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Show i it t , - . J JV V V V V Vr h r ; By UajrJa Uarda iUarda McCarty MeCartJ McCartyFinis McCartyFinl Finis Finl * has ha been written writt n to the tit thetwenty tittwenty Utwenty twenty third session Ion of the Utah Utal UtahState UtalState Ut > " State leKlalature legislature and aa 88 as an after- after aftermath - . ' math to its Us lawmaklnB lawmaking activities actlvbtie activitiessince actlvbtiesince 1 aince since Jan 9 approrimataly Bpprortmately approrianately 150 nestand new nest newand ne ' and amended ttatutes statutes will wID be In Inscribed inscribed Ir scribed In Utah s * law books boob booksGeneral booksOeneral Oeneral General opinion Is that onlyabout only y about a acore score of or the measures en enacted enacted eracted I acted by the letlxlator leg1A1ators legislators * who cal call calJ- calJ calJed ; - . ed it a day last Saturday wlmake wilt will wiltmake willmake II make any appreciable dent In Udally the tht thedaily thtdaily daily lives live * of Utahna Utahns as a whol whole wholeThe wholeThe The other 130 will effect Ol only y seg stir- stir stirrega cerotated | ' - . rega regaled ted rrotfM grOl't grOlt grotps . S ' > minor classifica classsifica classificatlons classsificalions claulficitlorr tlons lions and scattered sections or-lrdividual or lrdividual or-tn or tn or-in in ortndlvidua1s orindividuals - - 1 dlvidua1s dividuals * dividualsOn On the whole---M whole M whole--so so whole - - - ao .say say . ay leaders or orvaried o ' > $ f varied divergent element elements-the elements the - * - the 2 ? 3d 3dlegislature : d dlegl.51ature lecislature legl.51ature legl51ature legislature . may tr be regardedas regarded lIB as a hkving ha hamt htv hkv ! mt ing assumed a iruddt mldde midde of the road roadattitude roadattitude roiattitude attitude In their dell deliberations delihiraifons ratlons Bu Business Bi siness slness and Industry suffered no nobody nobody body blows On the other hand th they theybenefited < y benefited throulh through a reneral general inr In- In Indhultlon - - tpllnatlon dhultlon r iination toward confidence etaboring te eta tormt toring boring action Labor while fettinlittle getting gettinglittle gettinglittle little of what It sought aou ht lost none noneof noneof nonof of the ground rained gainf'd gainfd gained ' two t\\O t O \ yearsago years yearsago yeaj ago 0 0Acriculture agoAgriculture Acriculture Agriculture recoijilzed recognized as of ofwidespread ofwidespread ( widespread Importance to the statR state statRrt'C'eived statereceived ttatreceived rt'C'eived rtCeived received ' much consideration comlderation ; al although a a ] : thouth though It 'ailed ailed aUed abed ' to procure prop- prop property property - > - erty tax reductlorr reductions in a generaltrend cenentrend general generaltrend trend toward preservinc preserving the tax taxstructure taxstructure ta structure atatus stAtus quo Education Educationachieved Educationachieved achieved but partial success In getting get- get gettinlf - , - tiniir tinlf ting greater reater fund allotments but butsuffered butsuffered , suffered no Importint tmporta.nt tmportant important . loftses l06Ses losses unless unless un unles less les * It was wa In reduction of the thestate thestate state a * contribution to the teacher tt'achers ttachers teachers tt'achersretlremt'nt teachersretirement ' , retirement retlremt'nt retlremtnt ' fund fundSocial fundSocial Social welfare lefltlauon If'glslauon Ifglslauon legislation ' spotlighted spotlighted spot spotll lighted ll < hted last mirxute mlmte miqute proceied.int proceiedint proceoedlngzi proceedings proceoedlngziwhen proceedingswhen . when the lerlslator legislators * finally approv approvI'd ed I'd Id ' d administration oucht sought actionthat actio actiothat action actionthat that places old BKC Rife age aulitance asslatance assistance ; on ona ona o a a basis of need thus ellmlnatin el1m1nating eliminating el1m1natingmany eliminatingmany many undeservlni undeserving recipients redpients of offrom ofbenefits ' benefits from the rolls roUs In favor cthose of ofthose ofhose those hose who really rf'1llly rf1llly ' n need < d assistance assistanceI assistanceProponents assistanciProponents I Proponent Proponents . < ; cited danger of or losing losingI losingfederal losingfederal losinfederal I federal fund fundB funds * ax as thetr their chief ar argu argument argusent ument