Show J Bills dills Flood Utah Senate As State Legislature Goes Into Second Week of 37 Session Maw Introduces Direct Primary Bill To Replace ce Old Convention System Bills Ask Liquor T Tax x To Support Old Age ge Pension Fund Billings Receives Appointments To Five Committees Committee U U. S. S P. P A A. A Service Salt Lake City Scarcely had bad the echoes died diec away in the legislative legislative legis login halls haps from Governor Henry H. H Bloods Blood's earnest plea for sound economy and d. d cautious conserva conservatism in legislation le than a deluge of bills burst in tho the senate this week some of which call calU for creation crea crew lion tion of new v departments with added added added ad ad- ded expense while Oth others 8 mako radical changes in present setups The governor praised the spirit sp of amity mIty which has been between employer and by present present- labor laws but on the heels of this have appeared In tho the senate during the first week several labor measures that bear the earmarks of departing radically radi radi- radically cally from the co conservative erv tenure tenure tenure ten ten- ure of previous legislation Deadlock Over Senate Seat Many of the first flood of senate sen sea ate measures appear designed to pour water on the tho patronage tree trea with a view to making it bear a bumper crop of plums The left I wing or Maw contingent of the tha Democratic party seems to beholding be bo holding a weather eye on this favorite favorite fa fa- tree tree- and andis and is holding holding- its baskets ts in readiness to gather the fruit The fight figi for for patronage preference preference preference pre pre- ference is very patently present present- and no where is it more apparent that the left wing is out for all it can get than in the deadlock over Utah County's vacant seat in the senate The Tha Utah county party organization is persisting in its effort to tell the governor whom he shall appoint but Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Blood has indicated an equal determination to exercise his own rights and prerogatives as governor governor gov gov- of the state slate Thus the first week of the session ended with the senate seat still sUll vacant and no present Indication of an immediate immediate immediate im im- mediate break in the deadlock The outside county delegations have pr precipitated an impasse inthe in inthe inthe the lower house over appointment of house clai claiming ng that Salt Lake county has been en allotted allotted allotted allot allot- ted an unjust proportion of these or about 17 ou out of 32 As a result only five clerks have been sworn in and all others are awaiting results of the fight by outside counties for better representation representation representation which has been sent back to the committee on patron patron- age Senate Flooded With Bills Complete organization in the house awaits appointment of the balance of the standing standing- committees committees committees commit commit- tees expected during the present week In ru rushing hing its flood of ot bills Into the upper house even ven before permanent permanent permanent per per- manent committees were named to receive them the senate where the Maw contingent is presumed to be holding the reins at pr present is seen as maneuvering into a position position position po po- of or vantage to press Its Ita wills Into the house before house meas mean Continued on Page 8 Bills Flood Utah State Senate in 2nd Week of 37 Session Continued From Page 1 ures reach the senate and thus leave the way open to exert influence influence influence in in- fluence to for favorable house action on senate measures s by if jf necessary necessary sary adopting dilatory tactics in connection with house houss bills reachIng reaching reaching reach- reach Ing the senate The t bill of Import to the entire s state lILe to appear in the upper upper upper up up- per house housa was S. S B B. B 1 by Maw I providing for a direct primary to rep replace aco the old system of party conventions for nominating can can- i for public office Mr Maw followed this with bills providing for the creation of an old age pension fund without property lien o or to financial ability ability abili abili- ty of to p support the pension pension pen pen- sion on applicant also two o other her bills imposing an excise tax on liquor and diverting diverting- a portion of the sales tax to help support tl the e old i age pension fund Maw also presented presented pre pre- I a bill r remodeling the state road commission to provide for seven members member to be chosen from di districts and three thre