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Show Legislators Open 33rd Session at Utah Capitol The Clyde Delivers Speech A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to With five days down and only fifty-foleft, Utah legislators are quickly settling down to the multitude of bills and recommendations awaiting their decision. ur Good Government VoL 13; No. 1 Salt Lake City, Utah Friday, January 16, 1959 Although the 33rd Legislature nearly didn't convene, (Utah officials couldn't find the clapper for the bell which begins the session and had to use a hastily procured monkey wrench) by the second day's session normalicy had returned featuring a joint session "State of the State" message by Governor George Dewey Clyde. Naming education as the biggest fiscal need facing Utahns, the Governor emphasized that "this does not mean. however, that we must shoulder an impossible tax burden." s Indicating a balance of the budget during the last two years, ; Governor Clyde said that "the best and most current estimates indicate that we shall end the biennium with surpluses comparable to the surpluses with which we started the fiscal period." The Governor's budget message will be presented to the 33rd Legislature sometime next week. He did emphasise that the general economic climate within the state is good and promises to improve during the coming biennium. Even though the "State of the State" message was short and broad in scope (Governor Clyde covered 19 seperate areas with their recommendations in approximately 55 minutes) it was well received by legislators and was termed by many as an excellent comprehensive report of Utah's problems. Rdie;;ing specifically to taxes, the Governor asked that Legislative approval be given to Tax Commission proposals . Republicans Get Choice Senate Committees, Place House Members Although the expected happened and Democrats were named to all House of Representative chairman-- 1 of ships and - . Senate committee chairmanships committees and Republicans did receive 12 of the were listed as follows by Sen. Sher15 committee chairmanships in the man P. Lloyd, senate president: Utah Senate. Appropriations Committee: Sen. Kleon Kerr of Tremonton, chairman. Revenue and Taxation: Sen. C. R. Hunter of Sigurd, chairman. Business and Commerce: Sen. Haven J. Barlow of Salt Lake City, chairman. Political Subdivisions: Sen. Alonzo among the cities competing for new federal buildings. In addition the F. Hopkin Representative met with delegates Welfare and InPublic of the beet growers and the sugar stitutions: Health, Sen. Royal J. Harward. processors. Education: Sen. Luke Clegg. Speaking of committee assignments Representative Dixon Fish and Game: Sen. Mark D. stated that eventhough they are Gibson yet to be made that he expects Judiciary: Sen. Orval Hafen . to be back as the fifth ranking Labor Sen. Charles A. Steen. Republican member of the powerful Committee on Agriculture and Industry: Sen. Marvin J. Ashton. also as a member of the Republican Committee on Committees Military Affairs and Civil Dewhich assigns the Republican fense: Sen. D. E. Hammond. House members to positions. and Aeronautics: Sen. The Representative also praised B. Highway H. Stringham. the selection of Rep. Charles A. State and Federal Affairs: Sen. Hallack of Indiana as the new floor Reed Bullen. leader. Halleck is more articulate, more Rules: Sen. Thorp Waddingham effective on the House floor and enjoys better health than the Agriculture: Sen. Camar A. Das-truformer minority leader, stated the Representative. However, he continued, I have a genuine affection Serving on the important House for Joe Martin, who has served in of Representatives Appropriations the House since 1912, and an un- and Finance. Committee will be Relimited appreciation for the fine publican Representatives Bowen, things this great American has Brockbank, Erickson, Evans, Maddone. sen, and Peterson. es, Dixon Prepares Introduction Of Bills To U.S. Congress A thumbnail preview of 12 bills pertinant to Utah was released this week by Representative Henry Aldous Dixon. The bills will be introduced to the 86th Congress by the Representative.. High among the bills supported by the Representative, are a six year extension of the Sugar Act, a new Ogden Federal Building, utilization research in agriculture, transfer of lands to Utah for use as state paries and added legislation to further the oil industry of the state. Other planned bills include: Labor reform; coal research; protection of state water rights; new wheat program; legislation enabling government workers to join group health insurance programs; making bombing churches and school buildings a federal offense, a water research laboratory at Utah State University and a sugar beet research laboratory at Logan. In connection with the bills, the Representative recently met with Administrator Floete of the General Services Administration. Mr. Floete has given Ogden high priority (D-Pric- to: provide for individual income taxpayers a dependency credit similar to that allowed under the federal law for children e students. over 18 who are (1) full-tim- to change the point of collection of the gasoline tax without eliminating it as an income tax credit. (2) (D-Delt- a). (3) to p. make "sick pay" a part of gross income for tax pur- poses. to exempt employers planning to operate in Utah for less than 60 days from the nonresident income tax withholding provision. (4) extend the corporation franchise tax to Utah operations corporations engaged solely in interstate commerce. (5) to of Utah Mouse, Senate Begin 33rd Session |