ment -sent sent - for changesI changesWhere chanies changes chaniesWhere I Where pocketbooks of the people peopleat peopleit at it larie large are affectad afft'Cted afftCted affected ' passare passalff passage , ' of ofthe ofhe f the he larrest largest appropriation bill 1 in inhistol'y,237391mea.ns inh1stayt237 ; history histol'y-,237391-mea.ns histoly237391mea.ns histol'y histoly ,237391 237391 mea.ns means h1stay-t237 h1stay t237 ' * - $ * $1237391 1237391 $ & , ; 391-means 391 means - - means . in the theopinion thepinion opinion pinion of many ma.ny . that the thf > 2 24 mms mills mmsgf"nf'ral millsfeneral mill millteneral teneral gf"nf'ral gfnfral feneral " ' fund fW1d tax levy will acain again be betmpo'i bemposed b Imposed tmpo'i tmpoi mposed ' < l for ror the prefcent pretent present blennlurafter blf'nnium blfnnium biennium blf'nnium'a bienniumifter ' i 'a a ' ftRr ifter having ' been bf'en bfen eliminated dwmi dur durmg durng mg ng ? the thf ' past tl\O tl O two t \ o years Yt'ars Ytars Yt'arsIeghlators yearslegislators ' Ieghlators legislators I . , elslators ( ? througl 1h throunhout rou 11 ; 110U out t the tht ' sea seaion ' > scssion cs Ion held to a general general ( reneral trend t.maintain tmaintain to W tomaintain Wnaintaln . maintain naintaln the prt present . oent ; tax structui 5tructme structure 5tructmeInta structurematt . Inta inlatt matt ( t as ao ; far a as po possible < ; . "lble lble " This Thlo ; W1l0 was wasvdenced waevidenced ; evidenced -vdenced vdenced - } in full fflll fail ire Irt ' of the thl ' home hometeed homestead < ; tf'1ld tf1ld teed ' tax exemption bill and the therebuffln thebuffing ' rrbufflnR rebuffln -buffing buffing - of all off eff elf rts arts ft ) > In to Increa Incr1l increa'e increae increa'eaxes ! " ' < t ' . tax taxes axes ( > < ; , > such ue " a . ral ralsiiiR raising < ; ll1g tie tit tt a ' incomi Income Incometax incomeax incomitax tax ax leid-s leid s J\fLs J fLs lestLs ! " \ - nnd and n nine inl ins ' o 0 cupatlon cupation cupatlonIf'v cupationeve If'v\ If'v Ifv If'vand ' eve \ and ief If'f Iff ' isals sets I ( al ' > to ( o impose Impo , > f ' natur natural al 1 1 < R-as R as gas - 110 ; I id II it ' cl 1'1 11 iln lIn store tore taxes taxeo ; Re He - . _ - - - of the tax on aleomargarlne aleomargarine aleomargarlnealso aleomargarinealso Ieomar also lost in the house houseEnactment houseEnactment Enactment of billa bills bUl enablingcounties enabling enablingcounties enibll- enibll enibllcounties - - counties cities clUes and towns town ; . $ to un- un undertake un u - dertake low cost liouslni housing and all &lum lum slum &lumclearance slumclearance & : clearance projects is llstad 118ted listed aa as o one oneof oneof e of the few reform reronn ' ' QbcOmpUah- QbcOmpUah accomplish- accomplish QbcOmpUahm accomplishments Ccompllaments - m ments nts Passace Passage ot of fc a group medical medicaland medicaland medl < and dental care bl blh l may they also be beIncluded beincluded Included In th the ' r reMnn reform form ' ' ategory Category CategoryIt cate ategoryIt or ; / , It permits pennits tabllhment establishment e * of en health healthcooperatives cooperatlvea cooperatives Amendinenf Amendments to thestate the thestate tt atate state unemployment oompensa.Uon oompensaUon compensation oompensa.UonI oompensa.Uonact compensationact . I act extendlni extending the women a eIght- eIght eIghthour - - . hour act requlrinc requiring that all aU IIc1Jea Baler IIc1Jeatax Balertax rAl < tax revenues be used for welfare weitarr welfareand weitarrand weltai and relief reUef and a bill bID providing f for forthe forthe < * tha the care of disabled minen anlners miners at the thestate thestate ttatate state tuberculotia tubercul061s tuberculosis hospital may be beltsred belisted t : ' listed ltsred 83 as a * 0-callad 0 callad so-called so called - - p1"08.TesSi p108.TesSi p108TesSi " . progressive progressivemeasures pro < res lv ve vemeasures < - , measures atures enacted enactedLittle enactedLittle I enactedI Little LJttI * chanf chancre change waj was made In the thestate thestate stat state 8 s political ft-up ft up set-up set - - - Oxr One meaaur measur meaaurI meaaurenacted measurenacted ma * I enacfd enacted does doe away with detects defects in inI inthe inthe 1 the primary election law and r re- re reqUIr requlres < - - I qulres qUIr quires s secret balloting In politicalconventions polltia political politicalconv convntlona