| Show MAW RETORTS TO COST REPORT Raps T Tabulation on Bill BillAs BillAs BillAs As Unfair Picture A report prepared in the state audit auditors auditor's r s office snowing that top salaries under Governor Herbert B. B Maws Maw's reorganization bill would total total to- to tal 1 annually compared with under the pres present nt organization organization organization or or- had administrative circles circles cirdes cir cir- cir cir- cles des at the capitol in turmoil Friday Friday Fri Fri- day with assertions that the re report report report re- re port was incomplete and presented a flash picture of the tion The report leaked out of the house committee of 17 which is considering H. H B. B 82 the reorganization reorganization bill Representative Royal Roya B. B Garff CD D. D Salt Lake finally saying that It h had d been prepared in the auditors auditor's office at the request of a subcommittee Governor Maw quickly pointed out that in comparing salary to totals totals too to- under reorganization with the present salary schedules the report included salaries of ot officials who would by the Si Meanwhile R Representative pres Garff expressed hope that the reorganization bill co could lId be maple made a s special ecial order of business in the house on Monday a d day y earlier than was expected expected ex ex- after Thurs Thursdays Thursday's ys y's committee commit commit- tee study Referring to th tl e salary ry report Governor Maw pointed out that besides all the present department heads e ds and commissioners each usually has an executive secretary and many have advisers and exp experts who in some roses macs receive receive receive re re- as s much pay as the department department department depart depart- ment heads Many of these commissioners themselves do little work the governor said I have had many admit to me that they have little to do They divide their department depart department ment mont into divisions one department department department depart depart- ment having as many as 10 divi divi- Some departments have as os many divisional heads as they have in the field Under my reorganization bill I will reduce divisional heads to a e. minimum A large perc percentage of ih the work will be done don b by th the commissioners themselves I am convinced that Continued on Page PalOe Tw Twelve lv Column One S MAW BILL BACKERS HIT REPORT i i SHOWING COST GAINS AS UNFAIR Continued from Pa rigs Pace e One On al a a. minimum on one third Give third of the I overhead for can be Eliminated without curtailing ef- ef fJ ien cy I shall name Mme experts i to the the key positions so that It will ill willbe willbe b be be unnecessary for them to hire others to do the work In fact Il cut the appropriations to where they'll have to do their own work The The governor could give no definite def del mite figures for the amount of salaries that would be eliminated b but t. t going over the report rapidly 1 hj M made the following observations ns The re he report charges the governor with two commissioners bestic be- be s. s cs the state treasurer whose salary Is listed In the executive department de- de department de de- then adds all the present p paid ld officials Assistant budget officer of of- freer fleer purchasing agent Insurance fund secretary teachers' teachers retirement fund 1 secretary 2700 Not all these thee officials of of- will be necessary he said Charges 1 Costs Left LeU Out The report lists only a public welfare department director at present whereas they have 10 dIvIsIonal di divisional divisional dI- dI visional heads un under the director the governor said The reorganization reorganization reorganization program Is charged with three divisional heads hoods at at annually ann annually an an- n each whose work will be bedone bedone bedone done by the three public welfare commissioners a Under the department of engineering engineering engineering engi engi- the reorganization plan is charged with worth of di directors directors directors di- di rectors over general engineering highways and aeronautics whose work the governor said will be bedone bedone bedone done by the three commissioners The three business regulation commissioners will do the work of the bank commissioners the Insurance commissioner the registration director the public utilities commissioner th these se salary figures being amounts charged against the reorganization plan The for a liquor control control control con con- administrator Is too high he said Cites Fish Game Set up Although the report lists only the fish and game commissioners commissioner's salary at present they have havea a lot tot of help the governor said In the health department the salaries listed under reorganization reorganization reorganization for lor the directors of the pathological laboratory bacterIological bacteriological bacteriological logical laboratory and chemical laboratory are too high he said Neither the present salary schedule nor the tha reorganization Is accurately presented In the re report report report re- re port Governor Maw said Concurring In this view were Garff and Representative Representative Representative Heber Bennion Jr D. D Daggett chairman of the subcommittee subcommittee that requested the report |
