Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-01-15 | Page 7 | Governor Raps Overstaffing

GOVERNOR RAPS OVERSTAFFING (Conlnu4 Irom P On.) partment lobbying with the legislature legis-lature during this seesion. Strewea Staying on Job "It la expected that state employes em-ployes shall remain at their posts and do the work they are employed to do except when Invited to appear before committees of the legislature. legisla-ture. Administrative or financial problems affecting your department depart-ment should be taken up through this office . . ." In bis message Monday night Governor Maw aald the governor's budget figures would be lower than the departments' requests. "Then he observed, "the lobbying lobby-ing will begin. This process has been going on in this state aince statehood. The department or institution in-stitution which puts on the most convincing lobby gets the cream of the appropriations." Educators Attend Meet Although the nature of Wednesday's Wednes-day's discussions was not learned, several educators and other atate officiala were In conference with the governor in his board room. Those attending, it was reported, included Charles H. Skidmore, state superintendent of public instruction; in-struction; Dr. E. G. Peterson, president pres-ident of the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college; Dr. George Thomas, president of the University of Utah ; J.' Easton Parratt, research director di-rector for the state department of public instruction; Dr. E. B. Sessions, Ses-sions, president of Carbon junior college; F. A. Child, superintendent of the state industrial school; Ray I Lillywhite, secretary of the teachers' retirement bord; E. R. Miles, state budget' director, and Leland M. Cummings, clerk of the stats supreme court.