Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-28 | Page 4 | Saving Mayor Wear and Tear

I Saving Mayor Wear and Tear I NE OF THE most sensible innovations to be ONE introduced here in very many years years- has followed followed fol followed fol- fol lowed close upon the heels of the selection of John M. M Wallace as mayor of Salt Lake City We Ve refer of course to the decision to set up a greeters' greeters department whereby members of i a select group will represent him on many and divers occasions where in the past the corporeal presence of the chief magistrate ha has been exacted This should save a great deal of wear and tear upon the body soul and temper of the mayor As the head of the city's largest business enterprise S Ih he may much better devote his time thought and capabilities to the multifarious problems ms of prudent prudent prudent pru pru- dent businesslike conduct of public affairs This departure ought not to be taken as any indication of Mayor Wallaces Wallace's reluctance to conform conform conform con con- form to precedent and tradition nor as the sign of an inhospitable spirit on the part of the municipal municipal pal government It goes without saying that the city's greeters will be representative citizens who will fitly graciously and by official direction discharge their duties as the community's social ambassadors Meantime the mayor may be at athis athis athis his desk working for the common good directing the department he heads in fulfillment of his important responsibility to insure the enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment mont of law to guarantee security of life and property and cooperating with his colleagues in inthe inthe inthe the city commission In all respects this is a sensible arrangement in the interest of the townspeople townspeople townspeople towns towns- people and for the conservation of his own vitality Distinguished visitors will not fail to appreciate appreciate appreciate the warmth of their welcome tree plantings plantings plantings plant plant- ings will be as significant banquets conventions conventions conventions conven conven- cornerstone laying parades and other ceremonials will wil not lack for pomp and circumstance circumstance circumstance circum circum- stance the amenities of every occasion will be punctiliously consulted the mayor in person may be expected to be present whenever the nature of a function demands Looked upon from all sides relieving the mayor from unreasonable in infringements infringements infringements in- in upon his time is bound to work for forthe forthe forthe the best good of all and the hurt of none