Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-08-15 | Page 7 | Orndorff Co. Not Ethical, Utahns Charge

I I I ORNDORFF CONOT GO CO NUT NOT ETHICAL Construction Firm Accused of Shopping With Local Sub Contractors Charges that the Orndorff Construction Construction Construction Con Con- company cf ef Los Angeles les has has' las violated all ethics of the contracting contracting con con- bus business ness by shopping with subcontractors in construction of the UC Salt Lake post office addition and the veterans veterans' hospital were hurled in a meeting Saturday as Utah contracting contracting contracting con con- firms prepared to attempt to o force the coast concern to use Utah labor and materials The meeting held In the offices of or orthe the Associated General Contractors and attended by representatives of the he plumbing and heating and electrical electrical elec dee contracting industries the chamber of commerce and th the Utah Manufacturers' Manufacturers association was called to determine why the Orndorff company has apparently declined to use Utah granite in the post office project SCORES COAST FIRM t Mark Tuttle executive secretary of or orthe the thc Associated General Contractors charged that the Los Angeles concern deliberately has ordered subcontractors tors toss to cut their figures a as originally submitted or lose los the Job Utah contractors contractors contractors con con- tractors already have suffered by having to take a 8 cut or give up the work entirely he said and since acv icv- everal eral subcontracts remain to be let leton leton leton on both local projects some move must be taken to stamp out the practice practice tice Uce which he characterized as violating violating vio yb lating all accepted ethics of a powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful business As a result of these accusations and similar ones made by Gus P P. Backman secretary of the chamber of commerce Harold S. S Jennings executive secretary of the Utah Manufacturers Manufacturers' Manufacturers Manufacturers' Manufacturers Manufacturers' Man Man- association and R. R E. E Folland representing the electrical contractors a Committee was at ap- ap to draft Immediately a lengthy telegram to the Orndorff company setting forth the charges made In the meeting and stating that Continued on P PACe e Ten I