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I I CAPITO i REVIEW I I t I Iby b by Y f CJ I SHERMAN LLOYD j President Lyndon Johnsons Johnson's administration by us has caught on in the Utah Legislature which the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- on the big issues of spending bonding taxing and education have converted Into Into In In- In to by the caucus The Democrats are conductIng conductIng conducting conduct- conduct Ing a very business like no nonsense session under the strong and assertive influence of Governor Hampton Rampton And the is not left to chance The education bills bUls in the Senate are a case in point Alter After two days of caucuses the five bills bUls became one While this one was somewhat different than the original proposal of the Governor It emerged as amendment of the Governors Governor's Bill Bill- Expenditures for advertisIng advertising advertising advertis advertis- ing for tourists business willbe will willbe willbe be increased more than five times by adoption o of an Appropriations Appropriations' Appropriations Appropriations' Ap Ap- Appropriations Appropriations' subcommittee report Expenditure for the curl current nt biennium is ess than four hundred thousand dollars Almost Almost Almost Al Al- most two million dollars are being programmed for the the next two years The Ross Ross- Jurney Advertising Agency has blueprinted the expenditure expendi expendi- ture which will be broken down somewhat as follows One million two hundred thousand dollars for general media advertising Two vo hundred thousand dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars for literature and re re- re- re prints One hundred fifty thousand dollars for films and motion pictures One Onehundred hundred twenty thousand thousand thousand and for cooperating advertis advertis- ing One hundred thousand fo for r publicity and news Eighty thousand for a visitors visitors tors bureau and information service Eighty thousand for admin admin- Seventy thousand for travel trav tray el cl public relation exhibits and miscellaneous The reason that more than thana a million dollars ollars Is requested d for general genera media advertising g Is to allow for national advertising advertising adver adver- tiring which is very expensive For example the cost of on one e page In four lour colors In th the e Saturday Evening Post 1 is ismore ismore s more than forty four thousand thousand and dollars The cost In Readers Readers Rea flea ders Digest is more than lift fifty five thousand dollars for lor a single Issue The entire appropriations appropriation s bill bUl is on target according t to o the committee and will be ready for action after March Marc beh h 1 1 By that time that us we referred to will wUl have hav likely produced the answers answer s to the final education bills bUls and the tax and bonding bills s If It the present efficiency rat rate e is maintained Final decision on the matter matter mat mat- matter ter of reapportioning t the state legislature barring a complete change of ot heart or a small miracle In the Democratic Democratic Demo cratic caucus might well beto be beto to make no decision at all Members from rural areas U if i left on their own inclinations would prefer not to be a party to legislating their areas out of representation This was the biggest problem remaining remain ing lug as business after aHer the first six lx weeks The United States Supreme Court has ruled d that under the equal protection clause o of the U. U S. S Constitution it is the people rather than are area which much be represented in the Legislatures of ot the I States There is no express provision to the contrary such as the express language requiring requiring re re- quiring two United States Senators per State I The Courts Court's decision has the I effect of reducing dramatically I ly y the representation of the rural areas and has had earthquake earth earthquake earthquake quake repercussions all across America The U. U S. S House of Represent Representatives tives went so far lar last ast year as to pass legislation legIslation legislation legisla legIsla- tion which would have completely completely com eliminated the jurisdiction jurisdiction juris- juris diction o of the Supreme Courtn CourtIn Court i In n the field This did not pass the U. U S. S Senate where the strongest support for the Courts Court's decision exists Nor has this Congress taken taken taken tak tak- en any ny action to lead to reversal reversal reversal re re- versal of the conditions created created created cre cre- by the Courts Court's decision Congressman John Baldwin of Oakland Calif Calls a Republican can rallied a group of some sixty Congressmen two weeks ago to attempt to spur action action action ac ac- tion on a Constitutional convention convention con con- to amend the ConstitutIon Constitution Constitution to allow representation tion of one one H House use of a Stat State e legislature on a basis other othe r rt than population The attempt t ended in apparent failure lailure du duto due e to lack of sufficient support A second method would be for both Ho Houses ses of Congress s to pass Resolutions to be ratIfied ratifIed ratified rat rat- by the States to amen amenthe amend d do the Constitution But up t to o now that attempt has als also o reached a dead end In the U.S. U U. VS S. Senate As a matter of fact th the e courts court's decision seems if it anythIng anything anything any any- thing to be gaining the support support support sup sup- port of an increasing number numbe r of people We listened to U U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Supreme Court Justice Byron Bynon By ron non White speak at the Uni- Uni University of Utah the other evening evening eve ning and he appeared mo more re amused than impressed b by bythe bythe rey y the adverse criticism of th the e Courts Court's action The decision he seemed to be reminding his audience e was was based no noon not noton noton t on politics or Ideology bu but t upon Constitutional law a athe as s the Constitution is now writ writ- ten Many members of the Ut Utah legislature from the counties which would lose representation tion say they do not choose to go home to face a hostile participating home county after participating ing in passing legislation which would eliminate the representation of that coun coun- ty The alternative is to leave the job up to the Federal judges and it is assumed that no matter how severe that decision would be at least there would be no stigma upon upon up up- on the legislators even though the legislators perd permitted permitted per per- the judges to do the job In the last two live weeks of oJ the session there will unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably un un- questionably be great pressures pressures pres pres- lutes brought to bear upon the legislators to do the job themselves rather than to forfeit But the pressures will wUl do dono no good it If they dont don't result in an affirmative of the caucus the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic cratic caucus that is o |