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Show El OF STATE QUIZ REVEALED. BY CIIM.1AII Senator Parratt Asks for Interviews on Charges By JENNINGS FHILLIFS The legislative investigation of the state administration was officially revealed in its true light Thursday, when a probing committee promised interviews to "anyone having charges to make against any state department or official." The pronouncement came aa surprise, not so much becauss ef Ignorance as to what the Investigation Inves-tigation would be, but beeaus hitherto the probe had been announced an-nounced officially as a routine one Into efficiency ef state department. de-partment. Meanwhile, a house bill waa Introduced Intro-duced that would create a permanent perma-nent legislative investigating committee, com-mittee, including the senate president, presi-dent, house speaker and chairmen of the appropriations and Judiciary committees of both house. Th committee would be empowered empow-ered to investigate continuously political po-litical activities of state employes, alleged violators of the corrupt practices act, expense and mileage claims and organisation and management man-agement of state departments and commission. Representatives Thelma Garff, Salt Lake, and William D. Wood, Weber, sponsored the bilL The committee announced that all complaints In writing must be in its hands by February 22, and announced an-nounced appointment of D. A. Skeen, Salt Lake City, as chief counsel, coun-sel, and R. G. Wood, Salt Lake City, as chief auditor. The announcement was mad by Senator D. W. Parratt, Salt Lake, chairman of a probing committee named after a star chamber session of both houses recently. Senator Parratt akd "anyone having anything to say for or against any stats department or officer to com forward and be Interviewed. In-terviewed. Although the true Import of the probe was known despite the official, offi-cial, earlier announcement the Investigation In-vestigation would be to determine "efficiency," the announcement was the first made by the committee to indicate what it actually intends to accomplish. Off the record remarks by those close to the undertaking previously had shown the group intended to delve deeply into reported Irregularities Irregu-larities and other charges and would make public all substantiated charges. The announcement waa th main development In legislative halls Thursday, but barely second In interest in-terest were a flood of new measure that, if adopted, would revolutionize revolution-ize the state' tax (tructure, despite de-spite "urging to the contrary by Governor Henry H. Blood and the tax commission. A new senat bill would place a "use tax" on all tangible property prop-erty purchased outside Utah and brought Into the tat. At 2 per cent . the am rat as the sales tax the measure not only -would apply a levy indirectly upon transactions escaping the sales tax, i t Continued on Paso NhM I 1 'Column Poun I |