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Show Gov. H. H. Blood Urges Economy In Budget Message U. S. P. A. Release Calling .for so:nd economy in governmental expenditures and adequate financial support for existing ex-isting state departments, institutions, institu-tions, and functions before attempting at-tempting to finance new ventures, Governor Henry H. Blood submitted submit-ted the 1937-39 budget to the twenty-second session of the legislature legis-lature this week. The joint appropriations committee, com-mittee, under the co-chairmanship of Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis -and Gordon Wegeland of Salt Lake, began work on the budget at a special session of the committee Tuesday. The budget calls, for estimated expenditures totaling $6,341,786.10 or $1,044,739.25 less than departmental depart-mental requests. Estimated revenues reve-nues are $6,082,150, leaving a balance bal-ance of $259,636.10 to be raised from on expected increase in liquor control revenues or from relief funds, which under the law may be used by the governor to the extent ex-tent each year of $300,000 for other than relief purposes, if necessary. neces-sary. Governor Blood in his budget message stressed that during the depression years state departments and functions had been compelled to exercise such rigid economy that all but vital functions had to be curtailed. He pointed out that the proposed budget will, in part, rectify these conditions and he urged that adequate financial support sup-port be given established functions before money is spent for new-activities. new-activities. The legislature enltered the fourth week of its session with most of its vitally important legislative legis-lative program before it in the form of bills introduced by individuals indivi-duals and committees. Included in these are the homestead exemption ex-emption plan, fathered by the committee com-mittee of nine and championed in the two houses by Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis and Represen- j tatives Heber Bennion jr. of Dag- j gett and Milton Twitchell of Garfield; Gar-field; the administration social welfare program was inlgoduced in j the senate by G. G. Lindstrom of Carbon, a member of the governor's gover-nor's committee which worked out the program and the bills designed to put it into effect. Representative Representa-tive Walter K. Granger of Iron, also a member of the governor's ' committee, is slated to sponsor the welfare program in the house. I Mr. Granger, former speaker of the lower house and an outstand-( outstand-( Continued on last page) Governor'sMessage ..(Continued from first page) ing' leader, in this body, has demonstrated, demon-strated, that he has a weather eye on- the -welfare of Utah's agricultural, agricul-tural, industrial and social inter-. inter-. ests at all times. He has already started the ball rolling to protect the state's . shipping interests by introducing and pressing a memorial memor-ial to congress against enactment of a bill now. before that body for repeal of the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act and protesting against favorable favor-able consideration of any future measure - designed to alter this clause in a manner detrimental to the interests of Utah. At the. head of the third reading calendar in the senate rests Sena-I Sena-I tor Maw's old age pension bill de- signed to give at least $30 a month I ; to every needy person gf 65 years ' or over in the state. It is await- j ir.g arrival at the same point of; the administration welfare bills i which, instead of providing a defi-j nite pension for the needy aged,! ' places their relief on a. need basis j solely. It has been agreed by the' senate president that the opposing measures shall be considered together to-gether so that the legislature may determine which old age program shall be incorporated in the final welfare program. The senate also has before it and it is actively engaged in debating the Maw proposal for a direct primary. pri-mary. Senator Holbrook of Davis is endeavoring to make some important im-portant amendments to this measure mea-sure and while some of these already al-ready have been defeated others are pending. Senator Holmes of Box Elder and a number of other representatives 0f outside counties are known to have amendments which they will seek to incorporate. Of import to the fruit growing counties of the state is H. B. 12 by1 Loveless of Utah county which has successfully passed both houses of the legislature. This bill permits per-mits the sale of infected fruit to processors under supervision of the state board of agriculture. The house, however, has killed Senator Holbrook's bill designed to aid taxpayers tax-payers by deferring the tax delinquent delin-quent date from November 30 to December 10 of each year. The house also has passed a bill by Representatives Rep-resentatives Twitchell and Bennion prohibiting the state land board from investing funds in farm mortgages. In the long list of labor measures mea-sures which have flooded into both houses of the legislature, the most drastic one appeared during the week under the sponsorship of Representative Victor G. Pett of Juab and several Salt Lake county lawmakers. This measure is designed de-signed to put into effect in Utah law the terms of the Wagner act, to make the state industrial commission com-mission the labor relations board of the state, give it court power in the matter of settling disputes between be-tween employes and require employers em-ployers to recognize the right of employes to organize and bargain collectively through agencies of their own choosing. This measure is now in committee of the lower house. Representative Francis S. Lun-dell Lun-dell of Utah county is backing a bill now before the house designed to exempt from sales tax all retail sales of produce made by farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen or other growers of agricultural produce except those who regularly regular-ly operate a store, market or sales route. It also would exempt seasonal sea-sonal sales of crops by the producer. pro-ducer. Representaeive T. W. Jensen of |