Imperial Valley press., 1933-04-24
BIC PROGRAM
CONFRONTING
LEGISLATORS
Stung Into Action By Claim
That Session Has Failed In
Its Purpose.
BUDGET TANGLE LEADS
Anti Capital Punishment And
Beer Bill Also On Docket For
Consideration.
BY THOMAS B. MALARKEY

BY THOMAS 3. MALARKEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, April 24.-Stung
by charges of many of its own
members that it had failed in its
purpose SO far, the 50th legislature
today reconvened in a mood TO
work day and night in an effort to
solve its outstanding problems =
balancing the budget, state water
conservation, passage of the bud
ct bill, unemployment relief, anti
capital punishment, and state reg
ulation of beer
The committee of a." composed
of seven members from each house,
labored with some prospects of sue
cess, to produce a taxation plan re-
moving the expected $4,000, 900 de-
ficit, and at the same time, bring
relief to real property. Sub-com-
mittees of this group will submit
their findings at meeting late to-
day.
Meantime, other groups worked
on individual plans. The Riley
Stewart taxation program, defeat
ed in the assembly last week, was
put back before the lower house
with its most Objectionable feat
ures stricken out. The gross tram
sactionS tax-real cause for the
bills defeat-waS removed. In it's
place was a proposed grant of au-
thority to the legislature to raise
needed revenue by any other means
not constitutionally forbidden.
The program was also altered to
provide that only 25 per cent of
the cost of state government could
be derived from real property while
real property levy was limited to
so percent for city-county govern
ment support.
Much the same as the amended
| Riley-Stewart program was the
San Bernardino plan" offered by
Senator Ralph Swing 1t provided
for return of utility properties to
city-county tax rolls by repeal of
| amendment number one; limita-
ton to SO per cent of real prop
erty's share in all government; en-
powering the legislature to use its
own discretion in devising a new
tax system provided it did not pass
a sales tax in excess of two per
cent.
Differences Slight
All plans appeared basically the
same, and differed only in degree.
Consequently, prospects for agree
ment were reasonably bright.
The senate finance committee,
groggy from a week-end's grind on
the $240, 100000 budget bill, ap-
preached conclusion of its task.
Senator Will R. Sharkey, chairman,
predicted the bill would be on the
senate floor Tuesday.
After the senate passes the bud
get bill, the measure must return
to the assembly for concurrence.
How quickly this will be obtained
will depend on extent of senate up
ward revision.
Crisis faced the anti-capital pun
ishment bill tonight. This contro-
versial measure, passed by the as
sembly, will be given hearing be-
fore the senate judiciary commit
tee. Its approval is by no means as
sured. Powerful members of the
committee are known to oppose it.
Back before the assembly was the
state beer regulation bill. The low
er house was not expected to con-
cur in the Senate'S amendment
which incorporated local option in
the measure. That would mean the
bill would be thrown into "free
conference" with little prospect of
immediate compromise.
Senator Roy Felloms unemploy-
ment relief bills providing for a
$20,000,000 unemployment relief
bond issue were also before the as
sembly and expected to receive
prompt approval. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation representa-
tives informed the legislature CAL
ifornia must take steps to care for
its own needy, otherwise R. F. C.
loans would be stopped.