Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-15 | Page 11 | Kiefer Denies Seeking Job as Coordinator

CO H KIEFER DENIES I SEEKING JOB AS A COORDINATOR y Representative Says Say n. n His Role Is That of g Questioner Queston r g j State Representative Sam F P. Kie lUer for fer who has asked for an accountIng account account- ri Ing of expenditures of ot the self help cooperative board Wednesday d de denied de nied an assertion that he bad had applied ap ap- p- p plied for the position of coordinator tor tar for the cooperative Mr Kiefer's letter to Governor Henry H. H Blood asking for the ac accounting accounting ac- ac c- c counting of the boards board's affairs and questioning the legality of Dr Hugh M. M Woodward acting as chairman and Heber Bennion Jr as advis adviser r rin in view of their being members of f. f the legislature that enacted th the thed c co cooperative ed- ed operative law drew from D D. A Walton acting director of the cOoperative co cooperative cO- cO o- o operative the statement that Mr Kiefer had unsuccessfully cough caught the position of coordinator Entitled to Ask I o Mr Kiefer's Kiefor's statement follows I My letter was not written in hi tho th spirit of criticism I only wrote it to ask the qu questions that any citizen clUzen citi clU- zen is entitled to ask or any member member member mem- mem mem mem- ber of th the house of t ta- ta tives I also want to state that 1 I h have ve never at any time either verbally or in writing made an application for a position with the thc Utah self self- help cooperative board or any other political subdivision of the state stale of ot Utah I hI only appeared once belo before before- the board and that was with Alan Alan- ager Thatcher of the Liberty coal and wood cooperative of which I Iam am a member At that time timi I lap ap appeared appeared ap- ap at the request of Chairman M. M Woodward 4 Hugh to speak to the board as a representative taUve of ot the cooperative I dont don't want people to go off oft ofton on ona ona a a. tangent and think my letter was was written by me because I am a disappointed disappointed disappointed dis dis- dis- dis appointed Statement Due 4 t 1 Officials of the self-help self bOaZ board said that a full statement of ot th the cooperatives cooperative's operations would bi be released at the regular meeting Sat Sat- Governor Henry H. H Blood Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- wrote a two-paragraph two let lel letter ter to Mr Kiefer saying that the legal questions raised by Mr Kl Kiefer fer have ha 1 bee been r referred fe A p P Attorney General Joseph Chez Deputy Attorney ey General John D. D Rice is studying the legality of Mr Woodwards Woodward's and Mr Bennion's tenure of office An uAn Investigation of the conduct condu t tot of ot the affairs of the Utah self-help self cooperative board by any responsible ble group or the officers of ot the state government will be welcomed welcom d. d with open arms at any time Mr z Walton Valton said