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Show The lig h t Search every alternate Published F. Jensen, L. Friday Publisher 72 T Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 5-3989 Dial $2.00 a year. A Specialist in Neglected Truth VOL. III, NO. 15, 1942 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 1. the oath of office ago Herbert as Governor B. of Maw took Utah. His election, following a bitter campaign, was acclaimed by thousands of crusading supporters who had united under his leadership to challenge the grip of corporations that had enmeshed, over-ridden, and thwarted the people of Utah since Statehood. In Herbert B. Maw the commoners of Utah believed they had found a protector—a far‘sighted statesman who, if elected Governor would safeguard economic freedom and _ political progress in this State. They believed that the wiles of the predatory crew in con‘trol of the Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers Association, and kindred organizations, never would be able to dominate Governor Maw—that encroachment and, special privilege were doomed—that all citizens would stand on an equal footing in the administration of State Government. Pensioners and old folks honored him with their confidence and esteem. ‘They identified his political fortunes with their hope of easing the horrors of serimpy, poverty-stricken old age. They scorned the thrusts of his detractors. They gave him their blessing. And they hobbled to the polls to scrawl a cross for him on the ballot. Herbert B. Maw’s program; his explicit commitments, anid the natural inferences aris- ing from his utterances and his promises, brought him staunch support from the ranks of labor, from liberals, from advocates of utility reform, and from other sources. He became the symbol and standard-bearer of victory for the masses. But as he neared the goal of political sue cess his eye caught the beckoning of a few canny, unobtrusive business men and finan- COPY of Maw Sixteen Months Sixteen months 10c PER ciers who put out a special welcome mat for him on the doorstep of their charmed circle. A certain bank City in Salt Lake extended favors to him and opened the way for cooperation with erstwhile political enemies. Acquisitive business men, drawn largely from the upper tier of his bigwig Republican opponents, tendered their cooperation to make his administration a success. A get-together meeting in March, 1941, at Those atthe State Capitol was arranged. tending besides the Governor included D. D. Moffat, W. J. O’Connor, F. 8. Cundiff, George M. Gadsby, E. O. Howard, George 8S. Eccles, E. W. Ryberg, H. A. Benning, Fred H. Knickerbocker, Jules D. Roberts, George Bruce McThe Kee, and the versatile Gus P. Backman. conference at first was a bit reserved. But un- der the suave manipulation of Mr. Gadsby, Mr. Backman, and Ed Howard, it soon warmed into a mutual admiration society that later on blossomed into a full-blown love-fest. Doug Moffat and Wee Willie O’Connor, prominent Republican members of the 1940 smear finance committee, wrung the gubernatorial hand with penitent fervor after the boys had decided to let by-gones be by-gones while they organized an invisible government for Utah. Hope dawned in Doug’s breast that his 23 million net profit for 1940 might be saved from Maw’s hungry lieutenants in the Legislature. The boys decided to station an observer at the Statehouse to keep an eye on things and to keep them posted on the possibilities of hauling away some special privilege. Lincoln G. Kelly was assigned to the job under cover of modernizing the State’s accounting systems. Gadsby, Moffat et al paid Kelly’s salary, said to be $10,000 a year. (Continued. on page 4) |