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Show (kmmr meMA his capacity as chairman of the appropriations ap-propriations committee. Representative Warnick G. Lamor-c-aux of Salt Lake county continues to lead all others as a sponsor of house measures, with 25 bills and a joint resolution to his credit thus far. His closest competitor as a law proposer is Dr. Monson, who has introduced in-troduced 14 bills and two joint resolutions. reso-lutions. Representative J. W. Jensen of Weber county is a close third, with 12 bills and one joint resolution, Mrs. D. C. Gibson of Carbon county leads the feminine representatives with five bills. In the senate Julian Bamberger of Salt Lake county may be accorded blue ribbon honors as a talker debater de-bater if you will. Senator Ira A. Huggins of Weber and W. D. Hammond Ham-mond of Grand are running him close races. The Salt Lake solon has been before the upper house as a bill and amendment debater a goodly portion of the "talkng time", speaking much on traffic safety and taxation biite. Senator Hammond may well be classed as the "great amender." It is a rare measure that reaches a final fi-nal vote without a change, addition or deletion having been proposed by this solon. It was his amendment to the income tax bill that brought about more than a week's discussion. But he is being closely pursued by Senator Bamberger, who also ranks well up among those wath amendments amend-ments up their sleeves. Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis Da-vis maintains leadership as an individual indi-vidual bill introducer in the senate. He has 13 to his credit now. Senator Sena-tor Eldred M. Royle of Utah county, J. Francis Fowles of Weber, Huggins of Weber and Mrs. Burton W. Mus-ser Mus-ser of Salt Lake are running neck and neck with eight bills sponsored by each. Mrs. Frank Page Stewart, the other woman senator, has introduced intro-duced three bills. The current legislature is faced with a tremendous task in the consideration con-sideration and disposal of nearly 350 measures already introduced, including includ-ing approximately 65 bills and resolutions reso-lutions bearing upon taxation. That the total number of proposed laws will reach at least 50 more than in the 1933 session is deemed certain at the present rate of daily offerings. Many tax measures in particular may fall by the wayside, due perhaps to inability to give them proper consideration con-sideration during the remaining month or to a desire to heed widespread wide-spread advice that it is too early to formulate a Utah revenue program meeting the requirements of the federal social welfare program. Whatever happens in the way of tax legislation, none can gainsay the fact that there is a strong undercurrent under-current constantly increasing in strength and volume against overburdening over-burdening either the people or industry in-dustry with taxes they are unable to successfully shoulder. Many feel that Governor Blood has shown the way to avoid taxation and that many of the proposed measures should go by the boards at this time. o Whatever the ultimate outcome of lawmaking efforts by the twenty-first twenty-first Utah Legislature may be and gross achievements bid fair to preserve pre-serve a goodly measure of construc-tiveness construc-tiveness one figure is deemed certain cert-ain to emerge from the legislative maze stronger and more firmly entrenched en-trenched in the esteem and affections affec-tions of the people as a whole. Governor Henry H. Blood is the man the man of the hour in the preservation of a well-ordered balance bal-ance wheel that is going far toward maintaining faith and hope in and for Utah institutions including the legislature. Already his coordinating achievements, especially his opening-message opening-message and budget report, have done much in assisting legislators to a clearer understanding of the state's needs. The chief executive's clearly-put proposal of a revenue producing avenue without resort to greatly increased in-creased taxes by refunding of bonds which are still in the state treasury stemmed to a large degree the clamor for taxation rises. It will likely resiilt in the saving to the ' tax-paying citizens of thousands of dollars that might have otherwise '' been added to already straining bur- j dens. I Governor Blood's message starting the current session on its way and his budget message wrere generally regarded as the strongest and most all-embracing in their worded wisdom wis-dom of any similar documents ever presented by a Beehive state chief executive. His daily counsels with legisators seeking to co-ordinate lawmaking with administration policies poli-cies and state needs as well as his request for speed in the enactment of a liquor control law too, have gone far in the furtherance of constructive con-structive legislation. The governor has made it very clear that while he is a strong advocate ad-vocate of necessary economies in the administration of state governmental governmen-tal departments, he is just as firmly opposed to false economy administration admin-istration without funds to make every department function wisely and efficiently for the betterment of the state and its citizenry. The chief executive has not hesitated hesi-tated in voicing approval of measures meas-ures he believes through wide experience ex-perience in the administration of state affairs to be of greatest benefit bene-fit to the whole people. Nor has he been intimidated by special groups in going against the dictates of his conscience. In brief, he is revealing himself as the right man for the biggest big-gest job a Utah governor ever faced. And that is why, when the lawmakers law-makers have finished their work, Governor Blood will be more securely secure-ly ensconsed in the hearts of Utahns as the man who arose to emergencies in a manner that spelled for the advancement ad-vancement of the state as a whole and all its institutions. Legislative history of the current session up to date tells a story of combative elements in the upper and lower houses with the senate already al-ready appearing in the role of safety safe-ty valve in the consideration of controversial con-troversial measures. Bills and resolutions originating in the house of representatives and considered as more or less controversial contro-versial will go after passage or a-doption a-doption to the senate and there be changed materially, if present sentiment senti-ment continues to evidence itself. Upper house measure, more partic ularly those having to do with taxation, taxa-tion, are deemed certain to meet a similar fate in the lower house. As a result conference committees are very likely to be found considering consider-ing ways and means of drawing the opposing forces together on practically practic-ally all bills that show a distinct divergence of opinion between the two legislative branches. It will become be-come a matter of give and take, with the result that a middle of the road attitude will be revealed in much finished controversial legislation. Early indication that conferees would soon be hard at work was given in the amending by the senate sen-ate of the Peterson bill limiting hours of labor for the underground miners to eight hours per day and the refusal of the house to accept the amendment. This resulted in appointment by senate and house leaders of the first conference committee, com-mittee, but others are expected to follow before final passage of such measures as the income and corporation corpora-tion franchise tax bills, the liquor control, workmen's compensation, calling out of malitia in case of labor troubles, and the picketing bills. Others of the 60-odd taxation measures may be considered as controversial con-troversial and certain to call for the appointment of conferees before they are finally acted upon as senatorial and "representatorial" opinion seems at right angles in many instances. in-stances. Personalities have by this time made themselves known to a great extent in both the house and senate. So have the idiosyncrancies of legislators legis-lators the little peculiarities that make them stand out from the rank and file of lawmakers. In the lower branch Dr. E. E. Monson, dentist by profession, is the acknowledged leader as a "taker-part" "taker-part" in debates on measures before the house. He has something to say or ask about practically every bill or resolution under discussion, being on his feet more often and longer! than any other lower branch legisla-' tor. Representative Wilmer J. Maw of Weber county has established himself him-self as the "champ" question asker. He usually makes his stand on a particular measure known by the manner of query he puts. He always al-ways wants to know the little ins and outs of things. He has lots to say about "junkets" and the like in |