conventions conv ntJons Some Bome counties wUl will wUlbenefit willbenefit wl benefit In limitation of their share shareof shareof of public pubUc welfare costs cost8 to proceef proceeds proceedsof of a 5 mill mm levy A non parilsa part1san partisan part1sanJudiciary partisanjudiciary Judiciary bill b1ll failed of passageBusiness passage passageBusiness paua e eBusiness Business benefit benefl18 benefits * through repeal repealof repealof of the much maligned avraf average Ir In- In Inventory inventory - - ventory law and strengthening or of orthe ofthe < the fair trade practices act Under Underenacted Underenacted Vnd enacted measures Inventories will willbe willbe be assessed on their ye year r end value value1nat.ead valueinstead Instead 1nat.ead 1natead . on average monthly value valuewhtle valuewhile v while whtle a six per cent mark-up mark up mark.up markup - . may maybe maybe nmbe be Included as a part of the coatbelow cost coat costbelow ! below which merchandlae merchandL merchandise e must n not notbe notbe < be sold under the fair trade act actNo actNo No new taxes or restrictive reatricUve meas- meas mess- mess messurea measu - ure u urea which might injur Injure * busine&5 busine5 business busine&5or businessor buslnei buslneior & or Industry were Imposed ImposedLabor ImposedLabor imposedLabor Labor lost Its two most souxht liOURht sought soughtfor liOURhtfor for blta bits bit * of legislation when bUll bills billssetting bill ! Betting setting us Intrastate wage and hour hourstandards hourstandards standard standards * and provldlnir provtdlnR providing ' for tor p pRY pay pRYment paymeat ment meat of compensation to occupa- occupa occupational occupatlorral - tlonal tional tlorral disease victim victims * failed faUed of en enactment enactmcnt actmcnt actment It did however receive receivesome receivesome some assurance l\SSurance l SSurance \ of or future actio action actionwhen actionwhen when (25 25 $25 ( $ 000 wa was i < appropriated tor for tora fora a fctudy tudy study ! > of occupational dlse6&eS dlse6eS diseases dlse6&eSand diseasesand disease-and disease and & - and partial compensation in thminers the theI theminers theminers I miners hospital treatment meas mess measute messure ure ute uteA ureA A check cllf'ck cllfck ' up of ' enacted t'nacted tnacted legisla- legisla legislation legislation . - * tlon tion show shows * that 171 measure measures * of ofvaried varied rlt'd rltd ' cla clarification cia.1 cia1 . 1t1ca ' > wification tlon were p pa&q paq & paas'd paasd paas'dby , < ! * ' by both legislative legtslaUve branches Six Sixhundred Sixhundred hundred were wt're wtre ' Introduced Oovci Oover Oov Oovernor nor Henrv Henry H Blood ha has * signed 4 46 46including including Incll1dlng fl\e fl e rhe 111e \ resolution resolutions * and memorlaLs mem memorlaL mem1riaLs orlaL 1riaLs up to Saturday night He H h had d If 118 116 tq-14- tq 14 tq14'WaiUna ti tq - b4 b4nines h4 - ottce nines ' Malting atvaiting 'WaiUna WaiUna ' & , proval prova ! or disapproval dlJapproval If lie had Mto Ve- Ve Vetood ye ' "i i " . - . ) tood toed a one on measu measure me sur , , not npoued repossFd I'Cposs ICposs ' atd srd atdapproved srdapproved ) aiapproved } approved ElgHt EigHt Fight . . retoItItiblis'Itqulte retoItItiblisItqulte n olutlbUs .tt/n1s .ttn1s .tt tt n1s . / " ' requlno " no gubernatorial gubernatorbtl acttoh 'actIOn actIOn netUfl 'actIOnThf netUflThe ' acttohThe The Thf ' lefrtslatur leKtslature legislature * asked nsked th the- the thena - ntlonal na- na national national - tional congrest congrf'SS congrfSS congress ' for tot ' federal S1s- S1s S1stance n $ nscitancc sls- sls slstance ' - - . tance preventing further erosion erasion erosionColorado of ofGloraao > t ( , ( oJoraao Gloraao river r1ver tributaries tnbutari s in Utahand Utah Utahand Utand ! " and nactment enactment of 01 farm tann credit 11erallcatlon lib- lib liberaUzat10n liberalleatlon - - eraUzat10n eralleatlon laws It endorsed nation- nation national national natioal . - al tills ttlls for federal aid to educa educar educarLion eductlon " . tton Lion stabilization stablUzatton of sllvr 8Uver silver at tper $1 1 $1per $1per $ per ounce the Ptttman PUtman Pittman llwr s1lwr silver pichase pur- pur pox- pox purchase poxchase - chase act and nd the rearmament reannament pro- pro program program piram - gram ( and opposed reduction In Intartfs intariffs tartfs tariffs ! on Cuban 8 sugar g I |