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Show Senator Glenn E. Snow Gives Data On Tax, Relief Bills .Senator Snow Worked Foe Modified Program; Hoped In this Way to -Serve All Feeling that the general public may not know just what "it was all about" in regard to the much-debated much-debated questions -of welfare and tax exemption, Senator Glenn E. Snow has written the following letter to the Nsws relative to these questions. It will also help . to explain why SGovernor Hen ry H. Blood found it necessary to' veto the homestead exemption ! bill. Following is Senator Snow's, letter: Washington County News St. George, Utah Dear Mr Simpson: There seems : to be some little-misunderstanding little-misunderstanding on the stand for the welfare (programs during this session of the legislature-There legislature-There were two .programs proposed, pro-posed, one of them was known as S. B. 12S a-ml other was in-: completely outlined in S. B. 2. S. B. 12S was the administration welfare program and madp provisions pro-visions for crippied children, the dependent mothers, the blind and the old age grotrv S. B. 2 irhich' (Continned on page fivet GLENN E. SNOW (Continued from first page; was Senator Maw's, set up a program pro-gram which gave to the old age group proportionally twice as much as was to be given to the other welfare cases. It was incomplete without part of the set-up as provided in S. B. 128 which was U) care for the crippled children, the blind, and the dependent mothers. Under S. B. 2 the welfare program pro-gram was to cost $3,600,000. Under the program as set up in S. B. 128 the cost was to be $2,-400,000. $2,-400,000. Those of us who worked for S. B. 128 did so believing that the state does not have enough money now in sight to support the more ambitious program pro-gram and still provide for any homestead exemption. The contest in the legislature was not a contest between those who did not want an old age pension pen-sion and those who did, but one between whether there should be an old age pension costing $2,-100,000 $2,-100,000 which gave the old age more proportionally than ether wlfare groups, or one which gave the old age group $900,000 and treated them as other welfare eases must-be treated.- The more ambitious program seemed to mlost of us a burden which the state could not bear. The second seemed practical in line with other burdens which the state was called on to support sup-port and one which would permit a reasonable homestead exemption exemp-tion program as well. The extreme 'old age pension plan was written into the law with the joker that only as much as was available could be paid on it. The limit of the homestead exemption was also written in which together with the welfare program under S. B. 2 gives us more of a burden than the State can continue bo support. $900,000 surplus is being -used on the program pro-gram and if the homestead exemp tion and the old age pension are both to continue there must be a curtailment in both or an elimination elim-ination of 'cne or a decided raise In levies on property which is not exempt. I think both programs in mod-eration mod-eration would have been possible. I worked for both programs in moderation thinking that $1300 as a fair exemption and $900 -"00 to $1200,000 was right for the old age group. Very truly yours, Glenn E. Snow. |