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Show RIDING THE GOVERNOR QOVERNOR HENRY H. BLOOD la already get-" get-" ting a taste of what presidents, governor and other high officer must needlessly undergo to add to the mental and physical strain with which they are burdened by virtue of their official duties. This additional and wholly unnecessary drain on their resource of mind and body and the encroachment en-croachment on their time Is bound to be reflected m their lessened efficiency in handling state affair. af-fair. Too, their physical well being cannot be maintained at par a long ss they are subjected to this inconsiderate, though well-intended, hom-age. hom-age. In office only little over two weeks. It already ha been observed that Governor Blood ha been called upon to headline banquet and unofficial gatherings, making numerous addresses In connection con-nection with these personal appearances. There is a very natural Inclination on the part of various organization to lend Importance to their own affair in this way. Invariably it tends to assure a large attendance at function. There is, moreover, a general desire to see and hear the chief executive at close range and to bask in the wanning glow of this nearer Intimacy. It Is a matter of extreme delicacy for a conspicuous con-spicuous public official to decline the many invitations in-vitations that come to him to participate In social and business gatherings. To a degree, it 1 wholesome whole-some for him to have this close contact with the people of his state. At the same time there should be widespread recognition of the fact that conducting con-ducting the business of the state is a mtn'l-sized Job, Humane consideration of the governor's health and regard for the need fdr him to devote his full energy to official matter should dictate a lessening of demands for his appearance unnecessarily unnec-essarily at routine functions and gatherings. |