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Show Hinder jjjjk BY HARRY MARLOWE Predictions continued to fly a-round a-round legislative halls on Capitol Hill this week that Gov. Lee will call a special session of the 28th Utah Legislature before the year is out. These predictions ate becoming stronger and stronger, especially from the old "Maw" faction of the legislature, with adjournment of the 60 day regular session still a week away. Sen. Lorenzo E. Elggren (D-Salt Lake) and Rep. Justin Stewart, (D-Saltt (D-Saltt Lake) have most insistent that a special session will be nec-esssary nec-esssary on welfare, especially since the appropriations bill provides even ev-en less for public assistance than the governor recommended in his "economy" budget. The bill provides pro-vides $14,000,000 for welfare and the governor asked $15,060,000 both against a department request of $19,000,000. Rep. Maurice Anderson (D-Spring ville), majority floor leader in the House, wasn't particularly satisfied with the amount in the bill, but said if the measure was opened up for amendments and the a-mount a-mount increased, a special session would then be a certainty. As a result, in the only real debate de-bate in the House over the $52, i 256,278 appropriations bill, a pro-welfare pro-welfare figure to the amount recommended rec-ommended by the governor was defeated by a count of 22-31. After Af-ter that the bill was passsed by a vote of 42-10. with three Republic- sales fund sources giving a total I of $41,000 000 in unearmarked monies. mon-ies. From these funds are appropriated appropri-ated $38,486,241 leaving a surplus of $2,513,759. At the same time a $5,000,000 emergency relief reserve fund is not touched and is left as a "cushion" against any decline in estimated re venues or increases In public as-sisttance, as-sisttance, makers of the bill assert. Legislattors who charge the appropriations ap-propriations total is too high, do so on grounds that estimated revenues rev-enues are '"wishful thinking" and are far out of line i nface of recent re-cent cost of living decrea'ses and "leveling off" signs. Meanwhile, the repeal of the welfare lien law came in for some bitter discussion in the House, with, those supporting retention of the law pointing out that its repeal would throw welfare appropriations far out of line. With but a week to go, night sessions ses-sions appeared likely in botth houses. hou-ses. The Senate still has some appointments ap-pointments by the governor to act on in executive sesssion as well as measures dealing with labor, welfare wel-fare and liquor, all of a most controversial con-troversial nature. Among appointments made by the governor so far are J. Welton Ward, Willard Decocrat and mem-of mem-of the House in 1943 and the sen-in sen-in 1945 and 1947, to the State Tax Commission to replace Grant Brown resigned; J. A. Theobald, Price Rep. to the PID Commission to comDlete ans - - Reps. William A Brotherson (R-Boneta), H. H. Crouch (R-Mor-gan) and H. Roland Tietjen (R-Monroe) (R-Monroe) - - claiming the total appropriation ap-propriation was too high. The seven Democrats against the bill - - Reps. Justin C. Stewart (D-Salt Lake) M. Phyl Poulson (D-Salt Lake) and Mrs. C. L. Jack (D-Salt Lake), J. M. Belli (D-Salt Lake), W. G. Larson (D-Magna), John P. Barton (D-Bea-ver) and Sidney A. Elswood (D-Og-den) - - all claimed welfare appropriations appro-priations were "too low. " Speaking of special sessions, the governor indicated sometime ago, according to certain legislators, that he probably will call one a-bout a-bout next Sept., but not necessarily necessar-ily on welfare. Governer Lee is said to have observed that by next fall he will have a much better T h e liquidattion of its projects; Roy W. Simmons, Layson Rep., as state bank commissioner to replace J. Melvin Knapp, and Hal S. Bennett Salt Lake Rep. to tthe Business Regulations Commission to replace Oscar W. Carlson, a Salt Lake Rep. In addition to the introduction of the appropriations bill, the end of the seventh week of the session saw Senate passage - - for the 3rd time since 1943 - - of a "hores race' bil to legalize pari-mutuel betting at limited race meets. The bill would limit meets to five days and restrict the number of meets in any one county to two per year with a period of some 30 days between meets. "Local option'" is also provided pro-vided by the bill. This measure passed 17-3 in the upper house after Sen. McShane had pointed out that it "legalizes , what we are already doing. " He said if meets run in the state last year had been taxed on the basis provided by the bill it would have orought $15,000 to the state treas- knowledge of the needs in state government and could probably make recommendations that would assure a sound economical footing for the 1949-51 biennium. He appeared almost certain to veto some items in the aopropriat- ury Voting against the bill in the Senate were Sens. Alonzo F. Hop-kin Hop-kin (D-Woodruff)" Day and James E. Burns (D-Bountiful). Sens. Taylor Tay-lor P. Brockbank (D-Salt Lake), Hyrum Gibbons (R-Logan) and Mar D. Gibson- (D-Price) were absent. During the week, the Senate also went on record in favor of a state "car pool" cuting down the number of state-owned automobiles auto-mobiles to a point where efficiency in state travel might be maintained. maintain-ed. Surplus cars would be sold and and the funds used for maintenance mainten-ance purposes on cars to be kept at the state road shops in Salt Lake City. Each department would pay a rental fee for additional maintenance and purchase of new cars. This would eliminate the use of automobiles by officers and employees em-ployees for driving to and from work. The governor had recommended such a pool, but had also suggested suggest-ed construction of a $86,000 garage gar-age on the capitol grounds to house tthe automobiles. The Senate Sen-ate committee on highways, headed head-ed by Sen. J. Harold Reese (D-Bear (D-Bear River City), however, recommended recom-mended the facilities already set. up by the road commission be used. ions bill and may send the entire measure back for reductions in some items. Higher education institutions, in-stitutions, for instance, receive ap-proximattely ap-proximattely $10,600,000 in he appropriations ap-propriations bill against the governor's gover-nor's recommendation of about half that amount and the Utah Water and Power Board is given $750,000 where the governor recommended nothing. Also, the bil gives $725 000 to vocational education, $225, 000 to the Central Utah Vocational School and $500000 to the Salt Lake Area Vocational School, as compared compar-ed to a recommendation of no appropriation ap-propriation from the governor: Sen. Orrice C. McShane (R-Bea-ver) suggested from the floor of the Senate that the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural College be cut five per cent in the approximately $9,000,000 to the 2 schools, and Sen. Elias L. Day (R-Salt (R-Salt Lake) wanted to knock down a Utah State prison appropriation of $700,000 to 550,000. He was also in favor of granting $100,000 to publicity purposes, while Sens. L. H. Larsen (R-Kanab) and Elggren wanted about $250,000 awarded to Publicity and Industrial Development, Develop-ment, which was wiped out in the appropriations bill. Both said they had been promised the PID would receive an appropriation after they voted to give al motor vehicle registration re-gistration funds, which have supplied sup-plied PID in the past to B and C roads. In setting up the appropriations bill the joint appropriations committee, com-mittee, headed by Sen. Fred J. Milli man(D-mammoth, figured estimated estimat-ed revenues at $26,000,000 from the |