Show f de J ah i ader t r the e L U S P A the twenty second utah state legislature ture finished its first week on the session firing line ine with every of passing into history as a precedent breaking and precedent body of lawmakers tile the usually sedate and august senate hereta heretofore fore content to bide its time ime in the arf ip j tion of bills has reverted rever ped this time honored procedure in former sessions it has been the houses of representatives which has been largely responsible for the earlier legi legislative proposals not so this year instead the members of the upper house no longer so august as young have been the first to offer their versions of what utah needs in the way of new or revised laws law they were ready with their initial stor ings of bills within a few minutes after governor henry H blood had delivered his legislative message speed was their watchword nor were the solons colons content with a single measure or so they introduced nine on the very firs day of lawmaking activities following the brief session by friday evening on adjournment over the week end they had proposed 30 allies for enactment into law the lower house had introduced nom jonm 0 score 30 to O to the casual observer this bears all earmarks of an aggressive senate ready to take the initiative in 1937 legislation to the expert scanner of proposed laws who considers the type of those offered it smacks of a determination by so called progressives progress ives to obtain speedy action to the old time frequenters of legislative halls it spells a new regime and perhaps an embattled one the senate during its first week of rapid fire action established an other precedent by being the first to propose lenack nu nt of what is usually as labar legislator legi slaton in recent sessions it has been the lower house that sponsored bills deemed in the interest of labor during the 1935 session practically all of such legislation was proposed by three or four members of what was called the labor bloc it is different this sessi oin already at least six labor bills have been introduced in the upper house four of these were introduced by senators serving in their second legislative session two were authorized by a new member one was killed in the last session session other labor bills certain to be acted upon this session include one amending the present work mens compensation act to increase compensation pensa tion for dependents and another creating a board to examine all miners to determine their fitness for employment unanimous approval of governor henry 11 II bloods legislative message followed its delivery before the joint assembly of the upper and lower houses we are in hearty agreement with the governors message said milton twitchell of Esea lante tc twenty third district republican floor leader in the house of representatives we feel however that he should have bavi made more reference to the urgent need of equalizing educational education af on page 4 UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME continued from rage 1 opportunity between the different school districts of the state senate president herbert B maw answered the governors plea for legislative with an assurance of whole hearted support in the upper house ile he had earlier urged careful consideration of all proposed legislation and the alie exercising 0 of f care in our taxation pr program as to not penalize any commercial activity if actions are arc to be interpreted as louder than words it may be that the almost solid democratic senate fears more fromi the republican influence a lone solon than might be expected the acion is seen in the assignment of seats to the senators seni sens tors fors at the opening of the session nary a democrat spoke for the seat adjoining that of william jr 11 driffin the only G 0 P senator |