Show Casually Observing with Cliff Report of the legislature by Cliff IA HARD WEEK six days last week the worked to keep current pressing problems that before It was the first we have worked this with one more likely on j the final Saturday we reach the day which on March made a lot of progress as standing committees were Saturday and all bills Htow are in the Sifting Committee except those now on the Reading RAID TO THE BASIN perhaps one piece of approved by both and no doubt will be signed by Governor will affect The Is It changes the highway law on loud weights to permit trucks to carry tut to by paying a The Stauffer Chemical of California has announced they are ready to Invest 91 in extending the phosphate deposits in They plan to build a processing plant that kill employ up to STARTED IN SENATE Gordon Harmston and co-sponsored the in the senate where it passed unanimous voice I able to move the bill out of sifting committee and with Ashael of Uintah to get the kind of favorable action the I'm sure we v appreciate what this will do 7 the Basin's and though the greater will be felt by the Vernal we who live in Duchesne County will gain to a great EDUCATION PROBLEM A big step toward passage of an M O Education measure came when the after two days in study and party passed which is a modified version of Governor Rampton's To explain what it does would take a lot of but for Duchesne County the increase over the present program would give us Increase distribution unit would be with a possible increase in classroom teacher salaries at This does not include These amounts are based on the assumption that all districts would levy 27 and those who have voted leeway would use nil such Our district does not have a voted leeway in This bill is in House Sifting and should come before us this possibly on brief story written by Lavor Chaffin of the Deseret elsewhere In the c-o FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Both houses passed a Civil Rights which has been signed by the It is the first of this kind or legislation ever to pass the Utah Reason for Its passage with very little resistance was to bring Utah In line with federal laws passed last year by There arc a couple other similar bills before us One See page 12 9 Casually Day-by-Day Report of Thirty-sixth Legislature from page should the I will fn In the co ANOTHER BILL SIGNED Governor Rampton has signed HB the Hoover commission into This same type of a bill passed both houses in but was vetoed by Governor I have commented before how I felt our entire state government should be studied very carefully by an independent board I submit that I know there is a and this is the commission that will do the GETS NEW LIFE Gordon and I teamed up together to pressure the little penny Gum-ball Machines from being taxed out of For nearly 14 years the Roosevelt Kiwanis club has been receiving from to per month from the penny machines In our all of which has been used to aid youth programs over the 25 has passed both houses and should be signed by the It exempts machines from sales c-o LONG OVER-DUE The senate passed 30 last Friday that will bring Rural Electrification Administration co-ops under the public service commission for For three sessions the REA Co-ops have been seeking some kind of protection from large utilities who might want to Invade areas the cooperatives The measure must come to the where I have committed myself to help bring it out of sifting and passed by the In my the present should not be opposed by any and is fair and More on this one I co ALL MUST SURVIVE It takes balance to make a democratic society work and remain a legislator finds it real difficult to make a decision when voting on proposed We have to decide whether we should vote our personal desires or or should take a look and then vote to keep balance in our Many of us who voted for HB which gives organized labor a bargain collectively as it relates to public had a real decision to The bill originally included all cities and counties as well as school amendments deleted cities and counties of third class and plus school With these many of us would have voted able to the that labor have their place in our cc THE LAST WORDS During the past week we hi visits from Laurn Frank E. Mo both of of Oregon anil preme Justice Byron Each spoke to ti Another former stafe and Utah Reva Bk Bosone of Washington D. C also visited and spoke THANKS FOR Legislators were very with the honey gifts from lie Yack Brothers and Chamber of Commerce Gordon and I all send Hope to k home this so l the weather |