Show So the People May Know The capitol reeks with the odor of a public scandal 1 Meanwhile no orderly p procedure has bce been initiated ted to ventilate ven yen it Instead there Is quibbling oyer over the availability searching audit of ot the books of the secretary secretary sec sec- more p of or for a r tary of states state's office If ever eve th there rc h has an s been an exhibition exhibition f. f tion of penny wise lse pound foolish policy there it Js is f Of the roughly required Jor for lor all government purposes In Utah per annum the estimated to be the cost of ot the audit represents 02 per c cent Surely G Governor Gov vernor v- v Blood with the new budgetary y control powers vested L in him by the last legislative lve session can can find a way t to 1 provide such a a. a sum It is Is Insignificant in con consideration I erat o of I the grave public interest at stake j Of or the merits of the case brought Into focus ocus by the L partial audit of the records of the office of the secreta secretary y 4 of state the public Is in no position to judge The charges and and counter charges which have been hurled in the capitol have esta established nothing except that there is occasion for foran an immediate te and searching Investigation A complete audit of ot all pertinent records in the office e 5 should ouId be ordered forthwith to cover the whole administration I J iron tion of Secretary of State Welling If it becomes apparent that that the audit should go beyond his tenure in office continued continued con con- con I search for tor all relevant facts should go forward It is Is' absurd for any official to contend that funds for fors for's s 's such ch an audit are not available Any prudently managed 4 private business In which a comparable situation might r arise would immediately plunge into a probe that would go got goto goto t to the bottom of It In spite of mos most iron-clad iron budgetary i limitations To neglect to do so would expose the corpora- corpora 1 Won tron officers to a charge of mima mismanagement even criminal mismanagement The same rule of sound business binds th the responsible officials of the state government There must be no na nO further delay elay The state government must proceed to order the complete audit The taxpayers of the h state who are the ones to foot the bill will be satisfied wIth nothing else It must be impartial without taint of p serving no no ones one's self The f facts when de- de p d will wll speak k for themselves If It they warrant legal t the attorney generals general's office will be compelled to too fc o tv against wh whoever ever is dIsc discovered vered to have be been n at at fa fault lt |