Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 2 | Burton Hints Broad Changes as Police Head

URTON HINTS CHANGES I rOUGE HEAD Commissioner Thinks CerI Certain Certain I tain Pressure Will Be BeI Used to Defeat Plan I On the eve of or the reorganization ef f he city commission Monday Monda noon noonan ti an and in the light ot the announced l 1 tan ran to send Commissioner T. T T. T I from the street department l the i the department of public safety Mr Burton stated Saturday night that hat if he is sent to the public fet department there will be beSsome ome changes made up there r. r Burton declined to a fize Ize ze In response to ques questions ions as who amon among the personnel of the trie 1 apartment might go out and who night ight go in and as tp to just what hat hanges anges he might inaugurate he replied there would be some IIi hanges inges if he were sent up there F than this he wo would ld make statement ft However he took occasion to sa say j hat at on the eve of the reorganization I venture a prediction that ji not be sent to the def de- de f of public public- safet safety INTS AT INFLUENCE II Pressed essed for his reason for mak- mak ng g- g this prediction he said that Ithe he very changes he would make if f Bent t to the department he thought were vere the best assurances that he heI ld not go there when it came cameI camet I I t the actual vote on assignment of Df art de departments de Mr 11 Burton frank- frank fr stated that there were powerful that do not want him at ate atje je e head of the department of pub- pub 1 safety and he felt sure that het he uld not go because th these se t would woud d prevent itOn it On the other hand it has been de known that a majority of the flew jev l- l commission has agreed upon a arllan Ian to place Mr Burton in the de- de of public safety safety and Mr rl ran In the department of streets ind public improvements Careful heck Saturday elicited the pation that there had been no Change hange in Ia this plan so so far as th the I was conc concerned Even the I admitted that it appe appeared r d to balI settled that Mr Ir B Burton oto a to public safety and the mayor mayoras mayoris as is been actively opposing this line- line pon the contention that that- Mr II Moan Mo Mo- an n. n defeated Mr Barnes hence the the- ri intend intended ci h- h he he should go goto o 10 Jo safety I SPIRANTS SPIRANTS ON HAND There here are ae some evidences also atso lat at Commissioner Burton feels thi thih that h ie he die has been cast castS for In the theist ast ast few da days s 's he has been in audice audie audi- audi ace ce e with several receptive candi- candi ales tes for the office of chief of po- po c ce js and has been waited upon by arlous rious arious p persons who are interested in the personnel per onnel and of the department of safety of A number o of names h have ve been in connection connection- with the Lice flee of chief of police and lain these are are those of Aquilla former United States maral mar- mar al 1 for Utah Sam Barlow f fOrer for fOr- r- r er er chief of police of Salt Lake Lakeit it ty Henry Taggart former fonner capin capin cap- cap in of police Mr Taggart has however that he Is not a for the office The n name me iJohn i ohn S. S Corless former sherIff Salt alt Lake county has also been eminently mentioned in m n with the Formal reorganization of the is scheduled for noon noonda da at which time under the v iv the newly elected and elect re-elect- 1 must be f formally in- in Into office It Is planned that organization shall be be perfected time Ume also b by assigning the to departments though der del the law this is not required d Ibe done at th that t time Ume p J. J Moran loran will be the newly member to take his seat ile Commissioner Harry L. L Finch Ithe the newly el elected former fanner mem mein mem- mem r lof of the commission he h having ving L en n z appointed to fill the tin expired rm m of or the late Dr M. M R. R Stewart Uvin lvin will t take ke office Ithe the elected re-elected city a auditor I