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Show passed immediately after its intrd- duction. Introduced by Sens. Newell New-ell Knight (R-Salt Lake) and Lon-enzo Lon-enzo E. Elggren (D-Salt Lake, the measure asks the Utah Congressional Congress-ional delegation at Washington to urge President Truman to secure a fact-finding board for settlement of the labor-management dispute. One other measure pased by both houses was resolution of congratulations congratu-lations to President Truman on his election to the presidency. Originated Origin-ated in the House, the resolution passed without a dissenting vote. Hinder ! BY HARRY MARLOWE Ratifacation of the Colorado Riv- j er Upper Basin Compact can be expected early, since no opposition is noticeable around the halls. It is called for in Senate Bill, introduced intro-duced by Sens. Hopkin and Mitchell Mitch-ell Melich (R-Moab). Two joint sesions occupied the houses the first week and another came up Monday afternoon on reconvening re-convening of the lawmakers. The Monday session was on the Colorado Colo-rado River compact and was directed direct-ed at speeding its ratification. Another joint session is expected either the end of this week or the first of next, when Governor Lee will present his biennial budget message. From the tone of his first messake, The latter is certain cer-tain to be on the conservative side, but observers find the lgislators inclined in-clined to be more liberal than the governor and his budget is certain to get a good going over in meetings meet-ings of the joint appropriations commmittee. After the governor had presented present-ed his message calling for a halt to government spending, the cuf-tailment cuf-tailment of special services and reorganization several state departments, depart-ments, the houses met in joint sess ion later in the week to hear a report of the Utah Legislative Budget Bud-get Committee. This brought out some opposition to the governor's anti - spending policy, with some members of the committee, parti-cluarly parti-cluarly Stanley N. Child former Salt Lake senator, maintaining that more taxes are necessary to provide pro-vide progressive expansion. Members of the Twenty-eighth i Utah Legislature returned to Cap-I Cap-I itol Hall this week after a long 1 holiday ready for action on more I than 175 measures, many of which ' are expected to provide an early : test of party lines in the two hous- ! es. ' . Such tests will be directed at a spirit of "harmony" which seemed to dominate the first week of the i 60-day session, especially after Gov J. Bracken Lee had delivered his opening message on the second day. More likely to be in a position to work out a number of red-hot political issues is the Senate, with its close division. When the session sess-ion opened the Democrats held a 12-11 majority, but with Sen. J. Athur Bailey (D-Salt Lake) recuperating re-cuperating at home from a heart attack, the voting even and may - be for some time. This, however, is likely to make little difference, as there was a ' : felling of "getting together" from 1 the first day, when the body un animously returned Sen. Alonzo F. Hopkin (D-Croyden) to the president's presi-dent's seat and he responded with i an expression that his election was j evidence that "both sides of the ' house" are desirous of doing the i will of the people, i '. I This same feeling is true to a large extent in the House of Rep-!' Rep-!' resentatives, but with the party 'e--- : six" .4 "' miakKVUinHi division at 41 Democrats and 19 Republicans there is certain to be a definite line drawn on measures concerning party philosphy. I Rep. Maurice Anderson (D-Spring 'ville), was named majority floor leader in some-what of a surprise move. At the close of the week he was among those who were of the impression that the Legislature would be able to get together in a most constructive session overall. This same feeling was apparent in Speaker of the. House, gd. J. Mc Polin (D-Park City), indicating that an intensive effort will be made between the Senate, House and governor to work out a beneficial program. One of the final acts of the opening op-ening week was the naming of com mittees in both houses by Pres. Hopkin and Speaker McPolin. This set up both houses for action on the record number of bills introduced intro-duced during the opening days. Going into Monday of this week, the Senate had introduced 100 bills and 15 resolutions and memorials, while the House had introduced 30 bills and four resolutions. In the Senate hopper were another 25 bills, which were introduced early in the week, and out of the House hopper came another 15 bills for introduction. One Senate memorial, seeking early settlement of the three-month-old Kennecott Copper strike, was Following up Governor Lee's plea to take welfare out of politics, Sen Rue L. Clegg (R-Salt Lake) and Sen Taylor P. Brockbank (D-Salt -Lake) introduced a measure to reorganize the welfare commission by replacing the present three-man set-up with a seven-man board, which would have full power to name an executive director. Bills for the same kind of reorganization re-organization in the State Dept. of Publicity and Industrial Development Develop-ment and the State Road Commission, Commis-sion, which also includes the State Building Board and State Aeronautics Aero-nautics Commission, also were tn-troduced. tn-troduced. Among other welfare bills to come in were measures to exempt lien signers from paying property taxes up to $1250 valuation and I to make financially able sons and daughters of assistance receivers responisble for their welfare. Labor measures introduced in early sessions ask repeal of the Clegg-Vest act and re-instatement of the "Little Wagner Act." amin-imum amin-imum wage of 75 cents per hour, an increase in workmen's compensation compen-sation pay to $35 per week, and the creation of a mediation board labor-management disputes which would bind both parties to the find ings. With this group might be placed the biennial appearance of the "anti-racial discrimination" bill which appeared as Senate Bill 100 and was introduced by Sens. Elggren, Elgg-ren, Marthakis, David Jones (R-Spanish (R-Spanish Fork) and B. Manning Jol-ley Jol-ley (R-Orem). Of particular interest to agriculturists agri-culturists over the state was the introduction of a bill to provide refunds of all motor fuel taxes collected on motor fuel purchased for farm machinery and all non-highway non-highway use. Also sought is repeal of the excise tax on oleomargarine. Bills for regulation of certain trades, professions and industries appeared, with . optometrists, contractors, con-tractors, dental hygienists andele-ctrical andele-ctrical men particularly affected. The optometrist bills provide a set of ethics for the profession and among other things, in Senate Bil -55, introduced by Sens. Elias L. Day (R-Salt Lake) and Bailey, optometrists op-tometrists virtually would be prohibited pro-hibited from advertising. A number of fish and game measures mea-sures also are set up for early action, act-ion, with the principal ones calling call-ing for a hike in non-resident fish-and fish-and hunting license fees and placement place-ment of the State Fish and Game Dept. under the merit system. Nonresident Non-resident fishing fees would be up-ped up-ped from $3 to $10 and the deer-hunting deer-hunting licenses for non-residents would be raised from $20 to $50. Complete investigation of fatal hunting accidents is sought among others in the group, along with the limiting of one special deer permit per year per person, the barring of non-residens from buying buy-ing special deer permits and the barring of successful elk and antelope ante-lope permit applicants from applying apply-ing for the following two years. t |