Show AH DEMAND F 1 ON WELLINGS WELLING'S ONDIS URGED t Auditor r M Makes Makes' kes' kes Sensational nal Secretary Secretary Secre- Secre Charges Against r. r tary of State J y TO BLOOD SENDS LETTER TO ETTER requests ts A Authority ty to M Make ke Complete Probe Demand that the state call can upon th guaranteeing the bonding company th the integrity of Secretary of State Milton H. H Welling for a reported shortage hortage of 2454 disclosed in a reat recent recent re re- cent at audit was wa-s made Thursday in aretter a aletter letter fetter to Governor Henry H. H Blood from State Auditor Julius C. C Ander Ander- m iL eri Making akIng sensational charges against Veiling Andersen's letter also demanded de m that the governor give him auth ril rity to fo make a complete audit of f accounts in the secretary o of states state's office over the period beginning January Jan uary 1921 Andersen's Ji Anderen's letter said that while he ie realized the seriousness of the th charges he made he was convinced evidence e already obtained through a preliminary audit Justified them Wants Wanti OO Available S The he letter called upon the governor t to o make available as soon as possible the Andersen contends is wry vary to make a thorough investigation cf f the secretary o of states state's office back through 1927 iThe The letter also requested that all records of the office during that period pe pe- nod be impounded and that the auditors auditor's au office be made their sole cus odian r Calling if ailing attention to reported short in the toe recent audit Andersen's itter s said d I r respectfully lly request hat at through the proper agency oft of I state t t requisition be made at once up upon pon n the bonding company for the restitution o of ot the tho funds in question Refers to Audit Again 1 r Again Aan referring to the audit the letter let let- ter continued VI consider it my sworn duty to c continue con n. n the audit audit- U to- to extend back into t Continued on Pane e Two i URGE WELLING BOND DEMAND Continued from Ironi Pare Pan One the ho period where present evidence such action Andersen's letter followed repeated repeated re re- posted requests to the governors gover gover- not nors for a speedy decision as to whether or not a complete audit should be made and came on the heels hecl of a request from the Utah Taxpayers Taxpayers Taxpayers' Tax Tax- payers payers' association that an outside certified d public accountant b be cm- cm to make the investigation The letter was Wa delivered to Governor Gover Gover- nor Bloods Blood's secretary George H. H Sutherland Governor Blo Blood d was absent ab absent s sent nt from his office at the time Meanwhile Meanwhile- a l' l request of State Audi Audi- tar tor or Julius JuUlL C. C Andersen for a special appropriation of to conduct an audit of ot accounts of Secretary of State Milton H. H Welling was in the lands hinds of Attorney General Joseph Chez Thursday Governor Henry H. H Blood asked Chez what the next step should be on the request which has been considered considered consid consid- ered by the bo board rd of examiners I Two Courses Open The e governor already has been in in- formed ormed by Chez Chei that two courses are open to provide funds for or the requested re re- quested audit Governor Blood pointed out to Chez that the board of examiners in considering request called in fn Andersen Ander Ander- sen sea and his deputy AlvIn I ton on and that Welling said Keddington ton and Ferrell Ferren H. H Adams had not I counted cash eash in making an audit of the motor vehicle fund from rom January 1 to June 24 1934 The governor pointed out that Wel Wei ling hag asked that he be he given a chance to jo present additional facts on the audit just lust completed before belore another one is Js ordered |