| Show PROBE ARRESTS SOUGHT BY LEE Detention Demanded for Land Ex-Land Board I I Arrest or detention as witnesses of every member of the former state land board was demanded Monday by Mayor J. J Bracken Leo of Price as is he continued his efforts to rip the lid off conduct of state affairs In Salt Lake City for a conference conference confer confer- ence enco late Monday with Attorney General Joseph Chez and State Auditor John W. W Guy Mayor Lee who has urged a grand jury Investigation investigation into state government affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs said It is my opinion that arrests should be made immediately of every man on that old land board Continued on Page Pace Five Fin Column Two Old Land Board Arrests Al rests 4 w In Probe Urged by Lee in Continued from Page One or at least they should be held under bond as material witnesses until the grand graid jury convenes The board to which Mr Lee referred referred referred re re- was the three-man three unit before before before be be- fore the last legislature reorganized It by removing the executive secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary from membership and adding three new members Members 1 Listed Membership of the old land board comprised John F F. Tolton of Beaver Beaver Beaver Bea Bea- ver chairman L. L R. R Anderson of Manti ManU and George A. A Fisher o of Keetley who also was secretary The legislative act removed Mr Fisher from membership and ef effective effective effective ef- ef February 1 1 he resigned a as executive secretary With board membership increased to five new members were Elias Ella Hansen of Salt Lake City LeRoy D. D White of Tremonton and H H. Warren Taylor of Salt Lake City who Saturday resigned as a member member member mem mem- ber to become executive secretary effective March 1 1 With a full day ahead of him conference with state officials U the e Salt Lake county attorney and volunteers to put additional information before Mayor May May- or oI Lees Lee's secret six backers the backers the Price executive left home at 5 a a. a m m. Monday to continue in personal persona charge of his campaign Charges Made He displayed a letter to Mr CheZ Chei in which he demanded arrest of all persons connected with mis- mis hanling of public funds as re revealed revealed revealed re- re by the land board audit Last fall Mr Guy released an audit report that charged the board had permitted use of public funds for private gain of brokers and recommended a grand jury in in- in Mr Chez said that he and Mr Guy would see what evidence Mr Lee has at the meeting slated for late Monday afternoon adding I I cannot issue warrants here but If the evidence justifies it I will make a request for them from the county attorney Evidence E Studied Mr Chez and his assistants have been working on a report of the transcript of evidence heard by the legislative investigators This report report report re re- re- re port he said has not been completed completed completed com com- pending completion of three audits undertaken by the office of Mr Guy into land board affairs An audit on bond transactions has been completed one on farm land mortgages mortgages mortgages mort mort- gages gages is due March 10 and a third on general office affairs is to be completed after that In the meantime Mr Chez declined declined declined de de- to comment on Mr Lees Lee's letter letter letter let let- ter demanding the arrests Mr Lee however declared that the attorney generals general's office bad had as much evidence as he much of his coming from the transcript of evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence given to the legislative investigating investigating investigating in in- committee No Whitewash Ho He said he did not plan to bring forth any new evidence at the Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day afternoon conference and stressed that he wanted to be fair fairand fairand fairand and see see all sides He declared however that he wan wanted ed assurance that there would be no whitewash I intend to be satisfied in my myown myown myown own mind that this thing grand jury investigation is carried out with the least possible delay al although although although al- al though I want it done In the best manner and in Jn the the- proper way he said Saying that he intended to confer later Monday with Harold E. E Wallace Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace Salt Lake county attorney he indicated it unlikely that he would ask for complaints Mayor Lee announced ho had learned that a state investigator had been set on his trail registering at a Price hotel to undertake an Inv investigation of Price municipal affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs and of the mayor himself He said that he did not know from what state department the investigator was The scrappy little ma mayor maor or also made it clear that he was his own spokesman saying It has been rumored that I mentioned mentioned men- men the names of Attorney General General General Gen Gen- eral Joseph Chez Secretary of State E. E E. E Monson and Governor Henry H. H I. I Blood as being placed in a position position position tion where they might be impeached I have never mentioned these names I can assure you that if it I do mention any names I will be in a position to prove my statement No Noone Noone Noone one has any authority to make any statement for me I will make my myown myown myown own statements Will Carry On Indicating his growing determination determination determination nation to go through with the grand jury tury investigation he said said- Every day evidence leads me to believe things are a little worse than I had expected Keeping Mr Jrr Lees Lee's hours packed with action was a scheduled meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing ng Monday afternoon with his secret secret secret se se cret six backers downtown who were to hear additional information on alleged corruption in state af- af fairs airs Volunteers whom Mayor Major Lee would not name were to give this information at a place he declined declined de de- dined to disclose State departments coming under Mr Lees Lee's fire are the old land board the he present and former liquor control control con- con rol commissions the state insurance insurance ance fund the board of loan commissioners commissioners com com- missioners the present and former road oad commissions and the state bankIng tanking department during the time of liquidation of banks and building and loan organizations |
