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Show SEARCHLIGHT Ww THE Mr. Moffat Dear Doug: It wasn’t because you received such a sloppy overdose of congratulations from the Deseret News six weeks ago that we refrained from extending our felicitations when you plunked your royal rear end into the Colonel’s chair. Rather, it was because the whole deal had a somewhat synthetic odor. We were afraid the Colonel might be slipping you a Maw promise. Sure enough, investigation disclosed that the Colonel was entertaining you at a Barmecide feast—more work at the same pay. The foxy Colonel picked a wonderful time to promote you. He waited until the Government put a $25,000 ceiling on salaries. Indeed, it looks like the Colonel influenced the Government to slap on the ceiling so he could give you some ecostless titles. But cheer up Doug. Maybe we can induce the Colonel to pay for the champagne you give the legislators this winter. And maybe he’ll eive vou one of those famous bronze medals instead of mazuma. He has worked that on the boys in the mills and at Bingham for many vears. It has become a Copper tradition. Anvhow, Doug, the Searchlight won’t let you down. We’ll plead with the CIO to suspend the rules and act as ‘‘bargaining agent”’ for vou. In spite of appearances they’re really fond of vou. And those CIO lads are tough hombres, even though they sometimes return eood for evil They won’t let the Colonel take you for a ride, Doug. (They want to save you for one of their own little trips). Why fearless. absolutely they’re And Doug, they’re so courageous that their teeth chatter in the presence of Charlie don’t Brooks! And that’s sumpin’. They’ll get you a square deal. Rest easy, Doug. Your interests are in safe hands. The Editor A Newspaper Resurrection ? Two things about the Deseret News have had our cordial approval for many years. First the growing number of capable newspapermen in its employ, and second its sensible policy on the booze and tobacco traffic. Now there are three. Of late the News has perked up. It is _ be- einning to say something editorially. It would almost seem that it has begun to grow good red corpuscles in its blood stream instead of the white that furnished so little interest for so long. Twice in the last few weeks the News trod on the toes of His Excellency, the Governor, with timely and well written editorials. And last week it walked into the Supreme Court chambers and declared its weight. In the meantime it carried the most accurate stories of any Salt Lake daily about the Power Company’s rate case before the Public Service Commission. Are Bert Bowen and _ Rube Clark on sick leave? Or have they decided that while lawyers may be great men in their own field, they are sadly lacking as newspapermen? The News took the Governor to task for his adolescent remarks about men in the administration sabotaging the reorganization setup simply because they told the truth about it. Its editorial invited the Governor to present his own case—if he had any. It called for supporting data and facts rather than affronts to a State Auditor who had the courage to make a correct audit. <i But even a well written editorial in the News could not provoke Herbert B. Maw into making a forthright defense of his reorganization scheme. As set forth in the Searchlight five weeks ago, His Excellency is lost when he has to undergo the scrutiny of accountants and investigators who insist on facts. His reorganization is an expensive flop. He cannot gainsay that. And he lacks the stature to admit it frankly. So, bully for the News. The Searchlight welcomes it as an ally in the cause of good government. If it progresses to the point of adopting modern labor views we will be inclined to forgive all of its ancient sins. |