Show He Has an Important Job THE THE HE legislative budget committee created by the last legislature as a continuing l I body to keep an eye on state operations and expenditures with a view to giving each legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature an independent report and an analysis Von on on the needs of various state departments and institutions has chosen Its executive sec sec- He is Tom Livingood present assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant chief accountant and assistant disbursing officer of the state finance commission and an of the state government in various varl- varl l 4 ous ous us auditing capacities for several years Mr Livingood will start his new job July 3 1 L It will ill be largely his responsibility to carry out the desire of the legislature to have its its own independent study of state government govern go- tern meat operations with resulting recommendations recommendations recommendations for economies and improvements in ef ef- ef It is an important job Mr Livingood is assuming It will be to a very considerable degree up to him whether or not this new scheme of a legislative budget committee proves worth while We hope and beli believe ve that it will will and and we would like to suggest to Mr Livingood that his chain of responsibility runs to the legislative budget committee thence to the legislature which appointed that committee and thence to the people who elected the legislature We trust he heill will ill serve the committee the legislature and the people well |