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B Cooper Got 00 n CRITICIZED I REPORTING AND record-keeping record procedure procedures pro pro- In ln Utah state and local governments governments govern govern- govern I were sharply criticized In a study ments released this week by Utah Foundation I the private non profit tax research or or- or Utah law requires newspaper publication publication of annual financial reports by local tion units unite of government However absence of state enforcement has prompted many local units unite to disregard this legal pro pro- vision As a result the Foundation study reveals It is easier to obtain information about many types of private businesses in Ut Utah h than it Is la to o secure information concerning the public affairs of local governments Few state and local agencies attempt to prepare reports that are attractive and enlightening to the average citizen according to the Foundation study More emphasis has been given to achieving an arithmetic balance between receipts and expenditures than Ing and reporting information in an informative and understandable manner The Utah Foundation study points to the absence of well planned and well- well kept accounting records record as one of the chief reasons for poor governmental re reports reports reports re- re ports by many agencies Reports can be beno beno beno no more Informative than the accountIng account- account Ing system upon which they are based Despite the general Indictment against most state and local reports the FOundation Foundation Foundation Foun FOun- dation singled out several reports for commendation The 1952 reports of the Department of Health on the state level leveland leveland leveland and the city of Ogden on the local level were cited as examples of good governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental reports Ogden published if I. I re report report report re- re port as a a. special section of the Ogden Standard Examiner achieving wide circulation circulation circulation cir cir- cir cir- for a popularized presentation The study also discussed the related problem of records management in Utah A limited Investigation by the Utah Foundation staff showed that much valuable office space and staff time Is being lost because of the failure to I adopt and Implement a modern program of or records management Through the years jears ears many documents and other materials materials ma ma- of value have been lost because of or the failure to o adopt and Implement a modern program of records manage manage- ment Through the years many documents documents documents docu docu- ments and other materials of value have Continued on Page Five The Boys Boy's Column I Continued from Page One been lost destroyed or made mode Able by this failure allure Foundation analysts suggest that th the state of Utah might well give consideration considers I I tion to making a thorough study of reporting re reI reporting re- re porting and records management pro pre prot t I Such studies made by qualified I experts In other states and localities I have revealed that monetary savings are possible Furthermore greater great great- er citizen participation In government can be achieved by adopting modern records management and reporting pro pre The Foundation report state states that perhaps no greater contribution t t. to effective and efficient government tout could 1 be made In Utah than Improvement o c of reports and records which provide citizens citi- citi zens zene and public officials with the information In Information Information In- In formation upon which Intelligent polley decisions decision can be made O O O I. ACCIDENTS TS SilO V i IU UH II FATAL ACCIDENTS of a non non traffic nature have apparently experienced a sharp drop this year on the basis of a aI summary Just released by the Utah Uta I Safety Council Deaths resulting Iron from accidents In the home on the larm farm l li In public places and occupational surroundings sur our soundings for the first six months o c of 1953 1053 totaled 95 compared with un fo So tor the same game period last year However be because because because be- be cause of delays delaya In reporting the half halt loan tal total for 1953 will wll undoubtedly b be somewhat higher than the present presen figure Nevertheless the Utah Safety Council Counci I views the present record as a decide decided improvement paralleling the reduction In traffic accidents during this earn same period and an Indication that the public pub pub- lie lic Is becoming more conscious of salet Generally The 95 traffic non-traffic accidental death deaths are arlt distributed as aa follows In the home 42 public places 23 while working 18 on the farm 5 no not 7 7 Persons Persona over over 60 were ere the most frequent frequent ent eat victims with 31 deaths the nee nex next highest category being In the 45 23 ag age stoup with 20 fatalities Characteristically the most frequent cause of ot fatal accidents In the home wa WI falls talla These falls occurred mostly among amoni the oldest age group groups Drowning with 1 11 victims were the second highest category cate cote gor gory 7 of them being In public place places while 2 each were recorded recorder in the homand hom and on the farm The Safety Council concluded that 1 ii If the present 1953 trend continues t e a reduction In the final Haal years year's total of ot traffic non accidental deaths death win wilt bi bt b realised this year tar ear Last year Sit persons died from such causes in addIlea add addi pea Ilea to the 46 traffic deaths N O U MEN 1 llE OK It V U ON I lui l Is THE HIGHWAY slowpoke the slowpoke the mope who drives 30 miles mile an hour In a 60 50 mile mUe zone lon holding up a long line of cars can behind him him- film is almost as dangerous la ashe as ai the he speeder Writing of this menace In Inthe Inthe the he September Readers Reader's Digest Emile C C. I says say Safety minded and usually law abiding drivers are ofte often l goaded loaded Into taking desperate chances chanc to o get ahead of ot the roadblock caused by bythe bytho the tho mope Seldom involved Involve In a an acct dent himself the mope Is the primary cause of some 20 per cent of all on head-on automobile fat fatalities Despite the accident potential the slow driver creates his menace Is still 1 considered passive rather than active by courts and Insurance companies Usually he ho believes himself to be a very safe sate driver and would be astonished to realize realIze realize real real- ize that he Is often a factor In causing accidents Automobile associations and highway I officials however have become acutely mope Thirty states have adopted a uniform speed minimum regulation which prohibits driving so slowly lowly as to Impede traffic Others have applied the sate safe and prudent clause of their own laws to slow driving aswell as aswell aswell well as fast In many states highway patrolmen are discouraged from from enforcing the minimum speed laws because of the lenient treatment accorded mopes In Inmost inmost most moat courts By contrast California New York and New Hampshire are beginning beginning be be- beginning ginning to crack down on the slow driver In New York the creeper may maybe maybe maybe be charged with reckless driving New Hampshire patrolmen frequently order the mope to the side aide of the road rood and hold him there after a stern stem reprimand reprimand reprimand mand until the traffic he has blocked behind him has passed Such action even In a few states Indicates Indicates in indicates In- In that the mope is at last lost being recognized for what he is death Is-death death behind the wheel of or a slow car caz- |