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Show If you fail to NEWS & ADS 278-28- 66 Circulation 278-28- 60 Vol. IX No. receive your copy uf the Review by Thursday night. please call and a paper will be taken to your home by 10 AM Friday morning Southeast Salt lake's Community Wekl 2265 East 4800 South 11 'A Nw..tar March 1H. 1: 10 A n Much to the consternation of partisan Republicans, the image of Governor Calvin L Rampton was greatly enhanced by his leadership in the 1965 Legislature. He had the benefit of capable and responsible Democratic leaders in both Houses of the Legislature. By the time the legislature ended, theGovern-o- r had acquired so much public confidence and good will that he began distributing some of his surplus to Republicans. The Governor also had the benefit of general approval of the state's financial comm unity which is ordinarily Re For example, the publican Republican legislators supp orted an alternative to the bonding program, but main street Republicans generally supported the Democratic program rather than the program of the Republican legislators Specifically the Legislative Conference of Business and Industry supported the Democratic, rather than the Republican finance program. If there were any outcries against ini reases in the state income tax. or against increases in the corporation franchise tax, in support of Republican legislators they were not sufficiently loud to be reported in the daily press. There is a great deal of similarity in President Johnson s leadership of the national Congress and Governor Rampton s leadership of the Utah legislature. Differences are of opinion Ironed out in private, rather than in public for the entertainment of Republicans. And all Democrats are treated as friends. In fact, the spirit of togetherness is practically running rampant among the Democrats. The Republicans, meanwhile, seem gripped by amlaise. . GOVERNOR IS also clearly the leader of his political party, with no ands, ifs and he does not or buts back away from the use of power or the responsibility erf leader snip. He could have taken a n anas --off attitude in the matter of selection of a third commissioner for Salt Lake County by Insisting that the matter be settled at the local Instead of that, he level accepted the mantle of leadand affirmatively ership moved to counter-a- ct growing THE public displeasure. GOV. o o The Week That Was In Salt Lake Government County The snap -- crackle -- pop of Salt Lake County Commission sessions has nearly sputtered to an end for the time being But if a surface tranquility marks the mood of the county's governing body, sharp reaction to theactivibesofthe past seven days still exists just behind the scenes. The naming of attorney John Preston Creer as the third man on the commission enabled the board to get down to the brass tacks of reorganizing for business by splitting responsibility for county departments on Wednesday. All three commissioners publicly avowed that departments must be divided equitbut control of certain ably as roads key activities and bridges, planning and zonhas been the ing. purchasing root of the 30 day deadlock between commissioners Mar-NG Jenson and William G. Larson These departments -and one or two others hold the key to real political power and influence. ch Snap-Crackle-P- op redistribution, commission cl airman Jenson will assume pri- yesterdays mary responsibility for roads and bridges, flood control, agricultural inspection, farm INSPECTION has long been a favorite project of chairmen Jenson. Authority over coun- Creer, Who Buys Coffee Note? ty planning and zoning moved list of from Mr. Larson's assignments. Details, details plague administrators of any enterprise the size of Salt Lake County. One thing commission chairman Marvin G. Jenson forgot when he banned the two percent, mandatory employees "flower fund1 was that some 400 employees dipped into the two percent levy to keep the coffee pot perking at roads and bridges headquarters. The "flower fund bought the coffee, the maintenance man prepared it and the county kicked-i- n for paper cups to the tune of $1,500 last year. There's enough stock on hand for one more day of free" coffee. Then, says Jenson, maybe the vending machines will produce enough revenue to buy the coffee .. or perhaps the employees could start a "small collection." Oh, no ... not a "coffee fund!" Although the announcement was made Wednesday, the assignments were settled during a series of meetings which began immediately after Mr. Creer was appointed. Mr. Larson told the Rocky Mountain Review, "Well ti7 these on for size. Maybe later there could be some changes." Mr. Jenson pointed out that and effort was made to match experience of each man with his assignments. THE NAMING of dark-hor- demonstration, traffic engineering, street lighting, licensing youth protection and sanitation. un Under Hansen Says Records Snarled On U.S. Tax Mr. Larson takes over the county poor fund, charity, the detention home, health and mental health, quarantine, building Inspection, county garage, mosquito abatement, ' Sugar House Park Authority, board of health, property tax, hospital, library and the welfare board. New commissioner Creer UNCWtS BOURNS will handle finance and jfcirJ chasing, recreation, the civic auditorium building, building engineer, Metropolitan Hall of Justice, planning department and zoning department, fire department, ambulance and grounds. Youth protection, community service and capital improvements remain open as the realm of all three commissioners. recreation The county now going to department, se nominee John Creer Friday, March 12, to fill the vacant county commission seat broke a 30 day deadlock between Jenson and commissioners The decision was Larson. made when Mr. Larson playing political submitted three names from which he suggested Mr. Jenson pick