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I TIPPETTS SENATOR From SANPETE r I Third Week There have been a lot of people sentenced to 60 days in this state state and I happen to be one of them However there is this difference between me and the boys over inthe in inthe inthe the state prison they have bars barsto to protect them from the public while they serve their time Inn l Many Measures To Consider Things cie re piling up fast right t now Over different measures measure s are already before us Some few minor ones have reached the floor and have b been n disposed of but t H the heavier ones are still being been g worked over in committee Right now we are having a dog dogfight dogfight dogfight fight in my committee over the question of disposing of the acre state prison site at Sugar House Should it be sold to the highest bidder Should it be converted converted con con- converted into a State Park Should part of it be sold to the Salt Lake City school districts Other committees are aie wrestling with school financing the sales tax the gas tax retirement systems and many others some of which will reach the floor for debate next week How do we become inform- inform eded on all these matters We dont The best we can do is to study up on a few of the most moct important and trust to committee reports and debate on the floor to make up our minds on the others Some Highlights of the Week Now what are some of the highlights highlights highlights high high- lights of the week Well Vell lets see We Ve joined with the House members members members mem mem- bers in joint session on three different different different dif dif- ferent occasions to listen to to something something something some some- thing special First we listened for one hour to Alexander D. D who was introduced as the worlds world's greatest auth authority rity on air power What did he say This Get out of Asia too many Get out of Europe too many Russians Manpower foot soldiers is their speciality and we cant can't match them Let us devote our energies upon our own specialty Air Power in which no nation or combination of nations on earth can match us I Inevitably n e v ita b I y the next war will be decided noton not noton noton on land or on the sea but in th the tho air Korea has not altered that fact Long before he was through most of my colleagues were shaking shaking shaking shak shak- ing ther heads beads up and down And then we listened to the Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Gov Gov- budget message He pulled no punches In fact many of us were knocked out in the first round In all fairness I think any fair- fair minded citizen must go along with many of the Governors Governor's recommendations recommendations such as those concerning concerning concerning con con- the Crippled Childrens Children's Hospital the consolidation of overlapping overlapping overlapping over over- I lapping bureaus and departments in I our state government and all of ofus ofus us should uphold the Governor in every sincere effort he is making to in eliminate waste and inefficiency wherever found I have a feeling however that he is confusing saving saving saving sav sav- ing with economy There is a vast difference between the two You Raise or Lower Your Taxes Also in this connection I must remind you that it is not the legislature legislature legislature leg leg- that raises or lowers your taxes Who does You do Let me illustrate Last night I Imet Imet Imet met with a large group of Salt Lake citizens both Republicans an and Democrats who demanded that we ws appropriate over a half million dollars to continue the Salt Lake Area Vocational school The people people people peo peo- of Sanpete county w want t a new auditorium for Snow College Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon county people want a new gym for Carbon College a large delegation from all over the state has been insisting that we appropriate appropriate appropriate half a million dollars for a anew anew anew new building at the state mental hospital etc etc An And l this brings me to the third joint session we held with the House members where we listened to Mr Love representing the school boards of the state He Het t asked ked in their behalf that w we e make it possible to raise more money to support our public schools Ever increasing enrollments and in- in costs due to inflation makes this absolutely necessary he said Now what does all this mean You know So long as we have representative government you will decide what taxes you pay through the services you demand and are aie willing to pay for The most effective ef effective effective ef- ef way to reduce taxes is t to 0 give up some of these services an anask and d ask for no new ones When it i t comes right down to cases mos most t people refuse to do this and i it t doesn't make any difference what political party they belong to Thanks for the many replies on the gas tax exemption question Ill I'll report on that next time So long A. A I. I Tippetts Senator from Sanpete P. P S. S Have you heard of the new honeymoon salad It has but one lettuce alone |
