Show I Committee Report Is Blow r To ro 0 Utah State Education The attention of ot the entire state slate Is focused on the state legislature this week because of the recommendations of at a committee e that was appointed to determine how how- economies In the state government could be so as to allow for the balancing of oC the budget without Increasing taxes Protests are being heard from all parts of or the state from sections and departments that will be effected by the drastic reductions reductions tons recommended The people of or the state stale had demanded demand demand- ed that economies be effected rather than taxes raised and it was to satisfy satisfy satisfy sat sat- this demand that the report was made and although there undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly is In the report and some recommendations that should not be put Into effect the committee attacked attack attack- ed the matter In a fearless manner Some economies wil naturally result from the study made by the committee commit commit- tee but Lut It seems that It would be almost al almost almost al- al most disastrous to put the whole thing Into effect I Southern Utah Is concerned more particularly with the recommendations for Tor the discontinuances of or the Junior Junor College system Cedar City and this section of or the state would be particularly particularly particularly penalized by the closing of or the Branch Dranch Agricultural College here It would mean that there would be no Institution of oC higher learning south of or Provo and that a great per cent of oC the young people now attending th's ti's school would be unable to obtain tills this education If lC the school were clos clos- ed Certainly this Is unjust to the people people people peo peo- of at Southern Utah and Is entirely too drastic a move A proportionate cut with the balance of oC the institutions woud be nothing but fa far fair r but to wipe out the Institution in one sweep is certainly a move against one section in laver Caver of another A study of the proposal of the committee com corn shows that of the million and anda a half halt dollars to be saved which Continued on page 8 PROPOSES ABOLISHING STATE JUNIOR COLLEGES Continued from Page 1 U for charitable or service group ons and slashes In tn all salarIes salaries salar salar- salaries ies averaging a about 15 per cent Other sa savings Ings would b be made b by y combining functions of the state securities securities se securities se- se commission with that of th the bank commissioner the state chenis t with that of the board of health an anthe and d the of the board of agriculture tw Lure ture would be transferee to the State Stat Agricultural College The State trainIng training train train- ing lug school and the State hospital would be combined with a drastic re reduction reduction reduction re- re In the appropriation on for these Per diem members would be placed on various boards and other Items for general reduction In expenditures expenditure are recommended All this tills would bring the budget requests re requests requests re- re quests to below estimated revenue revenue rev rev- and In case the revenues fall below this the Governor would be given en rn the power to further reduce the expenditures expend of departments or Institutions It seems that the only wa way that that the most of the program of the committee committee com com- can be carried out is by the introduction and passage of numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous bills covering ering each phase of 01 the problem and a real task lies before I the legislature to accomplish thesel these l' l rc t t Even these hese drastic cuts would not make it to lower taxes but would avoid having to raise the levies it is pointed out |