Show c GUARD fUNO Speaker Lauds Protection in Publication of Expenditure Expenditures Ex Ex- Publication In county papers of or facts pertaining to expenditures of or public mone money as pr provided by laws of ot the state is the best possible in insurance insurance in- in Burance against payroll padding according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to E E. LeRoy Roy Shields Tooele city attorney ey and and former county count at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney there who addressed members members mem mem- bers of ot the Utah Press association Saturday afternoon at the tho Newhouse Newhouse New- New house hotel State laws Attorney Shields stated provide that the county clerk of or each county shall shaH publish each month a detailed list of ot expendi expendi- tures The law law- lawis is predicated he stated upon the proposition that thal taxpayers are arc entitled to know where and how their mone money Is beIng being being be be- ing expended PAPERS WIN IN COURT Difficulties arose in Tooele county several years e rs a ago o when a newspaper newspaper news news- p paper per publisher in that count county demanded demanded de de- de- de a n list of ot expenditures complying complying com corn plying with the law for publication Tho The matter was taken to the courts of ot the state and resulted In a decided do- do victory for country papers If Utah laws assured ta taxpayers ers opportunity to obtain financial statements on public funds through tho the medium of newspapers defalcations defalcations defalcations an and scandals such as have oc- oc cured in Salt Lake county in recent years rears would be impossible it was stated Frank Francis editor of at the tho Westerner addre addressed ed the editors and publishers assembled at the convention and complimented them themas as sources of inspiration to the peo peo- pie He said newspaper men represented represented represented imagination were dreamers and were alwa always 5 peering Into the future and that through this dreams have been realized ed and things that once were dreams havo have become actualities At tho the afternoon session Clyde Epperson president of the Continued on page G 5 PRESS HELPS GUARD FUNDS Continued from page 1 1 tion reviewed activities of the yea year arid and outlined legislative activities that time the organization has pushed Will R R. R Holmes of Brigham City editor of the Boxelder Journal gave va a talk on activities of the National Editorial association The convention will viII continuo continue fl ith sessions Sunday |