the new commissioner. Jenson named Creer, saying this would also have been Governor Calvin Rampton's chojce had the decision been -- tick-tack-t- (Continued on Page 3) An Income tax tangle appears to be threatening the state's Attorney General, according to information uncovered by the Rocky Mountain Review this week. The Salt Lake District office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told the Review they have no record erf receiving income tax returns from Utah Attorney General Phil L. Hansen for the years 1962 and 1963. Mr. Hansen admitted to the Review Wedbefore departing for an nesday morning attorney -- general's conference in Washington D. C.. that he was having "accounting problems" and had filed for extensions with federal tax collectors. Asked about the possibility of the government instituting legal action, Mr. Hansen replied, "If they did, 1 wouldn't worry about winning In court." He said the status of this state income tax was similar. Internal Revenue Service regulations are strict regarding the confindential status of tax. Information. However, Roland C. Wise, director of the Salt Lake Internal revenue office, verified that the local office has no record of Hansen's filing for the two years. He said that extensions may be requested before the due date and are granted If there's reasonable cause but, he added, extensions on filing are usually granted for one or two months and by law may not exceed six months. The Internal revenue service code prohibited Mr Wise from revealing more than He said he Is considered public record could not comment on what action or negotiaif any tions the department might have underway. The civil penalty for not filing Includes six percent interest plus a deliquency penalty of five percent monthly not to Exceed 25 i Attorney General Ilannen percent. A negligence penalty erf five percent of the total tax can also apply, in certain cases, the government can demand a 50 percent penalty in lieu of other fines. According to federal law, wilful failure to file Is a mfsdeameanor punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or Imprisonment of up to one year or both, t Mr.' Wise pointed out that there are no direct referrals for criminal prosecutioo without six different reviews at separate government levels After recommendation at two levels In the local office, a case would be passed to regional office and then would be studied by a regional council. Next, the matter would be forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice and back again to the local U S Attorney's office. At any stepcrlmlnal (Continued on Page 3) FLAWS GEORGE D CLYDE set a standard for honest, clean government which has been unsurpassed and seldom equalled. Any slip by Democratic office holders will therefore be doubly obvious to a public grown accustomed to highest standards of morality in government THE THREE MOST important areas of legislative activity were in state finance, education and and re --districting of the legislature and of congressional districts. Other matters of prime importance have had to take a back seat to these matters of greatest impact For example, significant changes were made in the election Chops Funds For Jinxed Hall City-Count- y "They 11 get no more mmey until all corrections are completd!" With that joint statement. Salt Lake County and City commissioners John Preston Creer and George B. Catmull halted the flow of cash into construction of the Municipal Hall of Justice building. In a surprise tour Wednesday morning, the rwo commiss ed ioners inspected the half --completed with project engineers and elecbuilding trical inspectors board. Specifically, the commissioners cited defective concrete work, improperly inand stalled electrical wiring in announcing their firm stand fire-proofi- Creer was making the city-coun- ty sponsored facility his first item of business, visiting the site Just minutes after receiving the project as part of his departmental assignments at Wednesday morning's meeting of the county At the same time, the officials said they'd take another look at an annex which has been proposed to provide more space for the county Sheriff's Department The architect s design, for the addition, Catmull pointed out, requires tearing out expensive stone work already completed Some $25,000 worth of construction would be razed was the estimate of one engineer working on the project "Im going to consult with Creer Sheriffs Department," Catmull "and see if we can't locate the addition someplace else." and the said Commenting on construction so far, Creer said, '(This is my first oppor- tunity to look at the building. We've been shown many areas where work (Continued on Page 3) laws Barring a veto by the Governor, and beginning with the Presidential election of 1968, the voters of Utah will be required to register not only their name, but their political party, also and then through the mass meetings, party conventions and primary elections they will have to adhere to that registration They may register as Democrats, Republicans or independents, This will mean that mass meetings by the two parties will be attended only by registered members of the party. In the past it has been claimed that Democrats have raided Republican mass meetings and vice versa For example, in 1964 many Republican voting claimed that who were Demoteachers , district chairmen crats. attended some Republican meetings m mass, and elected Democrats as delegates to the Republican state I convention After this new law becomes effective, the rostered voter will be able to vote at the primary election only in tfe party In which be is registered At the present time, a Republican can ask for a Democratic ballot at thepri- - 'Continued on Page 2) Commissioner Catmull steps from !ehiml bars . . . Creer inspects crumbling concrete in Hall of Justice tour. 1 4 |