for aged pelsonc persons : ; personsLambs Lamb Lambs 5 method \ was \ as the lssumce issuance lssumceof issuanceof issuanceof : of bonds in m $1 1 $ denominations denominatlons denominatiorns 'whlCh whlCh which whichmerchants ' whichmeichants 'whlChmelchants ' melchants merchants agieed agleed agreed to accept at face facevalue facevalue facevalue value beissued BefOl Befoie Before e each bond \ was as to be issued , $1 1 $ \ was as to be deposited deposlted in a abank abanl banl bank to insure msure its 1 ledemptlon edempUon iedennption For Foreach Foreach Foreach each bond issued , 55 stamps v \ veresold ' ere eresold eresold sold foi fOl for two cents each Each Eachmerchant Eachmerchant Eachmerchant merchant merchantas \ was \\as as supposed to affiK affix one stamp onestamp to each bond he receh receir recehed ed and andno andno andno no bond \ was as redeemable until all 55 all55 stamps had been affixed afflxed , aSSU1- aSSU1 assur- assur - lUg mg assui-mg assui mg aSSU1lUg assurmg bondThe ' a 10 cent profit foi fOl for each bond The 10 cents was w \ as to aid further bond financing financingThen bondfinancing bondfinancingThen Then Secunties Secuutle Secuiities < ; Commissioner Conunlssioner Connnissioner J JEzra Ezra picturedemanded Gull step stepped d into mto the picture , demanded that Lamb register reg1ster his hisbonds bonds with mth the commission conulUSSlon conunission biand-ed biand ed blanded branded , , bland- bland brand- brand - "illegal'for illegalfor ed the plan's plans ' finances as 11le11 "i11eDa1 i11eDa1 " [ ; ' ' for asserted - withits non-compliance non compliance non-compl1ance compl1ance WIth its announced almounced setup and thathe , hinted hmted that he planned to file charges against it againstit A Salt Lake City newspaper quoted newspaperquoted Gull's Gulls ' statement , and Lamb Lambannounced announced fordamages he \ would ould ffle file suit swt for damages against agamst the paper and Gull GullGull andGull andGullGull theplan tineplan Gull took legal steps to have the tine plan shohy show sho\\ sho \ \ ' \ why \\hy hy it 11 ; should not notregister notreg1ster reg1ster register its bonds Lamb , , claiming chummg his Ius plan \ was as purely a chanty charity chantyorga.uzatlon charityorga.nzatron charityorganization orga.uzatlon orgauzatlon orga.nzatron organzatron . , wrangled with Gull Gullchanged Gullchanged Gullchanged changed the plan's plans ' name to Umted United UmtedProsperity UnitedProsperity UnitedProsperity Prosperity agreedto plan , and finally agreed ] to have his hls lawyers meet Gull and andtalk andtall andtalk talk tall the tine issues overTalking over overTalking Talking Talkmg over resulted in m the plan's plans plan'sattorie plan'sattorieys plan'sattorievs plansattorievs ' attorie attorieys petitionfor petltlOnfor s agreeing to file a petltlOn petition for registration of the bonds wlth with wlththe withthe withthe the sccurl securities le'3 le3 ' commission comnussion and in inGull inGull inGull Gull dropping droppmg his h15 plans to enforce enforcethe enforcethe enforcethe the action actlOn The plan announced it itwas itwas itwas was wasuthdraung \ withdrawing \uthdra\ung uthdra ung uthdrawmg \ its damage SUlt suit suitand , and both sides shook hands and andaited andwaited andwaited \aited aited waited \ , ; for the ne next " < t gong that may maysend maysend maysend send them into mto action actlOn againThe again agam againThe I IThe preliminaiyto yto prehminatyto The only remaining remaming prel1mmu prehminaty : : y to a final settlement of the algu- algu argu- argu - handsWhen ment aigu-mcnfc aigu mcnfc algument argument is entirely entlrely in Gull's Gulls Gl's Grill's Grills G\ G \ l's ls ' hands When hisduty hlSduty he gets the plan's plans ' petition petItlon hlS his duty will be to analyze it and de- de decide decide de decide - - cide if the bonds it will describe can be canbe plan'sfinances plansfinances registeied regIsteled registered legally 01 or if the plan's plans ' finances ale are still " "illegal illegal " " Said Sald Assistant Asslstant AttorneY-General AttorneY General - Attorney-GeneralGrover Attorney GeneralGrover AttorneYGeneralGrover Grover Giles following last week's weeks ' meetmg meeting week'smeeting weeksmeeting week'smeetmg admitthe "I I " hope we may admit the bonds to legal sile s'11e s11e sale ' Foi FOl For all 1 I Iknow 1kIlo kIlo\ kIlo know kIlothe haveananged haveallanged havearranged \ ' . the piospenty plospenty prospenty plan may have allanged arranged structure a . sound financial struc struc- - - ture , in 111 111luch which \\luch luch \ case its contmued continued continuedoperation contmuedoperation operation foithe fOlthe \ would ould be a fine thing fOl foi the old folks " disappointedhe aisappointedhe alsappohntedhe If Giles Glles ' hopes aie ale are aisappointed alsappohnted he will wlll have to handle the legal legalsteps steps against agamst agamsthatevel whatevel \\hatevel