Show efam W e r 1 C to I 1 U S P A service the fellow who complains about too many laws being enacted by utah state legislatures may have to pull in his oars cars a bit concerning the statute making activities of the current session it if the present rate of law making is maintained until its close for more than live five weeks the legislators have been proposing new laws scores and scores arthem of them and arguing arguin regarding their respective spec tive merits or demerits the net result has been the placing on the states statute book of exactly I 1 five new laws and none or triese are of such character as to affect the commonwealth and its people in any but bd the most cursory fashion the appointment of a senate sifting committee and turning over to it of all bills on the upper house calendar for action may speed matters in that branch of the legislature now that th the senate has passed a direct primary measure it seems certain house approval being practically assured that utah electors will have their first opportunity to nominate party candidates by a direct vote instead of at conventions at regular primary elections in september proceeding prece eding the general election in november what the joint legislative committee appointed to 0 investigate state departments is expected to uncover remains a mystery but any person interested interest sd Bd in filing any complaint against any department for consideration by the committee is invited to do so immediately on the other hand if any citizen desi desires resto to commend any department he may do so any complaint or cr commendation must inuit be delivered to the committee in writing at its office no in the state capitol on or before february 20 1937 senator situ sites E tanner of loa has introduced new tactics into senatorial debates bits of humor shafts of sarcasm clothed in dry wit and sharply pointed witticisms they come as a decided relief after hours of desk pounding and oratorical flights by fors and various caridi us state departments are on the qui vive regarding the forth coming legislative investigation theres something in the air just what it is no one seems to know hew to the line and let the findings fall where they may senator eldred M royle of elberta warned legislators against too many junkets said he feared the 1937 session might go down in history as the legislature of big junkets A rolling stone gathers na no new laws senator ira N huggins hugo ins of ogden retaliated by declaring that taxpayers taxpayer might relish a bit of absen teeing if it meant the death of a lot of bills now on the calendar when the cats away the taxpayers dont rave afe to pay the bill proposing to take the anti criminal syndicalism law off the statute books found so called conservatives serva tives lined up for repeal and some come legislators usually rated as liberals in favor of the law consistency sis tency thou art a legislator with nearly two score bills in the legislative hopper calling for appropriations and diversions of public funds aggregating nearly or i 1 sum bearty nearly equal to the entire estimated revenues the ensuing two epars and the regular ligons L bruyet to come from the joint appropriations committee governor bloods plan for a balanced bul budget get no increase in creasa of property taxes and no material disturbance of the states financial setup is threatened with destruction unless the two houses do some ruth less sif sifting tin and killing of bills in the next three weeks action by a majority ol 01 0 the senite senate in passing S B 2 creating an old age pension fund oyer flyer the admin adain bin bill designed delT ned to extend old age aid on a basis of need is taken to indicate that the majority majori tv in this bija qt it legat Is i determined to get money tor for a straight 30 a month pension for every person aged 65 or over in the state and 50 a month for couples over that age j whether other needs are cared for or not this action is required as more than a mere threat to the governors balanced budget plan un less the house proves more atten tive to administration pleas than the senate in connection with pension matter there are other bills pending which would appropriate more than for old age pensions a su sum m greater than the estimated loss in revenues that would be occasioned by enactment of the homestead exemption law and no definite action has yet been taken on this measure in the house where it is being considered in committe the house passed the first of three measures important to the small independent business men of the state in the form of H B 4 by hale boyden marthakis holbrook and pett designed to put into operation 1 in utah the best features of the on fair trade practices to protect the small merchant from the use of big competitors of trade marked goods as loss leaders and the sale of such products at less than cost to cut into the patronage of the small merchant this bill drew almost unanimous support of members of the lower house farm labor merchant and educator groups supporting it |