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Show Posh, Oonnme Members MomroiiniCDfte' Chief After : tee Wciriniiinig Executive's Olceh Pcnds Parley With Governor John Perry Egan. 976 E. 2nd South, Salt Lake City, wm nominated Saturday aa new director of the Utah fiih and fame department, but hU eonfirmation by Gov. J. Bracken Lee awaited an Interview between the governor and Mr. Egan. "I want to talk to Mr. Egan at the earliest convenience of both of ua." Gov. Lea laid Saturday afternoon when the fish and gams commission brought f back its nomination for the post to be vacated by R. I Turpln. Since the governor was not to be in his office Saturday afternoon, no further action waa expected. The action by the fish and game commission cams quickly after the members bad met with Oov.tee Saturday morning and heard that they were to name a new director Saturday "or else."; , Ceaoera Executive Mr. Egan Is at present an executive ex-ecutive with Building and Home Supply Co., and prior to that post he waa customer service center manager far the War Assets administration. ad-ministration. Hs haa been nominated nomi-nated as fish and gams director once before, but he wasn't confirmed, con-firmed, and Ross Leonard was appointed. ap-pointed. This wss la the early mos. Members of the commission making the nomination are George H. Harrison of Roosevelt chairman; chair-man; Jack W. Clay, Murray; Golden Gold-en G. Sanderson, rairview; Newell lYie, St George, and E. N. Larsen, Hyrum. for some time the governor has been dissatisfied with the fish sad game department stating once that It wae In a "demoralised condition." con-dition." Several weeks ago Mr. Turpln offered his resignation and It waa accepted with the provision that he return to hla old position aa coordinator of federal funds under the Ptttman-Robertson act Mr. Turpln has been with the fish snd gams department more than 20 years. Director for Tear Mr. Turpln haa been director for slightly more than a year, stepping Into the Job when Ross Leonard resigned to become western representative repre-sentative for the Wildlife Management Manage-ment Institute. Fish and game department troubles trou-bles reached a climax this week when It was found that LeRoi C Chadwick had been given engineering engi-neering jobs totaling many thousands thou-sands of dollars without competitive competi-tive bidding. It was this matter that apparently caused Gov. Lee to call In the commission and demand de-mand that they take action to name a new director and get the department reorganised. Power to Affirm Just what the governor would or could do if the commission doesn't appoint a new director Saturday Sat-urday remains to be seen. According to Its, the governor has the power to affirm appointments appoint-ments mads by the commission. The governor does appoint new commissioners as their terms expire. The fish and game setup has been under fire for months, ss the See Page t, Oonsma GamoliniiGels Lee Warning Continued from Page One agitation stirred up about the heavy killing of doe deer this year indies tea. At that time, although ths department Isnt responsible for setting the deer kill (it is handled han-dled by ths board of big game eon troll. Gov. Lee said that at least the department eaa be accused ac-cused of having exceedingly poat public relations. Members of th commission meeting Ssturday besides Mr. Harrison snd Mr. Sanderson are Jack W. Clay ef Murray, Newell Fris ef St. Oeerge and E. N. Larsen of Hyrum. |
