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reward of lifetime af faithful serv-
ice."
Unemployment Insurance Defeated.
After two days of debate and ora
tory and the adoption of amendments
that eliminated the meritorious fea-
lures of the bill introduced by the
Labor Committee, S. F.. No. 8, the un-
employment insurance bill went down
to defeat in the Senate by vote of
20 to SO and a motion to reconsider
the action was defeated "a to 80.
Thus unemployment insurance legis-
lation, in so far as the Senate is con-
cerned is deader than the proverbial
doornail.
A resolution adopted by the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau Federation at their
annual winter meeting, held in st.
Paul during the week, opposing the
measure as placing a burden on farm
ers and other consumers for the bene-
fit of a limited group of labor, to-
gether with an attack on the consti
ure and the measure under consider
alton by Senator Claude H. Mckenzie,
Republican national committeeman,
delayed consideration and confused
the issue. to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the opposition.
The only possible chance to secure
passage of an unemployment insur-
ance bill at this special session now
rests in the hands of the members
of the lower house. The unemploy
ment insurance measure now under
consideration, if it passes the House.
may again come before the Senate
for approval or rejection, but it is
very doubtful if the proponents of the
bill in the lower house can muster
enough votes to insure it's passage.
Direct Relief.
in special session to enact social Sc
curity legislation, ignore Minnesota's
emergency relief crisis? That is a
question that must be answered be-
fore the session adjourns. Faced with
the responsibility of finding funds to
finance direct relief for the thousands
who are still unemployed. even the
most conservative must realize that
something must be done, some pro-
vision must be made to take up the
load that has been shunted onto the
state by the withdrawal of federal
funds for direct relief.
The release of the $4,000. 900 appro-
priated at the regular session for re-
lief for use after July 1, 1886, should
be made available at once And every
consideration should be given by
House members to Representative
Herfindahl's resolution demanding
that the House Tax Committee re-
port out all bills calling for higher
income taxes, an increase in the iron
mining. occupational and royalty
taxes. moneys and credits taxes, in
heritance, gifts, gross earnings tayes
on utility companies, railroad and
telephone companies, chain stores
and corporate excess tax of 20 mills.
The passage of only a minor portion
of this pending legislation would sub
stantially increase state revenue and
would eventually relieve the property
tax burden. That is the answer to
the problem of where to get the relief
money. A sales tax would only add
to the tax burden of those least able
to pay.
A bill authorizing an appropriation
of $4,000 to be used by the attorney
general in the investigation and pro-
secution in the Walter Ligget murder,
passed both the House and Senate.
Both houses also passed a bill setting
up a reward for the arrest and con-
viction of the Liggett killers.
A legislative session would be in
complete if it failed to consider a
time extension for the payment of
automobile taxes and such a measure
has been introduced to extend the
time for payment without penalty
from February Is to April 1.