Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-07 | Page 6 | Chief White Hits Back at Critics

CHIEF WHITE HITS BACK AT CRITICS Declares Attacks Upon Police Police Police Po Po- Po- Po lice Department Are Caused by hy Politics Charging that the Salt Lake Betterment Betterment Betterment Bet Bet- union the Uie Salt Lake Lal e Tribune Tribune and other dishonest persons have contributed to Salt Lakes Lake's delinquency by causing a report to be spread broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast that the city is not properly po policed policed po- po Chief J. J Parley White of or the police police police po po- lice department pronounced before the the city commission today an anathema against that newspaper and that or or- I I The chief declared that they and all other organizations which have at attacked attacked at- at I at-I tacked the conduct of the police de department department department de- de have axes aCes to grind and are I making their attacks for political rea rea- sons He attacked specifically a statement published by the Tribune to the effect that the city authorities had recently received for the second time instructions instructions instructions from the federal government to eliminate ate the moral shortcomings of the city He declared the letter received ed here was only a circular such as was addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed to all points where troops are I stationed and that it did not put t the e federal govern government ent on record as holding holding hold hold- ing that Salt Lake is morally worse hOld I than any other city