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Show tlon, disorganized. It wa no eaiy task that faced the new mayor. The public knowa that Mayor Wallce ha done a good Job. The public safety department 1 In much better ihape than It ha been for several yean, and city government as a whole is operating smoothly. Being mayor of a city the size of Salt Lake Is no simple Job. - The pay is not excessive considering the responsibility of being In effect chairman of the board of management of a i t4.0O0,00O-a-year business. There I plenty of worry and grief to offset the honor and glory. So probably Mayor Wallace heaved sigh of relief today as be handed over the Job to Mayor Jenkins, and prepared to return to the semi-obscurity semi-obscurity of private business life. We can't blame him for that sigh, .or for his refusal to seek elective return to the office for four more years. Mayor Wallace has done the Job he agreed to do in February, 1938, and is entitled to retire today, with the city's thank for hi unselfish public service. A for Mayor Jenkins, who takes up the reigns of government a new chairman of the city commission and head of the public safety department, The Telegram wishes him well, and congratulates him on his declaration that he assumes the position "without making any promises to anyone, and that whatever appointment ap-pointment he makes will neTnidf, nut a pay ment of political debts, but "because of the man's ability for the office involved." If he carries through on that policy during his term as mayor, not only the city's best in- -terests but Mayor . Jenkins' as well will be served. iGood-by and Thank, Mayor Wallace 1 AT NOC" tod? Ab Jenkins became mayor i of Salt Lake City, succeeding Mayor John I M, Wallace, who retires from the office he has held for almost two years since his appoint-I appoint-I ment to fill out the unexpired term of former I Mayor E. B. Erwln. I Mayor Wallace has earned the thanks of the people of Salt Lake City for his valiant service a mayor and head of the public safety ' department. When he assumed the office It was at some Considerable personal sacrifice. It was only because be-cause of insistence of his friends that he agreed to serve. He was compelled to relinquish to a Urge extent the management of his personal business affairs and to give up a position as an active officer of one of the city's largest banks. The fact that he had no desire to get into city politics is attested by his refusal to seek election to the office last fall. ' I At the time Mayor Wallace was inducted I Into office in February, 1938, city government . was in a turmoil. Particularly was the public I Mfety. department, of which he assumed cUrcc- ' |