Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-13 | Page 4 | Put it Back

PU PUT TIT IT BACK city administration ad- ad G N NY way you fl figure gu re it the present thumped heavily at the ministration Lion was repudiation of or its misrule recent elect election ion In singled out no K th the voters apparently i While the thet act during the last four years particular after another an an- t cumulative t i it ve effect of one blunder tOI told in the final result Q other t h er which contributed Am Among o ng those blunders lo 0 the overthrow was the raising of salaries o a and acid d city treasurers treasurer ers er's s de departmentS de- de In fn Wl the he e tit city y attorneys attorney's when the redu reduction tion of In a year ill all 11 public chile salaries has been roundly discussed p pi commis andin and i in n some P places laces effected the city of ward poll poll- Sian ion lent its ears to the urging fans fans' and voted unanimously to swell the payroll a y roll in tl these ese two depart departments 1 The solar y of Mr J. J Parley Barley White White the the city to a la a aw treasurer treasurer was wac raised from w Year ear ear- that t of a deputy in his office from 2700 2700 to 2820 a year r The salary solar y of the city attorney Mr Shirley 3 f. f Jones was was' raised from to per of his Jus annum and with it the salary of ot each of a tour lour deputies es boosted at the rate chief clerk In his office offic had to be beC year err T The e a C content with an increase of 7 It t must not be forgotten that these salary Increases A were actually pu put over by steer stealth th those those who voted for them and the beneficiaries bene bene- preferring that no publicity be given Th There ere was a ve very ry good reason for this The ns who brazenly raised salaries in Sn p politicians open ropen defiance of public opinion and at a a. time when ec should have been the keynote keynoter r of the administration fear feared d the exposure nd attendant criticism i It was a mistake these salaries of of course and the commission which swelled the payroll has the power to restore the Schedules to their former position The new city commission in naming a new attorney and a a. new treasurer should put the the salaries salad s back where they belong Z