Show 58 L Casually Observing 88 with Cliff I Day-By-Day Report of Legislature by Cliff OPENING DAY As I ob-ered the happenings of the day of the Session r the Utah State found very similar to he first day of the 1961 session v a I sat in a freshman seat and iw unfolding the pages of i ome new history that ended i M 0 days The First J I organization day after all members of the 64 of were administered the oath office by Chief Justice Henri o Supreme y Presiding over the ceremonies was Secre-kry of State LaMont A NEW SPEAKER The lection of Charles as our new more or a The majority this year is the n had elected him a ew weeks previously to this Host important and demanding f Also the naming of Frank- 1 In W. Gunnell as the majority and Royal f. Harward as whip also was a mere to make them the leaders for the ses- WE who had of both houses in his term are the minority in the house as well as ll the senate Early in Decem- ter we selected the retiring Ix r Ernest H. Dean of American Fork as the minority and Elizabeth Tance as the minority Both are veterans in Utah halls and are highly by their associates as and honest leaders ranee is one of the very women to hold a major in Utah's know if there has ever another- I didn't take time to research this I HAVE A GREAT DEAL of confidence in the new I knew him as a man of fair judgment and broad knowledge of legislative procedure in the and can and will sustain him in his most unenviable I feel certain he will be another great legislative just as I found Speaker Dean in to I have a similar feeling for the other leaders on both sides of the co SECOND DAY Shortly after the opening exercises of the Second in the were joined by the 25 Senators where we met as a committee of a whole to hear State of the message from His Governor George D. Clyde In his eloquent and forceful the Governor delivered a message that pointed out many of the challenging problems we must face in the 58 days remaining on the The full text of his message was contained in the daily with reactions and or observations from various members also I WILL NOT dwell on his address for the reason but compliment the Governor on the well-prepared and delivered He pretty much left it up to US to move in the various but most certainly left no doubt in any of our minds that his ideas are to the so far as added costs to government in Utah the succeeding two years are concerned We'll get more when Clyde presents his Budget Message later In this message we'll get the fiscal meat to digest IN THE AFTERNOON of the second day we were Introduced See CASUALLY Page 4 Casually from pape- j i to the approximate 40 Bouse employees who'll be our during the session Call which follows the patronage They were sworn in as official employees of the State by Justice Allen also of the Supreme A COUPLE WEEKS before the session opened Speaker Welch appointed me as one of five representatives to serve with three senators as a Joint Committee to study the House and Joint Rules that govern lawmakers during the and offer any changes we felt should be made in the rules that were adopted for the previous It was a valuable even though it took a lot of time on Monday and Tuesday- to come up with our On this committee were Lionel Peterson Robert Sontag Allan Hodgson and I Senators were Orvel Haven Kleon Kerr and Thorpe Waddingham This committee made its report on Tuesday afternoon in the House Previous sessions rules were in effect until the amended rules were okayed on the third CO THIRD DAY First order of the day was the adoption of the House and Joint Rules with a few minor changes proposed by the joint committee on It required most of the day to get the job done since considerable debate followed the presentation of some of the amended we were able to get the job done and took time out at noon to attend the kick-off banquet of Utah's Centennial observance of the Mining Industry and hear a most able speaker from the Nation's STANDING COMMITTEES I neglected to mention that Speaker Welch appointed the 16 Standing Committees late Tuesday afternoon additional story on this one which will include Senate and House appointments of our I Gordon and BILLS INTRODUCED At least three bills were introduced on but by th of a rule that requires a statement of the- cost to the state will be If these bills had to be withdrawn and re-filed after such a statement had been appended b the original FIRST with me as the chief was Introduced on the Fourth which is act to appropriate from the general state funds to the Department of Agriculture to extend eradication of in the various counties in Utah which has been halted because the legislature failed to appropriate funds to the UDA in mainly because they failed to ask for an This will have quite an impact on herds in the as well as in other Presently the-program is aided by Federal Funds up to but must be supplemented by the other by the FOURTH DAY At we met in a joint session with the Senate to hear some of the Tax Experts give us a run-down funds I ion Where we obtained B the past look tor W Where we might additional funds to carry on the of Utah during many programs the next Biennial period It was a very couple of hours that will be and helpful in future planning shaping the fiscal future of the FIFTH DAY Again we met conference with the in joint Senate to hear more information leaders in from specialized fields relating to problems that will face this legislative As on Thursday we gained much valuable information that should make our jobs a bit Five House Bills were read for the first time and assigned to the Rules with several others dumped into the hopper before adjournment time at 12 o'clock QUICK ADJUSTMENT To end this first report on the Legislature without a comment on the normal and rapid adjustment of our newly-appointed Gordon in finding his way woud be an honest and port- He'll make his t felt and Is gaining i the confidence of his to such a degree that the sessions gets far hS be one of the strong in the if pleasure to work with him since we are on some tt we can helper r other over some spots should prove of value to u whom we are r THE LAST T apologize for being K long-winded this a find It difficult to be bij K the first week to a Jg lesser It's my dI to keep an Informative weekly before you fl that phase of legislation M 1 It lias an effect on you r I am P tending an invitation to Harmston to make a P button I'm he'll respond to your 1 |