Flint Spokesman [Volume: 5, Issue: 1]

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Saturday. April 12, 1952.,

Gov.

LANSING ~ The Legis!ature
has adopted another tax bill and
sent it to my desk.

This bill would change the
name of the three percent Sales
tax now charged on liquor purchases. The tags would be called
-not a ~sales~ tax but a ~handl
~~ ing~ tax. The effect would be to

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take the proceeds from the tax
on liquor out of the sales tax pool,
and thus withdraw it from the
schools, cities and other local
units,of government. The bill
would result in a progressive loss
to.the schools ranging from
$500,000 to. $2,000,000 a year.

The State Superintendent of
Public Instruction issued a report
recently saying that we should invest $400 million dollars in our
school system to-bring it into line
with the needs of our increased
child population.

Under. such circumstances, it
doesn~t make sense to take money

away from the schools. However, |:

the state is in grave financial
trouble, and I will have to ex
3 amine this bill carefully. on its

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merits before making a decision
whether to sign it.

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BILLS SIGNED: I have signed
more than 30. bills during the past
week.. Most of these were o~ relatively minor importance, but some
you should know about. -

One bill amends the Fire Prevention Act to authorize the State
Police~ to move in. and control
situations where communities are
threatened with gas explosions.

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HUNTING PENALTIES: Another important measure establishes new crinminal penalties
for those who injure to kill others
while hunting. Imprisonment of
not more than two years or a fine
of not more than $200 is provided
for hunting accidents involving
recklessness but not malice.

This was one of the measures

- I recommended in my message to

the Legislature last Jamuzary.
Most reckless hunters cannot be
prosecuted for homicide, hecause
there is. no malicious intent. -This
new law will make it possible to
punish those whose recklessness
amounts to crime.

A companion bill which I also
signed into law prohibits hunting
while intoxicated, and provides
for confiscation of the weapons

of drinking hunters.; * * *

CHERRY COMMISSION: I was

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also glad to sign a bill making the
Michigan Cherry Commission a
permanent agency. Under the old
law the Commission would have
expired on December 31, 1953.

~This agency has done a great |.

deal to: promote the marketing of
Michigan cherries, one of the farm
crops of which Michigan is msthy

proud.
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TELEPHONES: Another

sD a telephone party line in case
of emergency.

This new law. results from
eases in which homes burned
down because neighbors refused
to interrupt a telephone convervation so the fire department
could be called.

All telephone\ directories must
contain a printed warning of the

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VISITORS: I am always glad
to meet school children who come
to visit the Capitol. Every week
crowds of them come to Lansing
to see the Legislature at work
and to file through the Governor~s office.

But I didn~t realize how many
of. them have visited us~ until I
got a report the other day showing that.I have shaken hands with
about 10,000 school children who
have visited the Capitoi since
January 1. gi*

It~s a wonderful thing to bring
the children of Michigan.down
here to see for theritselves:how
the state~s business is conducted.
I wish every civics fF: ~political
science class in the state ~could
come here and visit their capitol.

It always gives me a personal
lift to meet them. They are!iving
proof that the great heart cf Michigan is strong and that the future of our state is bright.

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FLOODS: I signed into law
three bills which will be of special
interest to local communities faced with tremendous property
losses. because of record high
water levels., One of these bills authorizes
counties to zone lake-front property to prevent construction of
new buildings dangerously close
to water-front. Another gives to
townships the authority to build
breakwaters and similar control
structures. The third gives to all
political subdivisions the right to

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spend money to control beach
erosion.

There still remains, a~fourth
bill which I urged the Legislature
to act upon. No action has been
taken by the State Senate to revive this bill which died in committee.

This. bill would increase the
authority of the State Water
Resources Commission tg: ~0-operate with local comm@nities in
meeting the probiem of Hien water

levels..

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EMERGENCY COMMITTEE}

At a series of meetings held in
Lansing we set up an Sensteeey
state flood control council. |

The council, composed of various state agencies, will concentrate on distributing warnings to
areas which are affected by high
water conditions. They will: provide technical information needed by the local communities desiring to establish a local program
to cope with the-problem..~
Finally, the council will mobilize the resources of the state and
federal governments and ptivate
organizations so they can be
promptly brought to the aid of
those areas hit by ok

Safety Needs
Arise From
MSC~ Patios

_ A detailed blueprint] ~of what
needs to be done in Michigan
Ogu traffic death tolls has been

| outlined by the Michigan High
way Safety Seminar, which met
recently at Michigan State College.

Highlights among aqopted resolutions were proposals td:

Raise the minimum age for
licensing drivers to 18 years, and |

single state agen~~y to handle issuance of drivers~: licenses; require license plates on both front
and back of cars; require driver
education courses in every Michigan high school; establish a

|State-wide motor vehicle: inspec
tion system; provide facilities for
better training of traffic judges
and more effective methods of

{handling violators#~and require

doctors to report patients with
afflictions _ which would affect
driving ability.

More than 100 experts inf seven
general areas involving traffic
safety studied problems in qtheir
areas for three months. before
presenting their~ recommendations

to the seminar.

require. special~permits for thowe | 1
| between, 14 and 18; establish a

A country gentleman walked/| me
down the railroad track and asked a busy ~section hand, ~Hey
feller, where do I get the *Empire-State Express?~

~Ifyou do. not get off the
track you~ll get it square in the
behind,~ replied the section hand

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Paul G. Hoffman, Pasadena,
Calif., director of the Ford Foundation, has been named the
er for Michigan St Stare, College~s ~

June 8,
1952. Md

Hoffman has had distingwished career in -the automobile industry and in government service. He joined the Studebaker
Corp., in 1911, and in 1935 became its president, serving as
such until 1948,
Hoffman wleft Studebaker to.
accept. an appointment by President Truman as administrator of
the Economic Cooperation Ad
~| ministration. He guided the ECA
through a period of great import
tance in the rehabilitation of Europe and other war-torn. areas.

of the graduating class will prouubstantially from the com3*and observations of.a.man

as an outstanding leader in business and government,~ President
Hannah said.

Hoffman was chairman of the
Automotive Safety Moundation,
1942-48, and chairman of the

~| board of trustees of the Commit|tee for Economic Development.
over the same period, He isa dir
ector of the Federal Reserve Bank

jof Chicago, the Néw York Life

Insurance Co, and the United

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~|o~: the National Industrial Con
ference board.

Long interested in ~higher education, eHoffman is a trustee of. the University of Chicago and of

~Kenyon College, Gambier, OQ. -

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