at t at large Senator Lawrence E. E Nelson ot of Salt Lake introduced bills creating creating creating creat creat- ing a state police department which would place even deputies sheriffs under appointive jurisdiction jurisdiction tion of the state stat superintendent and a bill taking from the governor govern govern- or the power of appointment to fill flU legislative vacancies and placing placing placing ing it in the hands of party committees committees committees com com- of the sections affected He also presented a bill to create a state department of justice to I prevent pr vent th the handing cf of legal work plums to private individuals N Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- lson l- l son presented a bill extending the deadline for 1936 auto plates to midnight February 28 and a a. substitute substitute sub sub- bill having the same effect was passed by both houses and signed by the governor becoming the first law enacted by the second ty-second session Senator Eldred M M. Royle of Utah county fathered two labor legislation bills of vital importance import import- ance to industry in the state The he fir first t S. S B. B 27 requires any person accepting a job in a place where there is a a. strike shall first register register regis regis- register ter with the industrial commis commis- sion The second S. S B. B No 28 provides that that- all labor organizations organizations shall register with the same board within sixty days after its enactment Lamoreaux of Salt Lake county followed with S. S B. B No 25 prohibiting any sheriff or other oth-er peace off officer offer er from deputizing deputizing deputizing ing the of any private employer who b be directly concerned in o y strike or lockout lock lock- out Other Bills Listed Senator G. G G. G Lindstrom of Carbon county submitted S. S B B. B No 6 for a branch of the University of Utah at Price Ence S. S B. B No 20 for Tor Tora Yora a license tax tax-on tax on gas corporations S S. S B. B 21 covering price adjustments adjustments adjustments adjust adjust- ments by gas compani s. s Senator Ward C C. Holbrook of Davis county county coun coun- ty introduced S. S B B. B 10 relating to tot t tax x delinquency extensions S. S B B. 12 creating a legislative research bt bit bU eau au S 'S S. S J J. J R. R 1 for a Utah Trails Centennial Exposition in 1947 Senator G G. G V. V Billings of Uintah presented S S. S B. B No 13 relating relating relating re re- lating to national housing act ct securities securities se sc se- se as deposit debentures Senator Stevens of Millard county county coun coun- ty y presented S. S B. B 26 reducing the annual license fee for sale of cigarettes a and n d oleomargarine Senator Dexter Farr of Weber was the only senator to vote against the auto license plate extension bill S Senator Griffin of Cache beng be be- ng absent The The he vote in the house was unanimous for the e bill except except except ex ex- that Allen Calder Ingleby Y Yand and Winget were absent The partial appointment of house committees committees made by Speaker Speak Speak- er Jensen included the following Rules Taylor Burton Jacobs Poulson Twitchell Revision Re and engrossing Marthakis Allen Johnson Printing Brewster Garff Garit Wood Salaries etc Ramey Ramey Ram Ram- ey Lundell Peterson Spence and Tidwell Committees Named Senate committees were named as follows Agriculture Hopkins Billings Holbrook Holmes Nelson Nelson Nelso Stevens Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens Tanner Appropriations Appropriations- Holbrook Baker Grover Huggins Lindstrom Lund Nelson Royal Snow Banking Stewart Billings Huggins Huggins Hug- Hug gins gim Lamoreaux Stevens Griffin Griffin Grif Grif- fin Utah county Education tion Baker Baker Ba Ba- ker Hopkins Lund Snow Stewart Lamoreaux Fish Fishr game Farr Billings Holmes Hopkins Nelson Peterson Stevens Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens Health labor Royle Grover Grover Grover Gro Gro- ver Huggins Lindstrom Lund State Municipal affairs Nelson Farr Lindstrom Lamoreaux Stewart Utah county county county coun coun- ty Highways Stevens Ste Billings Farr n cht Holmes Peterson Peterson Peterson Pet Pet- erson Tanner Tanner Judiciary Huggins B Baker ker Griffin Griftin Holbrook Holbrook Holbrook Hol Hol- brook Nelson Stewart Tanner Mining Lamoreaux Holbrook Lindstrom Stewart Pe Peterson Public Institutions Lindstrom Baker Griffin Peterson Royle Tanner Utah county Revenue Taxation Baker l Farr arr Griffin Grover Holmes Hopkins Huggins Royle Snow Revision Billings Snow Social relations Lund Grover Holmes Snow Y Utah county Contingent expenses Grover Griffin Lund |