Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-25 | Page 6 | We're Very Curious Now

Were We're Very C Curious rious Now dispute in the county commission I INTERNAL 1 has brought to light new charges of inefficiency mel mel- and waste in county affairs such as were wore made a taw few ew weeks ago in the Boys Boys' Detention Detention Detention tion home controversy This time it is Commissioner Rawlins Hawlins who makes tho the charges and Commissioner Boden who is sitting back watching ing the fireworks RawlinS Hawlins claims the records ecord of th tho office of th the county purchasing agent t nt Richard Richar R. R Reid show that the county during 1 1938 38 paid anywhere from a fraction of a cent ep to 40 more than the wholesale market price for vari us items bought f for r the county hospital and in in- in The a auditors auditor's report presented by Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Raw- Raw lins listed 26 items allegedly purchased at more than the market price The accusation that there was political gravy connected with the deals was made openly by Commissioner Commissio er Rawlins when he said to Commissioner Boden All you want to do is keep Rei Reid i in there so you can high pressure these concerns from which the supplies were purchased allegedly at higher than regular prices and collect money for your campaigns Commissioner Boden countered by pointing out that the report was for 1938 before he took office and that there therefore re he could not have profited profited profited prof prof- by it All AIl of which is Is very interesting to the people people peo peo- pie and the taxpayers taxpayers' pf of Salt Lake county If It the county has been e n paying more ore fo for supplies than necessary they will be bi glad to know about it also if it can be determined just what happened to that extra money money- Commissioner Rawlins has made us very curious W We want to know the whole story now