Show DISTRICT ATTORNEY OPPOSES WELLING E LIN CASE A E I RAND GRAND JURY Two 0 Legislators Would W Press Case Against Official Rawlings Refuses to Recommend Any ny Criminal Crim Crime inal Investigation Secretary Gratified Gratified 4 fied for Support of Friends' Friends 7 While two members of a house of representatives investigating investigating investigating committee said committee evidence against Secretary of State Milton H. H Welling Yelling warrants a grand jury tion lion District Attorney Calvin W. W Rawlings Thursday said he would not recommend such an inquiry Vo T representatives who spoke for a grand jury probe were Bent R R. R Bryan D. D DM Juab and P. P S. S Marthakis 1 D. D Salt Lake A third member of the house committee Representative Edward F. F Richards D. D Salt Lake said prosecution prosecution prose cution might conceivably take the form of a grand jury inquiry Meanwhile action of the house late Wednesday afternoon in defeating a resolution by Representative Bryan to impeach Mr Welling for alleged malfeasance in office oUke loomed L as a 1936 1036 political issuer I Z think certainly cert that there is am t g pie evidence against Mr Welling to justify a grand jury investigation Representative Bryan Brya who was chairman of the house committee that studied evidence in the Welling case ease said I believe the case should be ae pressed n I believe the investigation should continue and in my opinion evidence evidence evi evi- dence before belore our committee might justify investigation by a grand jury Representative Marthakis saIdI saidI said I believe evidence on on o. record la is Insufficient Insufficient In In- sufficient to support a criminal char charge e Representative Richards said although I do think that apparent apparent ent irregularities if proven might amount to malfeasance in office No Bar Dar to Prosecution Action of ot the house Wednesday however is no bar t to prosecution which might conceivably take the form of oC a grand jury inquiry Speaking as district attorney Mr Rawlings said I Z will not make any recommendation for or a grand jury in In- or for fo any ani criminal in The house committee agreed there are re no grounds for a a. criminal charge as far Jar as Mr Welling is concerned as there is no new evidence evidence evi evi- dence to warrant one However there is nothing to bar pushing the Smith and Iverson CaSe cases case which arc going forward orward as al rapidly as possible t Charges Charu Pending Fending Embezzlement charges arc p pending dirig j against Clarence Clarenc E E. Smith and Mo roni root C. C Iverson lver on former in iii Mr Wellings Welling's office as a result of audits o of the office Secretary Welling was silent except ex cx- to sa say I am gratified for the support of my good friends Attorney General Joseph Chez said aid action by the house hawse does not bar an any court action aLtion A grand jury inquiry he explained may be Initiated d by a district court judge or a district attorney The Br Bryan resolution followed su submission sub mission to the house of ot a report by bythe bythe bythe the Investigating ci committee which listed documents studied and quoted testimony of or Mr Welling and other witnesses summoned by the com coin The report referred among other things to in motor lunds kept kepl by Mr Welling in a asale asare sale safe used for personal efe effects ts and to issuance of or a pay check by bythe bythe the W Welling office to Golda Richards wife wile of an with the return retura Continued from r rue Faze eT Two T o 2 SOLONS ASK WELLING ACTION Continued from Page Pace On One of or the indorsed check to the office It was testified Mrs Richards was not nol an of oC the office The resolution stated that it appears appears ap ape ap- ap pears from ev evidence dence that thal the said Milton Mitton H H. Welling violated penal statutes wilfully neglected substantial sub sub duties of ot his office olice with wi corrupt cor rupt intentions and otherwise conducted conducted con con- ducted himself with gross negligence in the administration of the duties of his office Re Resolution Loses The re resolution lution was defeated with 22 ayes 3 37 noes and one absent It needed a two thirds majority or r 40 aye votes The roll call follows Yes Yes Yes-A A i r d MIred Bletzacker Bryan Cook Edman Mrs Albert Jensen Jones Kiefer Hider Lamoreaux Larsen Lindstrom Low Murdoch J. J R. R Peterson Paul Peterson Peter Peter- Ison son Richards Spence Thackeray Twitchell and Whiting No Anderson No-Anderson Anderson Bennion Bowler Child Cornwall Doty Farr I Gammeter Gammeter Gam- Gam am ammeter meter Gibson Hall HaJJ Hendricks Holbrook Holbrook Hol- Hol brook Holdaway Holley Hoey Holmes Hummer Joseph W. W Jense Jensen T. T W. W Jensen Luke Luk M Macfarlane Maeser faeser Maw Mitchell Monson Nicholes Olsen Romney Selvin Sor- Sor enson Taylor Theo Theo- bold Winder and Speaker Granger Absent Absent Bosone |