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Show STATE ffll CifKS fflffl PROBLEM SALT LAKE CITY Stymied during most of the afternoon by an appropriations committee nceting, which made it iimpos-siblc iimpos-siblc to muster a quorum, the senate sen-ate was in session only aTiout an hour Monday and then adjourned adjour-ned until 10:00 a. m. Tuesday. j Major developments of the brief session included receipt of Gov-j ernor Herbert B. Maw's nominations nomin-ations for the Utah State' Agricultural Ag-ricultural college board of health introduction of the appropriations ' bill as S. B. 29 and passing of one bill on final reading. Interest in the new appointments appoint-ments was overshadowed by rumblings rum-blings of discontent in certain quarters over nominations sent in last Saturday specifically the fish and game commission and the engineering commission. Sports-mien Sports-mien were registering opposition to some of the nsh and game Borninationa by telegram and personal per-sonal contact, and a . contest over confirmation of ope, ori?more of the nominees appeared .to be inj the offing... . ; It was I n tim a t e d in some quarters that a fight might also develop aver at least one nomination nomin-ation to the engineering commission. commis-sion. !-;. qualified for those important positions posi-tions are urced to file their applications ap-plications with the U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washington Washing-ton at once. Applications will be rated as they are received until further notice. Another examination just announced an-nounced by the commission is for cylinder pressman for employment in the government Printing Office Of-fice and bureau of Engraving and printing' of the Treasury Department. Depart-ment. In government Printing Office Of-fice pressmen will be paid $1.32 an hour for 40-hour week. The bureau of engraving and 'Printing pays at the rate of $10.56 a day. Completion Com-pletion of seven grades of formal schooling and a 4-year apprenticeship appren-ticeship or four years of practical practi-cal experience as printing pressman are required of all applicants. In addition 1 year of journeyman experience ex-perience the actual operation of flat-bed cylinder presses is necessary. neces-sary. However, because of the exacting nature of the duties in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, an additional 2 years of journeyman experience on flat-bed cylinder presses equipped with automatic au-tomatic feeders is required. Applications Appli-cations for this examination must be on file with the commission's office not later than July 9, 1941. Full information as to the requirements re-quirements for these examinations, and application forms, may be obtained ob-tained from the Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Ex-aminers, at the post office in this city, or from the Secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex-; amlners, at any first- or second-, class post office. rum Blackhurst, Salt Lake CItty; Henry Peterson, Cache. Centennial commisision (all reappointments) re-appointments) : David O McKay, Salt Lake City; Charles R. Mab-ey, Mab-ey, Salt Lake Citty J. F. Fitzpat-rick Fitzpat-rick Salt Lake Gity; S. O. Benn-ion, Benn-ion, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Rosella F. Larkin, Ogden; F. P. Champ, Logan;. Nephi L. Morris, Salt Lake City; John M. Wallace, of Salt Lake City; D. M. Draper, of Salt Lake City; J. A. Howell, Ogden;. Ward C. Holbrook, Bountiful; Bount-iful; Gus P. Backman, Salt Lake City; Donald P. Lloyd, Salt Lake City;, I. A. Smoot, Salt Lake City, Arthur O. Ellet, Spanish Fork. The senate cleaned up its calendar cal-endar before adjourning until 10 a. m. Wednesday and was in a position to complete its work 'in one more day unless unexpected obstacles arise between the two houses on amendments. There are still a few appointments to come from the governor, including the regents of the University of Utah but these are expected to be sent in some time Wdnesday. he sincerely hoped the appointee had undergone a "change of heart' and would do a good job on the commission. While making his speech he held in his hand a bundle of telegrams from wildlife wild-life federation officers and members, mem-bers, all expressing opposition to Mr. Frei and some opppsing E. N. Larson (D) Hyrum, the appointee for the two-year term. Jumping to his feet as soon as Senator Farr had finished, Senator Hirschi declared that since his colleague had seen fit to publrcly oppose Mr. Frei, lie felt impelled to publicly defend him. "Mr. Frei," he continued, "has made full restitution for the offense. of-fense. This is atttested