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The Winona Republican-Herald from Winona, Minnesota • Page 9

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THE WTNONA BETPMJCAN-BERAtD, WIWONA. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947 Stafford King Asks Changes in State Bookkeeping St. sweeping slmpll- flcaUon or state money receipts Galetville Man Wisconsin Assembly Sergeant-at-Arms Madison. Wlfi. Republican caucuses selected State Senator Frank E.

Panzer, Oakflcld, as president pro tern of the state senate and Assemblyman Donald O. Mc- chlnery, reducing dedicated purpose JDowell, Soldiers drove, as speaker funds from the present 121 to IZ.iof the assembly yesterday, was recommended to the legislature! Since the Xepubltcans control today by State Auditor houses of the legislature, which convened today, the caucus selections were tantamount to election The senate caucus named Tom Donahue, Madison, for the past of chief clerk to succeed Lawrence Larsen. Racine, and picked Harold E. Damon, Wausau. for arms.

Senator Warren P. Knowlea. TermlnR the present system confusing and tending to obscure the trur costs of government, King urged abolition of all funds to which Income has been dedicated or earmarked by legislative action. Money Youngdahl- now received by thcsr units Was chosen Republican be into one general ea der and chairman of the lund. I committee on committees.

Other Seven Constitutionally of the committee are Sen- funds, the general revenue fund, a ators oordon Bubolz. Appleton, and fund for federal aid grants. and csg Miller, Rlchland Center, three spoclnl catesorles woulri bo re- xhe assembly caucus picked As- tatned under King's sernt) i ymtin Vernon W. Thomson, tlon. contained In his biennial Center, as Republican port to the JeRlslature.

floor leader and Assemblyman Fred In 194fl approximately 82 per cent, Ptcn Kenosha. as assistant floor of state receipts were to Arthur May, Madison, was lor dedicated purposes. That meant, King said, that well over 50 per ccn o' all revenues RO directly to the spending agency without sane tlon of the lawmakers. "The multiplicity of funds In oui accounting system complicates ou: procedures and confuses and handicaps the development or statistics showing the cost of state government," King said. KJng said the "Inflexibility of the dedicated fund 'system makes for cx- trnvafrrnce In some funds and starvation In others." As an example, he pointed to three stale highway funds currently boost- Ing a cash balance of some $11,000,000, plus unliquidated encumber- ances of $17.000.000.

Other funds are Jltrrally starving King said. by comparison, Italian Weeklies Attacked by Pope Vatican City---- Pope Plus XII said today that "unconditional liberty of the press and films" could not be permitted If It operated "to undermine the religious and moral foundations of the life of the people." The Vatican has been under attack recently by anticlerical weeklies of Italy, The pontiff told members of the Roman nobility paying him their annual New Year's visit, that granting full liberty under such conditions would be "legalizing license." selected for chief clerk of the assembly and Norrls Kellman, Oalcs- vlllc, Henry Pope Dead; Donated Land for Warm Spring Unit Pope, 78, hosiery and textile machinery manufacturer and philanthropist who with the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the Warm Springs foundation, died yesterday. Pope, who was chairman of the Board of the Bear Brand Hosiery Company and president of the Pa- Lemon Juice Recipe Rheumatic Pain Quickly If -rrm raflar tmm rheumatic, Itourtua pain. iry llila hnma ramount Textile Machinery Company of Kankakee, contributed much of the land on which the Warm Springs foundation for the treatment of infantile paralysis now stands.

Ho served aa vice-president and trustee of the foundation until last March 8 when he resigned becauae of ill health. Pope, who was born In Crestline, Ohio, October 28, 1868, was married Adcle Prufrock of St. Louis on June 8, 1898. Besides his widow and son he Is survived by two other ons, William P. of Kenllworth, and John W.

Pope, Wlnnetka; daughter, Margaret Pope Hovey of a lister, Miss Katherlne Popo of Chicago and 12 grandchildren. of KU-PZ4 ara uatntf. Orl a paek- MU with a fHl, a CWft-WTOa' tuppls. uart Of waiflr. atM 1Kb all alWl fllnaJanl.

YOU only ovarnlfhl rmiutta ara MO. ir ua paloa do But qulrklr laara If TOU do not raal batuir, rvlufn taa and Ku-Xj will rnu DoU- irr II tnut hr jour flruaVlat umlaf RuKl rnrapnud la for aato and racviiunaiioM ant aiafjwliaia. Sound of Drilling on Teeth Recorded St. Two hundred dentists listened to trie amplified sounds of drills grinding away on patients' teeth and cringed. Dr.

