Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-25 | Page 20 | Miss Stewart Strikes Back

MISS STEWART S STRIKES STRIKE'S BACK Miss Charlotte Stewart former city ty r recreation director Friday Indignantly indignantly in- in denied charges by City Commissioner P. P H. H Goggin that she he helped Incite criticism of oC Mueller Mountain park and term termed d the officIals officIal's of- of assertions asinine puerile and nd an insult to intelligent citi- citi enry Miss Stewart and Chief of ot Harry larry L. L Finch were named as the theother theother theother other person persons who misled and misinformed George Mueller who recently protested asserted neglect ot of f the park he donated to the city Chief Finch was commissioner of ot parks arks and public property until Commissioner Goggin defeated him himIn himin In n 1933 and Miss Stewart served M as recreation director in tho the Finch regime Finch Not Back Chief Finch had not yet returned from rom a chiefs chiefs' convention at Kansas Kansa Cit City His sup superior Mayor E. E B BErwin B. B Erwin had no comment on the Goggin charges but recalled that thai the police pollee department nt now is doing work of ot the parks department re re removing moving weeds which weeds which the parks department department department de de- de- de could not do because of lack ack of ot funds Commissioner GOK Goggin in charged that hat Chief Finch and Miss Stewart visited Mueller park shortly before Mr Mueller wrote his letter Jetter of protest protest pro- pro test est and that It probably was natural natural natural nat nat- ural that both the chief and Miss Stewart could find many things with which to find ind fault Miss Stewart made this I reply ply Ina in ina ina a written statement I T am grieved that a respected citizen of Salt Lake City and th the donor of ot a acre 2000 mountain parl parle paricis Is s accused by a city commissioner of ot not being personally acquainted with the facts or responsible for th the letter etter sent by him George Mueller to the city commission in which he set forth the deplorable condition of the park he had given the citi citi- zens According to press reports I am credited with the instigation of th the letter that George Mueller wrote to the city commission Was as as at Stanford The last time I saw Mr Mueller or had any conversation with hIm nim was at the dedication of ot the park four or five years ago and as faras fur far furas furas as I know I have not seen or talked to any of his friends or acquaintances ces about that or any other park since It was impossible f for far r me to know the condition of the he park this summer for I ha have b been cn out of the city attending Stanford university finishing the thc resl nt men ments s for m my d and and have hav only r re recently r- r r turned returned Nor or haye I I J the park since school in the spring pring and and th then vOnly for an an hour or s the late evening to sae se abo f high school girls atthe the park Commissioner Commissio er Goggin m- m made de the statement that I vI visited the he park parl with Chief Finch j just prior r to the writing of the Mueller letter on on Augus August Au Au- Ji- Ji gus gust 31 1 This This- is is absolutely untrue since L Ii W was s at that tI time e taking m midterm midterm mid mid- d term examinations at at- Stanford uni uni university The whole statement therefore S is not only l false lse but appeals to me meas meas meas as asinine and puerile and an Insult to Intelligent nt citizenry