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Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 15 | Probe Report Put in Vaults Pending Study

Type issue
Date 1937-08-06
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Probe Report Put in Vaults Pending Study
Type article
Date 1937-08-06
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 15
OCR Text PROBE REPORT PUT 111 VAULTS -PEHDINGSTUDY Chez Guards Papers Which May Go to Grand Jury Attorney General Joseph Ches Friday took precautions against theft or disfigurement of a transcript tran-script of evidence which ha will umlnt to determine whether grand jury session will bo aiked to investigate conduct of ataU government. gov-ernment. The S200-page transcript, covering cover-ing proceedings of a apeeial investigation investi-gation committee of the 1837 legtsla-ture, legtsla-ture, was locked In vaults, of Secretary Sec-retary of But E. E. Monson and waa open to acrutlny only upon permission of Mr. Ches. Mr. Chei recently called for dellv-ary dellv-ary of the tranacript from the committee com-mittee and aaid that if a atudy reveals re-veals evidence of wrongdoing, he will aak Third district court to summon a grand jury-Problem jury-Problem Riaea Study of the voluminous contents presented a problem. Mr. Ches aaid ha may turn the tranacript over in sections to his four deputies and himself take part of it Ha also said ha had conferred with D. A. Skeen, attorney for the legislative committee, and had obtained ob-tained a promise a condensation of contents would be prepared for him. "The tranacript may be inspected by any citisen acting in good faith and who has a reason," Mr. Chei said. "It will not be shown to the merely curious." He declined to release the tranacript tran-acript for publication unless it should come before a court or grand ' The attorney general directed that the tranacript ahould not be removed re-moved from the office of the secretary secre-tary of stats during any Inspection of it Probe Asked Demand for a grand Jury probe recently waa mads by the Price chamber of commerce because of Inability of an investigating committee com-mittee to act because of lack of funds and time. This investigating committee was empowered by the 1937 legislature to continue the probe begun by the legislature's own committee.
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