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Show j Blood Calls i For Economy Salt Lake City, Feb. 2. Calling for sound economy In governmental expenditures and adequate financial finan-cial support for existing state de-1 de-1 rartment, institutions and functions 1 before attempting to finance new ventures, Governor Henry H.. Blood submitted the 1937-39 budget to the twenty-second session cf the legis- I lature this week. I The joint appropriations commute?, com-mute?, under the co-chairmanship of Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis and Gordon Weggeland of Salt Lake began work on the bud-Ret bud-Ret 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 requeots. Estimated revenues are $6,082,150 leaving a balance of $259,-636.10 $259,-636.10 to be raised frcm an expected increase in liquor control revenues or from relief funds, which under the law may be used by the governor gover-nor to the extent each year of $300,-'. $300,-'. 000 for other than relief purposes, If necessary. Governor Blcod in his budget message stresed that during the depression years state departments and functions had been compelled to exercise such rigid economy that all but vital fluntetions had to be curtailed. He pointed cut that the proposed budget will, in part rectify the" a conditions and he urged that adequate financial support be given established functions before money is spent for new activities. The legislature entered the fourth week of its se sion with most of its vitally important legislative program pro-gram before it in the form cf bills introduced by individuals and committees. com-mittees. Included! in these are the homestead exemption plan, fathered father-ed by the committee of nine and championed in the two house- by Senator Ward C. Holbrook of Davis and Representatives Heber Bennion Jr. of Daggett and Milton Twitchell of Garfield; the administration so-cial so-cial welfare program introduced in the senate by Senator G. G. Lind- strom of Carbon, a member cf the governor's committee which worked, out the program and the bills de-rigned de-rigned to put it into effect. Representative Rep-resentative Walter K. Granger of 'Iron, also a member of the governor's gover-nor's committee is slated to sponsor spon-sor the welfare program in the house. Mr. Grang?r, former speaker of the lower house and an outstanding leader in this body, has . demcn-strated demcn-strated that he has a weather eye on the welfare of Utah's agricultural, agricul-tural, industrial and social interests at all time. He ha already started the ball rolling to protect the state's shipping interests by introducing intro-ducing and pressing a memorial to congress against enactment of a bill now before that body for repeal of the long and short haul clause cf the interstate commerce act and protesting against favorable consideration con-sideration of any future measure designed to alter this clause in a manner detrimental to the interests inter-ests of Utah. At the head cf the third reading calendar in the renate reots Senator Sena-tor Maw's old! age pension bill designed de-signed to give at least $30 a month to every needy person of 65 years or over in the state. It is awaiting arrival at the same point of the admini tration welfare bills, which, instead of providing a definite pension pen-sion for the needy aged, places their relief on a need basis solely. It has been agreed by the senate persident that the oppoing measures meas-ures shall be considered together so that the legislature may determine which old age program shall be incorporated in-corporated 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 meas-ure and while some of these already have been defeated others are pending. pend-ing. Senator Holme- of Box Elder and a number of ether representatives representa-tives of outside counties are Known to havs amendments which they will seek to incorporate. Opposition Opposi-tion to the direct primary, particularly partic-ularly in the more sparcely settled counties appear- to be increasing and the fact that a primary was a party promise, is probably the only influence that will pint the measure meas-ure over, if it finally survives op-po op-po ltion. Of import to the fruit growing counties of the state i H.B. 12 by Loveless of Utah county which has successfully paseed both house- of the legislature. This bill permits the sale of infected fruit to pro-ce-sors under supervision of the state board of agriculture. The house, however, has killed Senator Holbrcok's bill d 'signed to aid taxpayers tax-payers by deferring the tax delinquent, delin-quent, date frcm November 30 to December 10 each year. The house also has passed a bill by Representative Repre-sentative Twitchell and Bennion prohibiting the state 1-nnd board from investing funds in farm mortgages. 't;Vix':v. ; ''( '-'.:t-! '.."V WALTER K. GRANGER In the long list of labor measuree whdeh have flooded into both houses cf the legislature, the meat drasting one appeared during the week under the sponsorship of Representative Rep-resentative Victor G. Pett of Juab and several Salt Lake county lawmakers. law-makers. This measure is designed to put into effect in1 Utah law the terms of the Wagner act, to make the state industrial comm.is.-ion, the labor relations board of the state, give it court powers in the matter of settling disputes between employers em-ployers and1 employes and require employers 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 Fi-ancir S. Lundell of Utah county is backing a bill now before the house designed to exempt fnm sales tax all retail sales of produce made by farmers, gardeners, stockmen, poultrymen or other grower- of agricultural produce pro-duce except those who regularly operate a store, market or sales route. It also would exempt seasonal sea-sonal sales of crops by the produc er. Representative T. W. Jenen of Sanpete is iiither of a bill designed to empower the state board of agriculture ag-riculture to establish standards and grades of cheese, ice cream and other dairy products and thu- eliminate elim-inate disputes sufeh as that between Ogden and Salt Lake recently. Senator Holbrook of Davis hurled a bomb into the senate when he presented a joint resolution designed de-signed to direct the joint committee on appropriations not to make appropriation:; ap-propriation:; to any private agencies or institutions, such as have been deriving state support ire the past. The senate pased the measure under ;uspension of the rules but when the same tactics were attempted at-tempted in ths house they encountered encoun-tered a snag. Representative Granger Gran-ger of Iron raitedl the point of a two-thirds vote being required to suspend the rules. When nose- are counted on a rising vote the necessary nec-essary two-thirds was not thtre and the reeoluti.n went to the foot of the calendar. Weber county repre-sentativer repre-sentativer are marshaling forces to defeat it when it reaches the top. Two new health department bilb designed to bring about statewide expansion of the functions and powers of the state health department, depart-ment, made a belated appearance in the senate this week uner rpon-sorfhip rpon-sorfhip tf Senator Eldred M. Royle of Utah county who explained to the press that he introduced them by request. These bills provide for iivrioK of the state into ten districts dis-tricts and the establishment in each of a full time health department depart-ment under supervision of the state department with trained health officers and personnel in charge. Alternatives are offered that a county msy mantain its own department de-partment in cooperation with the state, it to bear half ths expense and cities and town-; may continue their own boards or departments as now, without state supervision, at their own expense. Grazing land ccuntie- won a signal sig-nal victory In the senate when an amendment designed to divert half of th state's portion of Taylor grazing act fees to the schools instead in-stead f to the counties for rehabilitation rehabil-itation of the range, was defeated. Th bill, fathered by Senator Alon-zo Alon-zo F Hopkin-i of Wa atch. and providing that the slate's portion of grazing fees shall be returned to the counties wherein they are paid to be used in rehabilitating range lards, passed cn final reading and is n w betfere the hou e. The amendment to divert half of the fundi to the school fund was fathered fath-ered by Senator Conrad Frisch-knecht Frisch-knecht of Sanpete, but th" grazing county representatives were too alert to permit him to get by with th- proposed change. Senjf' Rovle of Utah county has amended his bill requiring employers employ-ers to withhold union due- of em-niryes em-niryes nion written notice frcm th" em.ploves. to make it applv also to 'iioh collective action groups as the farm bureau and teachers' organizations. |