Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-27 | Page 13 | Only 2 Attend County Meet, but Sparks Fly

Only 2 Attend County Meet but Sparks Fly Only two Salt Lake county commissioners J. J. J B. B Mullins and R. R J J. Rawlins were Rawlins were at Mondays Monday's meeting but that's enough to make for a lively discussion especially when the topic is junkets The fireworks started with the opening gun the reading of minutes minutes min mn- utes of last Wednesdays Wednesday's meeting when in fun everybody thought the commissioners voted to send Mr Rawlins to the world heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight fight in New York on June 20 That resulted from Mr Rawlins Rawlins' Rawlins Rawlins' Rawlins Rawlins' Raw Raw- lins' lins remark that they might as aswell aswell aswell well send him to the fight as to appropriate 15 to send Richard RichardA A A. Reid county purchasing agent to Cincinnati to-Cincinnati June 3 for the convention convention con con- of the National Purchasing ing Agents' Agents association The appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap was voted despite Mr Rawlins Minutes Prote Protested ted tedAs As As r read ad Monday the minutes showed Mr Mullins and Ro Roscoe coe Boden voting to send Mr Rawlins to the prize fight and Mr Rawlins not voting The vote was unanimous why have you changed the minutes Mr Mullins asked That isn't correct at all Mr Rawlins shot back I never voted for that matter and never had any intention of going to any prize fight Approval of the minutes as they stood seemed to close the matter until later when Mr Rawlins said he was not opposed to all trips by county officials but pointing out we spent 1500 for this business and enumerating nine cases Report Filed The report Mr Reid made after the trip last year was filed in your office and never reached the county commission Mr Mullins replied My information is it was one of the most valuable reports ever made as result of one of these trips and if followed up would have saved the county some money Whether the report reached the commission may be a matter of question Mr Rawlins said but if Mr Reid wanted the other commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners to have that report he should ha e supplied them with copies And there ended the current discussion discussion discussion dis dis- of junkets