Show f 6 J I f J 1 W i Y I 7 r. r H r L Y t J j 1 t 4 Q i ol D P- P D t JU I JUf Lt Il f The second twenty Utah state I legislature finished its first week on th the session firing line Una with every indication of or passing into l history story as a br precedent breaking and precedent body of or The usually s sedate date and august senate heretofore content to bide its time in the introduction in of i ils has ers rZ reversed d this hon ored procedure In former fonner sessions it has been the house of representatives which has been largely I responsible for the earlier legislative legis- legis proposals Not so thus this s year Instead the members of the upper upper upper up up- per house house no no longer so august augustas as young young have have been the first to offer their versions ons of what Utah nerds needs in the way of new or re revised revised revised re- re laws They were ready with th their lr initial offerings of bills within a few minutes after Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Henry H. H Blood had delivered delivered ered red h hs ILS s legislative message Speed was their watchword Nor were the solons colons content with a single measure sure or so They introduced nine on the very f first day of lawmaking activities following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing the brief opening session By Friday evening on adjournment adjournment adjournment adjourn adjourn- ment over the week end they had proposed tl thirty new measures for enactment into law The lower lowerhouse lowerhouse lowerhouse house had introduced none Score 30 to 0 O. To the casual observer thisbe this I be bears rs all the earmarks of an aggressive aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag senate ready to take the initiative in 1937 legis legislation To the expert scanner of proposed laws aws who considers the type of those offered it smacks of a det determination determination de de- de- de t termination by so called progressIves progressives progressives to obtain speedy action To the time old-time frequenter of legislative legis- legis halls it spells a new regime and perhaps an embattled one The senate during its Hs first week of rapid fire action established another precedent by being the I first legislative branch to propose enactment of what is usually described described des des- crib d as labor legislation In recent sessions it has been the lower house that bills balls deemed in to the the- interest of la- la la la- bor During the 1935 session practically practically practically all of such legislation was proposed by three thre or four members members mem mem- bers bora of what was called the labor labor labor la la bor bloc It is diff different rent this session Already Already Already Al Al- ready at least six labor bills have be been n introduced in the upp upper upper up up- p per r house Four of these were in inI introduced introduced in- in I by senators serving Berving in their s second cond legislative session Two were authored by a new member One was killed in the thelast thelast thelast last session Other labor bills certain to tobe tobe tobe be acted upon this session include one amending the present workmen's workmen's workmen's work work- mens men's c compensation n act to increase increase in in- crease compensation for dependents dependents dependents depend depend- and another creating a board to to examine all aU miners to determine their fitness for employment Unanimous approval of Governor Govern Govern- or Henry H H. H Bloods Blood's legislative message followed its delivery before before before be be- fore the joint assembly of the upper and lower houses We W are in hearty agreement with the governors governor's message massage said sad Milton Twitchell of Escalante Escalante Escalante Esca- Esca lante twenty-third twenty district Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican floor leader in the house of r representatives We feel however however however how how- ever that we should have made more r reference to the urgent n nee need ed edof of equalizing educational opportunity opportunity between the iha different school of the state Senate President Herbert B B. Maw answered the governors governor's plea for legislative cooperation with an assurance of ed d support in the upper house H He had earli earlier r urged careful consideration consideration consideration consider consider- of all proposed legislation and the exercising of care in ou our taxation program so as to no not penalize penalise any commercial activity ty 4 If actions are to be interpreted as louder than words it may b be that the almost sold solid Democratic senate fears more from the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican influence influence-a a lone than might be expected The action is seen in the assignment assignment assignment assign assign- ment of seats to the senators a athe at atthe atthe the opening session Nary a Democrat Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat spoke for the seat adjoining that of William H. H Griffin Jr the only G G. G O. O P P. P senator Another political landmark in Utah Utah- Utah ache the nominating convention so dear to the hearts of the old line politicians politicians-ls is doomed to ob ob- livion Senate Bill No 1 first of the proposed laws to be acted upon by the twenty second second legislature legislature- r replaced placed the convention with the direct primary That it will be enacted enacted enacted en en- acted into law is deemed certain Its authors Senate President Maw and Senator Eldred M. M Royle of Elberta predict its early approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap by both senate and house hous |