Show More Purchasing Agents THERE must be something very appealing to politicians about the job of purchasing agent At least that seems to be the case for Democratic party officials in Salt Lake county For some time the chairman of the county Democratic committee has been state pur pur- purchasing chasing chasing agent agent and now the secretary of the county committee has been appointed the new purchasing agent for the county The county purchasing agent post has been vacant for almost a month ever since J. J E E. E resigned after declaring the job was wasa a useless expense He said that for the duration duration- of the war at least the job could be handled by the two office assistants through the auditors auditor's office as it was in former days But of course that would never do Why if if we didn't have a purchasing agent and agent and the right kind of a purchasing ag agent for agent for nt-for for Salt Lake county how could we ever determine who was to have the honor of selling things to the county Somebody has to see that the right people get the business And somebody somebody somebody some- some body has to see to it that the right people peopleS S appreciate the honor honor and and show their appreciation Why it would never do to to let county purchasing be done on such a a hit or miss hit niss basis as competitive bids Some communist who doesn't understand the workings of party political organizations might get the business And believe us it is important too We Wei 5 i understand that even some Democratic politicians politicians poli- poli arent aren't very happy over the purchasing j setup in the state administration They think it isn't fair that the state purchasing agent who spends money for the whole state should be bethe bethe bethe the chairman of the Salt Lake county party organization Some people as a result get th the idea they should offer their thanksgiving to the county organization and not to the state stater i r organization as a whole Teh Teh Its It's really sad And now its it's going going going go- go ing to be worse for the political outsiders 1 with not only the chairmen chairman n of the Salt Lake organization a purchasing agent but the secretary secretary sec sec- as well Maybe the answer is to have more purchasing purchasing purchasing pur- pur chasing agents so that every politician can be one |