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Show Spraue Branch Libr - SEE-SAW J If you agree this is a reasonable reason-able request, then please make certain you are registered to vote for the coming municipal elections. Cast a "Yes" vote on your ballot or Ihe police and firemen of Salt Lake City Tuesday, Nov. 8. Well, sir, much criticism has been leveled at the Salt Lake po'ice force this past year. All of it, of course, was not to b'rme directly on the police per- r.n?l. No. indeed! One only has to look at the general working setup of the police department to concur 100 per cent with J. Edgar Hoover, chief G-Man, who said: "Unwillingness to provide proper remuneration for the intelligence and effort required in the performance per-formance of modern police duties is a form of cut-rate law enforcement enforce-ment and it will not work. The logical result is a bigger crime bill in the form of murders, robberies and all the other manifold ways in which crime can be expensive. To pay the price in this fashion rather than in adequate salaries for police officers makes an extremely ex-tremely poor bargain." A rookie fireman or policeman starts work in Salt Lake at $275 a month. After 15 years of service, under present law, he may finally earn top pay of $343. per month. Working 40 hours a week, the average policeman receives $1.81 per hour. Here's what police and firemen seek on the November 8 referendum: referen-dum: Increase starting wages from the present $275 per month to $295. Raise top pay from $343 to $395. Average pay for the present police po-lice and fire force would then be $345 per month. Total cost of the pay increase .would amount to only 5 cents per month for each of the estimated 210,000 people in Salt Lake. |