Show urton Hasn't any Use For Country Newspapers Loves Dailies ives Jives the Editors Nice Rich Brown Roasting While His Pet Bill is Up For Debate And Passage Wednesday Wednesday Read Read And 1 Be Enlightened I Salt Lake Tribune Representative Thomas H. H Burtons Burton's boards from lill 18 county school totalled publication of their expenditures expend expend- tures passed Utah's lower house Weday Wed- Wed ay by a vote ote of 37 to 10 In the debate which preceded its sage age Mr Burton flayed country Newspapers of the state for alleged attacks upon him for author- author hip ilp of the measure Why Wily when a man has the temerity temer- temer ity ty to introduce a bill into this legislature legislature legis- legis lature should he be assailed in the columns of the newspapers asked Burton I am not complaining bout about the actions of newspapers of lit It It Lake he said turning to report- report jers rs present but I have been bitterly attacked by the country press for my my sponsorship of this legislation and I ItI itI it I take it from editorials I have re-I re re revived re- re elved that I should obtain the consent of I f my home town editor for every bill billI I Introduce into this body The bill opposed at a recent public I wing earing by the Utah State Press As- As i lation atlon and by C. C N. N Jensen state stat of public Instruction rides Jes repeal of the statutory provision pro- pro vision that school boards must in their annual publication of expenditures show to whom all aU payments were made Mrs Grace Orace Cooper representative from Carbon and herself a newspaper owner contended ended that taxpayers ers had the right to know where their money was going and cited wholesale disregard disregard disregard gard of the present statute by school boards This violation of the law she said was In many cases an attempt to cover up doubtful items in school ac ac- ac counts Mrs Anna T. T Piercey of Salt Lake opposed the bill and pointed out cases where school supplies had been sold to board members or their relatives Prior to final passage the bill was was amended by its author to provide for publication of the money paid out and for what paid This he said made it identical with the law affecting school districts in cities of the first and second class Several members who oho favored the Burton bill went on record as favoring also house bill No 59 by Representative Richard T. T Fry of Morgan This bill would require all school county and city tax expending bodies to make detailed detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed monthly publication of their ex ex- |