New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 SETTLES TO WORK
Legislature Sek Its EyS 1hb
 Wek on Adjournment

Hartford. Feb. 9 R-The general assembly this week entered upon the road of hard work which leads to final adjournment. an objective always pointed out at the opening of session as one which should be reached as rapidly as possible. Attention was called to the desir- ability of reaching this objective by May l by Governor John H. Trum- bull at the Mckinley club dinner Thursday night and he took occa- sion to point out ono reason why 1t could be reached on that date, and that was that through the state board of finance and control the greater portion of the work of the appropriation committee had been done.
 Both Senator Peasley and Mir. Johnson, majority leaders in the senate and house respectively, have opportunity in the opinion of veter- ans, to make the legislature move faster than ever before. The two factors are that Friday sessions can be held and business done because members have the incentive to come to Hartford on that day as there is penny and dollar profit in their travel allowance. and secondly. the Appropriation committee has less work to do on the budget for the next two years than any other con- mittee had.
 Previous Sessions In many past sessions executive business in the last month used to mark time while the appropriation committee worked on its bill of ap- propriations that being before the days of 8 systematized budget. After the big appropriation bill was in. business used to speed up and . great jam of reports come in.
 The finance committee usually has had its plan of revenue raising we'll worked out long before the ap- propriation committee has figured how much money would be needed to run the state in the biennium and was ready with bills to be adopted on the heels of appropria- ton bills.
 Governor Trumbull knows the working out of this end of legisla- tive business as he twice was senate chairman of the finance committee and each session he would have been ready weeks earlier had the other committees speeded up. ] This was true also of Senator Frederick c. Walcott when he was chairman of the finance committee. Few Bills Considered Committee work the past week touched only the fringe of the con- tents of bill boxes. The judiciary committee went ahead and quickly disposed of judgeship resolutions where there were no contests over nominees.
 The bulletin next week will see most of the committees we'll dated ahead for hearings. and outstanding will be the assignment for Febru- ary 20, of the bills which would provide for shortening of the hours of labor.
 The early hearing on these bills has taken the labor organizations by surprise. 1t Is understood. as they had looked for hearings in March. Today. word was sent to secretaries of various labor bodies calling at- tention to the February 20 date, and requesting that legislative com- mittees of such bodies be urged to prepare for the hearing.
 Financial interests of the state have circularized business men, 1t is understood. asking that interest be taken in legislative bills which affect taxation. Eternal vigilance on the part of the tax payer" is his only sure protection the circular says which points ort the danger there might be in laying a tax on intangible personal property includ- ing corporate stocks on a certain definite basis.
 Hearings on Bills
 All legislative committees which have a bunch of bills in hand will begin hearings the coming week, and chairmen have been outspoken of their intention to pass rapidly over these of lesser value that moro