OCR Text |
Show THE SEARCHLIGHT Forty-three Months of Maw Editor’s of of during is the first installment of Maw”, a review of a Years and acts his administration. Indeed, the Governor seems to act with impartiality in distributing broken promises fine and crude run-arounds, No friendship appears to be sacred if its strangulation will further a Maw purpose. No loyalty, however staunch, will preserve the tenure in office of a supporter if more may be gained by casting him aside. No service, however faithfully performed, will safeguard the position of an employee—or er—if more may be gained a State Commissionby feeding the hap- less and In future discuss the to the political installments Tracy R. attempted economic the Welling’s emasculation wolves. Searchlight under-cover of will part collective in bar- gaining by the 1943 Legislature; Welling’s role in the Speakership contest, and his open opposition to National Administration policy—all mitted and condoned by Herbert B. Maw. per- Also included will be reviews of: Maw’s own fight on the Roosevelt Administration; his alliance with predatory forces back of the Weber-First movement; his Welfare debacle; his judicial appointments, including their obvious political character; his run-around to labor on failing to set up post-war reconversion machinery; his 1944 platform making greater promises; his wage policy in ployment mercial and wage its impact on rates; move his newer State industrial to wreck and the and emcomIn- dustrial Commission by pushing its chairman into partisan politics; and his reliance on _ political agents with labor backgrounds, rather than on genuine performance in labor’s interest, to hold the labor vote. All of those stories will have supporting data. It should publishing be such noted that information the early primary election day. Three and a half years ago Herbert B. Maw became Utah’s While emphasis is placed on facts that disclose the Governor’s wanton disregard of his moral obligations to labor organizations, and his neglect of their basic needs, it by no means follows that His Excellency has treated other supporters any better. victim defense—before Maw June. and any install- Succeeding May through run B. Herbert of policies the will ments This “31% story, the few Note: the Governor, or his representative, an opportunity to reply, or to set up a defense—if he has Searchlight is enough to give Governor-elect. His victory, as the climax of an extremely bitter campaign, was acclaimed by thousands of his crusading supporters as the dawn of a new era in the Beehive State. Dr. Maw was honored and esteemed as a gifted leader whose splendid talents and creative vision; whose human sympathy and understanding were now available for high service to the plain people. His program brought him staunch support from organized salary and wage earners; from educators, liberals, advocates of utility re form, and from commoners generally. The old folks and the welfare groups hailed his election as a milestone in the fight for greater social security. Before his inauguration, even his most uncompromising and unrelenting foes conceded that Governor Maw was a people’s governor—that he never would play ball with the powerful interests in control of the Chamber of Commerce and kindred organizations. The day after his election, many pillaging interests remodeled their storm cellars to withstand a 4-year seige. Poor old Doug Moffat was in despair. Early in 1940 Doug’s associates had boasted that they ‘had enough on Herb Maw to blast him out of the State.” But their blast had boomeranged. It hit Doug right in the teeth. His 23 million net profit (now almost doubled) was in jeopardy. Anything could happen. The worst was feared. In that dire crisis, Doug laid in an extra sup- ply of champagne, and went to work on the Legislature. The first misgivings about Maw came when his conferences with the State Municipal League yave an inkling of his alarming insincerity and duplicity. The Governor’s closest political friends were put on the defensive. They were compelled cuses. to apologize for him It was painful business. and Maw make ex- persisted in promising one thing while attempting to do another—a mean and contemptible habit that soon became standard practice in his conduct of (Continued on following page) |