Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 15 | Legislative Probe under Way

Legislative Probe Under V"ay. SPRIXGNEIJ). III., May 21. Denial by Omar If. Wrihl. Ktaie director of linance. that lie hart ever d'senssed lower tax assessments for the Pullman company com-pany with the state hoard of equalization equaliza-tion or that he had represented Governor Frank O. Lowcicn in dealing with the hoard -was made today before a special h-crislative committee appointed to inves-tifiale inves-tifiale charges that the company ha 1 soueht to have its taxes lowered and that 'Governor Lowden had threatened to abolish abol-ish the hoard if the taxes were not lowered. low-ered. Various members of tile board testified that they had never been approached, ap-proached, directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Puilman company.