Show C REPLY TO 0 ATM 0 V wo we are in ili receipt ot of tile the following III letter which speaks tor for itself oct 22 2 1921 dr M markus richfield utah dear doctor I 1 just cretu t ned home and was very much pleased to 0 receive your letter aud and to note the hope I 1 shall always continue to merit your you true friendship by always doing good honest work whenever I 1 am placed in ili a position that calls me to be a servant of the people I 1 wish visit now noi to place some facts fe before you yon relative to the recent article that appeared in the telegram our method of procedure e or of employing and dismissing en engineers incero In cerr has been done through recommendation of the state road ong engineer ineer and confirmed b tile the state road commission com all and thus far there it lias is or only illy lipen one thought in mind and that is per der cent efficiency ind and his hag between tile the road en engineer ineer and the been no feelings so lar as I 1 I 1 now commission A state ti uck uc k was used in ili moi mo III ing my hou household behold furniture front from richfield to salt lake the tha cost of which was nas about 70 ind and for vilich amount I 1 hold the receipts I 1 purchased an automobile from tile state in ili the month of man ha anil and when I 1 pin chased the same it nas insured for foi 1500 and also alao had a license that was taken out ba b the state auditor some belore I 1 bought the car I 1 neer knew it yas vaa Y as necessary essaiy to if have a transfer of the license made but whon when I 1 learned about it I 1 paid 1 to make a transfer so I 1 could comply with the lav anti and I 1 would have done so sooner had I 1 known it was nas necessary there have been several old tate state s motorcycles on oil which repair work vork has been done at the state road commission yards tha were shipped to our department by the government toi lot the icse of 0 employees vp I 1 p to the present I 1 know ot none of that ate aie being operated there ate aie bicycles mat shipped to the state road commission beffie 11 II became a 1 I member thore there art are a low few or of in u uc and i I 1 wish mole moie of the state N would use them if it would 11 v the tate state some expense they are now piled in re big he heap ap depreciating in abue lav dav tile state road c common commin m in v will ill use eiery effort to see that all tite state road equipment is kept a sm t account of and properly used ased the telegram evidently intends to convey coney the idea that I 1 hae le ie coned money from the state to which I 1 am not entitled tho the NII bill of 56 to which it refers was vas presented to the board of examiners and the finance and purchase department ind and allowed by them whether the bill accumulated while at a hotel or while living with a private family is of 0 no con consequence and I 1 hope I 1 wont appear discourteous should I 1 add nob odys business the only question in which the public can call be concerned is whether or not this bill was an all unreasonable one and presented to cover a legitimate expense account while in ili the performance of my duties as a state road commissioner and not where it was spent since manifesting such friendly interest in ili me which I 1 deeply appreciate I 1 can mention to you without tear fear of being stood that I 1 spent fully seven weeks I 1 traveling in various parts of the state looking after the pressing needs of some of the counties before my service with tile the state began and for which I 1 never ashad nor received any remuneration while in the he performance firmance for mance of my official d ditties ties my trips often took me to richfield I 1 might have presented bills to cover these expense accounts however i nev never er did so im not this denial of the salt lale lake newspaper article because I 1 think its it i necessary to convince my friends in it sevier that I 1 am not exceeding my lawful rights nor because I 1 think ou believe that 1 betray a public trust but simply because I 1 appreciate your calling my illy attention to the articles and am glad to have you know the facts it should be significant lt that other salt lake papers have ignored the matter entirely the duties of tile the state road commission miss ion are many and difficult no matter how well WO we do c do 10 not to escape criticism I 1 v welcome elcome any constructive criticism anyone has to otter the article above aboa e refe refereed ried to iloN however jevel is ii not at crl criticism but yellow journalism |