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Show (Continued from 351.65 The Idaho complaint again makes it obvious that the people of both states must overthrow and east out Electric Bond & Share In no other Company and its local puppets. way may the people recover their right to rule ‘The eancer of kilowatt corrupthemselves. tion must not be permitted to eat into the vitals of democracy. Suit-- SEC & 7 SEARCHLIGHT THE Light 1935 to from preceding 1942, inclusive, page) by Utah Power Company. if Idaho lawyers use the same tricks as of brethren, some by their Utah are employed must have found its way into that 41 GRAND In Utah the Searchlight has traced cerpolitics. tain “legal fees” paid by the Power Company that finally turned out to be (at least in part) politiAnd eal The Next Governor? (Continued payoffs. In the summer of 1942 the Securities & ixobtained an injunction Commission change against Utah Power & Light Company profurther making hibiting that concern from ‘¢eontributions”’ to the ‘‘Build Utah’’ division of the Utah Manufacturers Association, administered by the versatile Stan Stephenson. For a number of years Mr. Stephenson— and Gus Backman’s Chamber also sat in the eame—helped provide the sinews of war for political hopefuls who were willing to be reasonable if elected to office. Stan had horrible visions of a yawning Federal hoosegow that tormented him for over a year. When SEC filed its complaint against the Mr. J. A. Utah Power & Light Company (Jube) Hale, vice-president of the Company, in the very best Strike-Bond & Share manner, made the following comment: & Power the Utah contributions “Any Light Company has made to agencies have been for the benefit and upbuilding of the State.” It will be noticed how willingly the kilowatt boys spent their money to ‘‘develop”’ Such altrusism 1s Idaho and ‘‘upbuild’’ Utah. touching. Power The complaint against the Idaho Company was the result of a painstaking investigation undertaken by William C, Lewis, of the Securities & }ixJv., representative Mr. Lewis also earried change Commission. the Utah investigation to a successful conclusion and filed the complaint against Utah Pow- er & Light Company that resulted in a Fed- eral injunction against further purchases public officials by the Power Company. of from page 5) a2 public demand requires the ‘¢mentioned’’ Only iconoclastie hopeful to get in the game. sheets discuss ‘‘mentioning’’ in factual terms. In Tracy’s case the ‘‘mentioning”’ 1s to be doubled-barrelled unless it is poisoned in emTracy is ‘‘permitbryo by adverse publicity. ting’? quite a little work for him to be done in the Farm Bureau domain. And whispers are abroad, seeping out from the Deseret News— Labor Relations Council—ZCMI anti labor citadel that Tracy would fit their purpose very That clique will, of course, make no nicely. public announcement of their support of the They don’t want to hurt Welling candidacy. it. Manifestly, if Tracy can inherit, or seize, a substantial portion of the Maw machine, a But formidable candidacy can be organized. one thine Mr. Welling and other schemers’ do Something lke not take into consideration. 75% of the 1940 Maw following is now determined to obliterate every vestige of Maw infiu. ence in State Government. They are weary ot ‘They are not olutadolescent government. They will unite with tons for punishment. Maw opponents of 1936 and 1940 to erush the worst political nightmare ever to afflict Utah. Another eandidacy is about to the ‘‘mentioning’’ stage. It, too, seems to have been in- cubated in a Farm Bureau chicken coop. C. Edmonds, Clyde a Republican counterpart of Dem- ocratic Welling, appears to be the favorite the same malign plotters who seek Being wholly the dominant party. of to control non-parti- san they want to give Clyde the nomination of the Grand Old Party. With either candidate, if successful, they be- lieve they can administer a gruesome eruclfixion to the organized workers of Utah. |