Show senator grover speaks at salt lake labor meet criticizes recent session of state L legislature egi slature an and d vetoes by gov blood the following excerpts from a speech by state senator wendell grover was vas reported by the progressive gres sive labor league of salt lake city c speaker said he was vas the pr and sponsor of the E en awing low cost housing act which was passed by the legislature and vetoed by the governor he intimated that the last utah legislature was a huge flop so far as appropriations for aiding those most needing it was concerned the socialized medical bill was also vetoed by governor blood because it would help the poorer class who needed it most poor people the speaker said must now take their chances of living or dying if they the money for private doctors they are simply out of luck senator grover said that he gets hot under the collar when he thinks of the rank injustice done by the vetoing of that bill the home owners loan corporation po ration is strictly for the benefit of the big financial interests not for the poor home owners or would be owners the federal housing act is practically the same only worse because the loans are handled by private banks and they have the right to choose the location of properties they will finance they will not loan a dime on westside west side salt lake property which is where most of the poorer class who really need financial aid live he said something simply must be done for the down and outers bouters or may the lord help them vir for apparently no one else will not even the state in which they live the salaries of most of the laboring class are far too low tp to permit them to rent a decent place in which to live and also eat what is really needed in this state is HOUSES built by the state and federal government that poor n ople can rent cheaply and still v fe enough money left from the V w wages to get by on the apartment h house 0 u s i owners fought such a bill vigorously in the last legislature naturally continued on page 5 senator grover speaks at salt lake labor meet continued from first page money changed hands with those who would maybe have vo voted for the low cost housing act but it was passed pa ased only to fail by the governors veto senator grover roundly criticized the system of the old age pension act and the way it was being carried out people over 65 years of age were commanded to go on old age pension leaving in many cases a lucrative job to do so even those living on small farms with a good living from the farm go on old age pension in some instances they have a chance to get a appraisal value on their property so they could get tax exemption as well then in some cases they have been known to turn thir their property over to their children so they could draw a check of 30 a month or 60 for man and wife over 65 that is strictly against the principle of the act and should be thoroughly investigated he said the old folks should be made to sell their farms for money and then live on that money by so doing some old people could be cut off the pension and leave that much more money for those poor old unfortunates who have absolutely nothing to depend upon but their pension by so doing the pension could very easily be raised to 50 a month instead of 30 he also said a small minority of the senate have worked against the welfare of the aged people for one reason or another they are the ones that should be ridden out of the state on a rail another group who may be college graduates who do nothing or next to nothing about the old age pension class or its ais backers should also be ridden out on a rail |