Sumter Smith Arnlm, professor of dentistry at Ohio State uni- vorxlty, recorded the sounds with a microphone fastened against a patient whose teeth were being drilled. Ho played the recording to emphasize a point in his lecture at the Ht. Louis Dental socloty dinner that Improper use of a necessary pain. drill causes unr Heat, he said, was the principal cause of such pain, and he advocated using small drills at slow speeds with cooling sprays of air. Continued From Page temporary facilities porvlded until a permanent building: can be provided.

9. Legislation to provide partial financial support for every county which hired a public health nurse. 10. Enactment of a youth conservation act to attack the problem of delinquency by providing appropriate treatment of youthful offenders. 11.

Strengthening of provisions and enfrocement of laws relating to sale and licensing of beer and intoxicating liquor. 12. A law to make it illegal to use telegraph, telephone or other means of communication for transmitting bets or wagering or information regarding betting, wagering or any other illegal transaction. 13. Liberalization of laws to extend additional financial benefits to needy veterans.

14. Legislation to prevent Injustice and discrimination, with employment of a full- time official, assisted by the inter-racial commission to administer such a law. 15. An aggressive program for effective soil conservation, improvement of public waters, forestry development, adequate fire control, promotion of tourist Industry, further development of state parks, long-range program for balanced mining of low-grade and high- grade ore, and improvement of game and fish resources. 16.

Establishment of a legislative research council to improve legislative machinery of government, 17. Enabling legislation to permit municipalities to raise additional revenue. 18. Adjustment In salaries of state employes to meet increased costs of living. Referring to a general sales tax, the governor said: "I do not believe a general tax is the fairest type of tax because it tends to pluce a relatively leavler burden on the man of small income than on the man of large income." Youngdahl also said he did not believe the tax on real property should bo Increased "except as a last resort." The legislators were told by the governor that he will not be Influenced by pressure groups.

Views on Labor In his discussion of management- labor relations, Youngdahl Indicated he would oppose a bill to outlaw secondary Two years ago the legislature passed a bill to pro- STORE HOURS: 0 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. FRIDAYS 9 A.

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Cloud, who made history in the house Tuesday by his election to mass of employers want to see re- the speakershlp for a fifth consecu- strlctive methods used against our tlve term. Senator Milton C. Llghtner, St. Paul, was named president pro tern workers, nor do I believe that the rank and file of working men and women want to see unfair methods used against employers." Considerable attention was given by the governor to the problem of "human "We are concerned that all men should learn to live together as Brothers," he said. "In this day of nuclear energy and rocket projectiles the whole human race is Involved In a struggle for survival." The governor said he concluded the fairest approach that can be made would be to "provide additional revenue on certain luxury A two-cent cigarette tax would return between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000, with an additional $400,000 er year if all tobacco products were taxed.

A three-cent tax would leld between $5,560,000 and $6,000,100 a year, he said. Voungdahl also recommended aw which would give the state Iquor control commissioner author- ty to Institute proceedings for the evocation of 3.2 beer licenses of persons who are "unfit to hold them according to standards to be estab- ished by statute, or who, having secured such licenses, prove to be He also advocated delegation of uthorlty to the liquor commission "investigate and determine any holder of any on-sale quor license has violated the liquor laws, with power to initiate charges in the event of such violation." On the question of payment of a soldier's bonus, the governor said: "After you have considered the aslc needs and have arranged for funds with which they are to! met, you should then consider! how far the resources of the state i was elected chief clerk of the house and H. Y. Torrey, Duluth, was named secretary of the senate. Both are veterans of previous sessions in those posts.

Only missing house members were Representatives John J. McNulty and George French, both of Minneapolis, who were reported as ill. In the senate, 66 of the 67 senators were present. x-aui, iituiieu fjiciucrit IKIHI of the senate, second In command L.T he 4-n T.Alftann««4- A A trTlCb QC5JE. CUT to Lieutenant Governor In both houses organization was completed harmoniously, with the conservatives holding large majorities.

Representative Ed Children, Little Fork, veteran liberal legislator, set the keynote for the minority by asking for "cooperation and constructive effort rather than obstruction" from the liberals'after their candidate for the speakership, Representative Joseph Prlfrel, St. Paul, was defeated. George H. Leahy, Maple Lake, at the 17th dls- currently mbject to a OU HAB HICK A ran ritKW (SORE THROAT I DUE TO COLDS TONSILINE 'JM contest. William L.

Dletz, was preparing an appeal to gomery, who held the seat from the supreme court from Judge 1935 until last fall's election, ttald nelson's ruling. would file a petition with the senate asking that he again be seated. Frank Wrabck of Le Center, who defeated Dletz by 99 votes, was Glared guilty of violation of the corrupt practices act by Judge Martin Nelson, Austin, who held the election null and void. Wrabek, present at the capltol but making no effort to take a senate seat, said his at- Well QUICKER NOTICE The Republican-Herald maintains a special delivery service to deliver to ers In the city who may have been missed by regular carriers. This service Is maintained until 6:30 p.

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