Show r r Al t 1 k t tAl t Statehouse Storehouse Report 0 Examining Members Differ On Proposition to Abolish Body r The e three members of Ut hs h's Doard Board of Examiners ers ers- rS differ sharply on the Advisability of voting fort for tor t i against Proposition 8 at election November 8 a. proposed amendment abolish the board which now has the responsibility for approving all claims and contracts obligating obil gating the state slate Gov ov Calvin L. L believes the examiners have outlived their usefulness One head not three should be he r responsible for fiscal affairs affairs af ar fairs of the state he believe be be- lieve Ho lie I Is s supported by the Ml tic Hoover Commission slon chairman chair chair- mm man says a vote for tor the proposition Is a vote for tor ef of- In In state govern govern- men ment t. t Ally Alty Gen en Phil L. L Hansen Han Han- Ken sen urges voters to Vote no to 10 Proposition No 8 8 S. He lie points out that just as here lire arc five justices of the ho Supreme Court there Is safety In having three men not hot one responsible sible Ible for final cal affairs Secy of State Clyde L. L Miller third member of the board hoard advocates retention of I the he examiners by voting against Proposition No 8 Views of the three men were reflected In a meeting meetIng meeting meet meet- ing of State Board Doard of Education Education Edu Edu- cation ration representatives with I the he Board Doard of Examiners Friday I The educators protested against a- a Invasion of oC their ress res- res In a letter sent to thorn them by Edward T T. Him Him- state personnel drector dir dr ector Mr proposed set setting ling up standards and salary schedules for trade technical Institutes and o other o- o i ther post high school Institutions ns administered by that body Shel Sheldon on S S. S Allred Price hoard Board of Education chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man said Mid the board and the I schools are alarmed at potential poI potential po po- usurping Of their I authority to set salaries and employ instructors Dr T. T H. H Bell Dell superintendent superintendent superintendent of public Instruction instruction tion declared that the Board Doard of Examiners by exercising fiscal control over over over o- o ver Institutions supervised by the Board Doard of Education Is placing them In the goat pasture The University of Utah and Utah State University operated under boards appointed appointed appoInted ap ap- pointed by the governor on the other hand exercise their power with little or orno orno orno no supervision by the examiners examiners examiners ex ex- Dr Bell said He classified these as favored Institutions In the sheep pasture Gov Hampton Rampton pointed out that some standardization standardization standardization and uniformity Is needed among state employ em em- ploy s educational and o o o- he pointed out hired Emanuel A. A Floor director of the State Travel Council Oct 14 at a salary a year higher than the council was paying Mr l Hansen said the examiners examiners examiners ex ex- as the three top elective officers of the state are required by law to take responsibility for such mat mat- Gov Rampton said the examiners already rushed I for or time would cause chaos If they attempted to run theU the U U. of U U. U lie He erl that the Coordinating Council of HIgher I Education Education be ask asked ell r recommendations th as lo to centralizing for for standardising latles and q qualifications a lons of In In- In In Mr Miller MilicI supported the motion pointing out that the findings finding would provide guidance for the examiners If the board Is retained by bythe bythe bythe the voters or for tor the governor governor governor gov gov- who would take lake over duties of the board if the examiners are arc abolished Dr Bell Belt said his department department depart depart- ment already has a director of teachers personnel N. N I Blame Winters responsible I for accrediting all teachers t I II I To dilute Mr 11 Winters' Winters authority authority au au- au and Intermix It with that of Mr would I caul e cau-e a trouble Dr Bell warned I Gov Rampton favors all eight proposed amendments amendment to be voted upon Nov 8 j Four of ot them Numbers 4 5 5 6 G and 7 would be highly Important to provide counterbalances in the event eI event e- e I vent No 8 is approved abI abolishing abolishing ab ab- ab- ab the Board of Ex Ex- Ex- Ex I No 4 would give legal recognition to such cam cam- as the Joint Budget Budget Budget Bud Bud- Budi i I get Audit Committee of the I Legislature which now Is I boring Into departmental budget requests The others others' would provide for lor annual I sessions of the Legislature provide for lor calling special sessions by others than the governor and raise the pay of legislators to 1000 per year Until recently the Leg had a joint Appropriations Appropriations Appropriations Committee which attempted to weigh needs for appropriations in a matter of weeks Under this process revenue revenue revenue re re- re- re venue was estimated and divided among budget requests requests requests re re- re- re quests without adequate in ht A staff of auditors auditors aud aud- Hors and a year year around committee of the Legislature Legislature Legislature Legisla Legisla- ture now now is sifting all re requests quests Gov Rampton announced Oct 18 that tha t he would veto any an the by the by-the drink I I it Isla I think it is a matter of sufficient Importance importance importance tance that the people f should hould decide the question by ref referendum m he told a televised press conference lie Ile said a n 20 million talc state building cutback stall will leave more than 27 million to lo IJ be spent on construction construction construction con con- for foI state building projects In the next 15 L hobby Bobby V V. Walker State AelOn Aeronautics Commis Commission ton director has renewed his effort for selling the place eight-place Queen Air AirI Airplane Airplane I plane owned by the com com- mission I i He lie said that to pay off the plane must be used I hours a year car at a rental of 85 an hour flying time I The Ilse he planes plane's log shows show only 04 hours flying time from July 1905 15 to August 1966 I IThe I The Board of Examiners Oct 18 directed the State Highway Department to send six of its staff to the annual meeting of the American Association of Highway Officials in Wichita Wichita ita I Kansas ansas in the Queen AI Air rather than by commer cammer cint plane plana Gov Ramp Rampton ton said laid the plane provides many safety features including sufficient ent power on only one of its two engines to clear any of I Utah's mountains It also lis Is sufficiently fast to carry I a party to almost any point in Utah and return allowing allow ing the passengers time to transact a full days day's bus bus- iness Flying time from Irom Cedar City to lo Salt Lak CI City y is one hour The Queen Air All will have to be sold or traded at a loss to the state unless more state personnel use the plane Gov Rampton i said |