to by the fact that there a're no protests against his appointment from his home county . . . The fact that a man has violated the law should not deprive him of the opportunity opportun-ity to atone.' He has atoned, and I have all the confidence in the world in Mr. Frei's ability and character." Senator Herschi reviewed the appointee's achievements and activities ac-tivities to show that he was held in high esteem in his own com- munlty, stressing the fact that he had twice been successful in county-wide elections since the fishing violation. Senator Hirschi later supplemented supple-mented his statement from the floor with the assertion that Mr. Frei had appeared before the wild life federation in his own county explained the whole incident and was reinstated in the organization. organiza-tion. Reports emanating from the two-hour executive session indicated in-dicated that most of the time was devoted to Mr. Wilson and Mr. j Frei. Engineering commission appointees ap-pointees who won confirmation were John S. Evans (D), Lehi, for the four y.ear term, and tester tes-ter A. Blackner (R), Salt Lake City, for the two year term, The fish and game appointees were Mr. Frei, Mr. Larson and George H. Harrison (R), Roosevelt, Roose-velt, the latter being confirmed for the four year term apparently without opposition. The other confirmations were: USAC board of trustees: Dr. James S. Prestwich, Iron ; Charles Char-les Redd, San Juan; E. H. Street, Sevier; . Ray E. Dillman, Duchesne; Duches-ne; Leon Fonnesbeck, Cache; Hy- The Governors nominations v for the U. S. A. C. board of trustees were: Dr. James S. Prestwich, Iron; Charles Redd, San Juan; E. H. Street, Richfield; Ray E. Dillman, Duchesne; Leon Fonnesbeck, Cache; Hyrum Blackhurst, Salt Lake, and Henry Peterson, Cache. All were sent in for the regular four-year term except Mr. Peterson, Peter-son, who was nominated for the remaining two years of an unexpired unex-pired term to which the late Jlelvin J. Ballard was originally appointed and which is currently held by David O. McKay. Retiring Re-tiring members whose terms expire ex-pire on July 1, are David H. Calder, Uintah; F. P. Champ, Cache; M. J. Urie, Iron; George Q. Spencer, Utah; Joseph W. White, Cache, and Mrs. Iola T. Jensen, Weber. All members of the state board of health were resubmitted for new terms. The members . and expiration dates of their terms follow: Dr. J. L. Jones, Salt Lake City, March 1, 1942; R. A. Hart, Salt Lake City, March 1, 1943; Dr. T. J. Ho wells, Salt Lake City, March 1, 1944; Dr. Joseph Morrell, Ogden, March 1, 1945; Dr. A. Cyril Calister, Salt Lake City March 1, 1946; Dr. T. B. Beatty, Salt Lake City, March 1, 1947; Dr. E. A. Tripp, Salt Lake City, March 1, 1948. The nomination of Dr. William M. McKay for health commissioner, commis-sioner, announced Saturday, was officially received by the senate during the afternoon. "The Utah Senate Tuesday refused re-fused to confirm J. Ed Wilson, Milford railroad conductor for the six-year term on the new engineering engin-eering commission but approved the other gubernatorial nominations nomina-tions for that commission, the fish and game commission, the board of trustees of the Utah State Agricultural college and the centennial commission. While nominations for the fish i and game commission were con- firmed there was a determined fight on Newell R. Frei (D) St. George, the appointee for the six-year six-year term. The opposition to Mr. Frei was carried from; the executive execu-tive session to the senate floor in open session, an extraordinary if not an unprecedented occurance in the state senate. Senator Dexter Farr (D), Ogden, Og-den, leading legislative spokesman for sportsmen groups, voted against confirmation, in open session and made a statement explaining his reasons for the action. This prompted promp-ted Senator Clauit Hirschi (R), Hurricane, to - rise to the" defense of Mr. Frei "because he had been publicly attacked." Senator Farr disclaiming any personal malice or animosity toward to-ward the nominee, said that he ' would feel h had been "dilatory "dila-tory in my duties if I failed to let my associates (in the wildlife federations) fed-erations) know that I had opposed op-posed Newell Frei. "I do not feel", he continued "that anyone who has been convicted con-victed and fined for violation of the llsh and game laws is a proper man to head that department. depart-ment. I must therefore oppose him." The senator's reference to the law violation was based on a , copy of a court record showing that Mr. Frei had been fined $25 for fishing with hamburger in September, 1937. Senator Farr concluded his Statement with the remark that |