hatevel whatever \ illegality 15 is isdiscovered 15dlscovered dlscovered discovered discoveredSales isdiscoveredSales official officlal Sales Ta\.es-Fllst Ta.esFllst Ta .es es Fllst Taxes-First Taxes First Ta\es Ta es \ ' . - Fhsfc unfiiendly Ullf1iendly unfrlendly ofI of- of - | ficial ficlal reaction to mill payment of I ofI sales ofsales Hoi-brook Hoi brook Holbrook ta taxes , < es came from Ward Hol- Hol - - brook , public service comnussion commission commissionchaiiman comnussionchailman commissionchairman chailman chairman chailmanho , \ who \\ho ho said sald that the intent intentof of the leglslatuie legislatUle legislature in providing for forsales sales tax payment in tokens repre repre- - senting representing notto fractions of a cent , was not to make such payment mandatory mandatoryHolbrook Holbrook , a member of the legisIfltUML legis- legis - - legislature . . lature Iflt-UML Iflt UML - that tl- tl tln - > nt t- t tf - f- f f.A - < .A- .A .AI .Asaid - I framed the tolen token law , said commission he would ask the ta\ ta ta'X taX tat tacommis \ ' commis commis- - - sion to reconsider reconslder its edict edlct that a t\\O t O two atwo atO allpuichases allPUlchases allpurchases \ per 'Per ' cent ta\ ta tat ta tamust \ . must be paid pald on all PUlchases purchases regardless of their size sizeTTo _ sizeHe TTo M ti i- i i1 He sald said - 1- 1 1vided - - - - - the tine legISlature hld had , pro- pro - \ vided , ided proided the fractional fractlonal sales taK tax col- col col - collection lection for the convenience of mer- mer mer - - merchants chants , and that such pa payment 1uent ' on demanded demandedby was not small purchases by law I lawBoard fea- fea feaI featmes fea-'tines fea 'tines tines - ' new Health-Two Health Two Health - Two of a Boardstate Board Boarda a for publichealth publichealth public tmes tunes statetunes o of a statea state campaign campalgn . " " L - the ttaA state stateboard stateboard c + Q Q Qactivity effect as health healthent , \\ent ent cent \ \ into burst of ofactivity ofactivity of health showed a board departments depnot dld did dldnot didi didnot activity that other i not match this weekFor week weekFoi I IFOl Foi FOl For better admimstiation admimstlabon administiation of pub- pub pubI public public pub public - - I stateas state \\as as was wasdivided \ wasdivided \ asdlvided lic health mC'1 mC1 mcisurcs measures ' < ; ures , , the distilcts dlsbicts distiicts , each to tobe tobe tobe dlvided divided into three be supervised supei SUpel vised by a competent phy- phy physlchn physician phy-siclin phy siclin toI - I health divisions and andtheir andtheir andtheir slchn sician New are Northern , withheadquarters with withL their directors dlrectors withII II . -L L Ln.lw -n.l-w n.lw n.l nl w - Ttr TtrWelby - " - " - - - Dr DrWelb DrWelby he'1dquarter he1dquarter headquarters ' < ; at Salt Lake City , Welb Welby ) ' W Bigelow , South\\'estern South 'estern estern Southwestern Southwesternwith \ ' , with \ ith headquarters headqunrters at Cedar City , , Dl Di DlAlton DiAlton DzAlton I southeastern southeastern1th southeasternwith , and Alton A Jenklns Jenkins , \\1th 1th with \ \ headquarteis headquartels headquarters at Price , Dr DrII DrEdward DrEdward II IIEdward Edward L Van AlstyneDavi AlstyneDavis AIstyne Alstyne AIstyneDavis I Davi Davis < ; county will mIl remain unaf unaf- unafI unaf- unaf unaffected unaffected unaffected - - adminis adnunh- adnunh admmis- admmis admmistration adnunhtratlon administration - fected by the new health tration tratlon project , since smce it co-operates co operates cooperateswith cooperateswith co-operateswith co operateswith - with the state board by maintain mamtain- mamtain maintain- - ing a full time health director , Dr DrKeith DrKeith DrKeith Keith BarnesOther BarnesOther Bames Barnes BamesOther DrI I Other feature of the health healthboard healthboard healthboards board s activity was launching of a ascrlES aseries ascries scrlES series : of speech clinics clmics for crippled crippledchildren crippledchildren crippledchildrenThe 1 children childrenThe I IThe The clinics , in Salt Lake , Wc Wcber Wcberand Weberind r rnd \nd nd and ' \ Utah counties countles , , will "ill ill " aim to c.or-I c.orI c.or cor I c.orIrect cor- cor correct . cor correct - I I rect speech defects ' ' of the ChIldren ChIldrenduring childrenduring childrenduring " during the summer months ChIldrenI Miss MissMalcella Missl'rarcella MissMaicella I "I I Malcella l'rarcella lrarcella ' Mclnemy McInerny , director of the thestate thestate state tate crippled cnppled children's childrens chlldren's chlldrens ' service Sel'Vlct SelVlct Sel'Vlct,111 ' : \,111 ,111 111 will \ willbe ,111be , be in chal chaige charge ge of the projects which whichwIll whichwill wIll be financed fmanced by federal fundsT'1.x fundsTa'c funds fundsTi Ti\ Ti T'1.x T1.x T1x Ta'c Tac TiCommission ' . 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