Show TI THE E NEW NE' SESSION LAWS I By L. L A A. Hollenbeck The 1925 Utah session l laws ws are just out It contains pages which is a n hundred more than 1923 If Gov Dern hadn't vetoed 19 bills we would have llave a colossal book booc Th That Thatis t is a a. mistake of ot being overwhelmingly overwhelming overwhelming- ly partisan The Tho poop people Ie should shoud make the legislature about half and half of each party The solidarity preached by Carl Marcusen and the labor federations is solid soUd nonsense State Supt C C. C K Ic Jensen aided bythe bythe by bythe the presidents of the university ann and ag cultural college have boosted the appropriations for those institutions institutions' institutions institutions institutions' about more than two years ago and It ft was too high then The state superintendent and anal those two presidents are the big element in fn the state board of education That makes it a lobbyist board They have a n banquet at the agricultural college and again at at the university with great pomp and circumstances and the chairmen of or the appropriation tion committees of th the house and senate nate ar are invited ny tec to m make ke sp speeches e hes I I They Tiley are highly flattered and ana Lanus they are mighty big men Sup Supt Supt Jensen knows how the trick is done for he is is rated as about the strongest strongest strong- strong est lobbyist around tIle the state ture No reasonable doubt that he I managed the late law to require a four year college education and five years experience before a man can be a n. county superintendent That throws the cow counties into the hands of the state board and the superintendent is the directing force i if f t that board That makes a scarcity scar- scar city Ity of timber tIm for county superintendent superintendent and hence they can refuse to accept the position unless the salary salary sal sal- ary cuy Is very high All of this when whenn in n fact we have better timber at home and men that are in touch with the people But even the leg leg- couldn't quite swallow the law without putting it off ot till Sep Sep- September 1926 They postponed it until until until un un- til the next time The They recognizes it was as bad ad by putting it off They couldn couldn't t. t stand the pressure an any would let the future take care of it It- It self There should be a iv 11 law Jaw removing removing ing the presidents of the university and of ot the agricultural college from being on that board for their desires conflict with the economic interests i of the state Trio The school AM u L districts na cic I Into a U l county uis- uis tract and now the effort is to centralize cen cen- I the tho power of or the count county distract dis dis- dis tract into the rho state board and all of or this makes for ra raising IsIng the taxes of oC the people of or the state I |