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Show w Me Deseret Page 6 take News, Salt Tuesday, January 14, 1941 City, UtaK nor Would Com year of his administration, make re- up the general deficit, and ; duce the bonded Indebtedness to a net of 2,155,000. His financial policy has given the state so excellent a credit rating that it waa possible for him to refund state bonds which were then paying 4 'A to 5H per cent Interest for other issues drawing per cent. T It shall be my policy to follow in the footsteps of my C these .matters. Predecessor in the state should get out of debt aa soon as possible and thereafter should stay of debt.'' I have already been urged several times to recommend to this Legislature the of Issuance of new state bonds Following Is the full text 7 the message of Governor Maw. to with which to provide revenues for various projects. Similar rethe state legislature. will probably be made JT" Ladies and Gentlemen of the quests of you, in which case 1 most Legislature; It is with an humble spirit earnestly recommend that you' .. 'Mhat I address you this evening, adhere strictly to the " doctrine for I realize that It becomes my that the State of Utah shall be y duty to request, you to solve kept out of debt. The wisdom can be ol.auch a policy t proolems and- make . reforms we realize that greater will require which since 1922 the state bas paid thinking courage and - clearer the sum of $8,170,627.50 Interest expected of any n than outstanding bonds, Trjirbther.. Legislature of our state, onBecause I believe that this Business, agriculture, industry, laborr ths aged, the unemployed, Legislature will cooperate with-th- e, executive department la a our youth, and all other groupsof citizens are hopefully anticiprogram which will bring state I will expenditures under more conr mating that both you and realms lift our gaze beyond the trol, I am prepared to state that there is no need for additional of special interests, and' close . our ears to the demands of sel- - taxation at this time. Our re forget .pQnaibiUty-l- s- to--r educe organizations,., and to a point where our own personal prejudlcies so " come within the present we might be in a position that they :to confer upon the people more estimated revenues, andl to abundantly the economic . bene- - equalize the tax burdens, rath er than, to place additional taxes fits of a liberal democracy and on the people to provide monat the same time bring state and - spending under control eys for an Increased spending 1'- thereoy put a stop to the pen- program. I, therefore, urge that with petual increasing cost of governtwo exceptions, you consider ment. Ho taxation measures during It shall be my purpose t - discuss general administrative this session of the Legislature. Cto The two exceptions are; (1) In. pre. - policies with you and sent general problems foe youe jaamuch as state ' employe Z 7, consideration. Time will notj have, by congressional enactC permit me to consider, at this -- ments, beenorbrought under th T time, suy specific ' legislative the Federal provisions Tax Statutes, our income mature, I do, however, direct ax Jaws should be amended your attention to the thought so ns to include federal em-- . t, that the future economic se. will be ployes residing within our corky of cur state;. (2) The Income tax largely i dependent on a helpshould also be amend- ful industrial program- by inJwsso as to bring under their yd dustry I mean both capital -and labor, - Law which disprovisions non residents of Utah ibo receive salaries or investments courage capital Incomes from Utah Industries. in our state should be carefully I am advised that ours Is one examined with the view of of only a few states in the eliminating objectionable ,fea Union whose income tax laws i tures, and special attention do not include each a provl-sioshould be given to legislatiOn which will improve conditions It is my opinion that any other txatlon at this time 'St " of the laboring classes both , on the'farms and In ths indus-s"- t will impose unnecessary additional burdens npn the Indus- tries of ths state. - There is no . Jnstificatlon during times like try and people of the state, COST OF GOVERNMENT these for requiring men and women to work for Having told you that the credit wages of our state is exceptionally good ; too low for them to purchase and that there Is no need for ad- adequate livelihoods for their diUonal revenues families, or to require them to maintain the present program, I now de'r to work under conditions that clare to you, even at the risk. of are injnrioua to their healh, w ,0 reqnire farmer to work financial appearing Inconsistent, that the condition of the govern-melong hoars for little or no re--, - Is very pqor. I base this turn. At the prosperity of the on thy belief that the declaration laboring classes controls to a financial structure of no state is large degree the prosperity of 1 sound,-- nuTnattef "how well that recommend': for v;" bustness,-state Is abte to meet Its fiscal your favorable consideration so long as the cost of ", , thoso measure which will ' . raise incomes and improve the maintaining the state is too great. .,;egret t0 ,nform you that the working conditions of labor, citizens of Utahare. now and those measures whlcfc will .paying too much for the benefits far im-- r stimulate Industry and ' are receiving. We have more they prove agriculture. - Utah Is government than we can afford to , ""T btesseff with .a plentiful sup- maintain. lily of efficient and high Class During most of the remainder labor, and I am happy to say, of my message I shall attempt that the relationship between . to point out the weaknesses of agriculture, labor and capital the administrative system we In our state is a happy one, have - ; allowed to grow up a sys.. NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION tem which Is both wasteful I am sure that this Legislature and Inetfir.lent and also to poinl the" with .meln commending toward corrective action. No i the national government on Wita way one major political u - s program of human uplift. party can be blamed for it, because both are are proud of the maner in which responsible for it. One of these o Utah senators 4nd congressmen parties gave birth to It and d in Washington are supporting it from Infancy to the program of the president. maturity, the other has maintained lt shall be. my policy, and. I nhile in regal splendor until the pres-itfeel sure, yours to cooperate No ent or particular fully with, our congressional rep- - group of Individual individuals is responsi- resentatives and with the presifor 11 dent m their effort to preserve product ki fvru grown and developed the security of our nation, and for seversL decades. -- I feelfrerto the blessings of democracy, Under the leadership ot PrtrsI- - criticizetoIt and to expose its v, you because I am not dent Roosevelt the nation is free from blame for its existence now engaged in a program of -- lor ten years -- of the past rearmament for national i de- 1 a member of yars fense. Utah stands, ready and the Senate and for four of those" willing to do her part in the years presided over that body. I - mobilization of ita industries, must therefore, assume my share and its vast resources and its whatever blame there is for people for national security. If, what is. Your responsibility as in order to properly accomplish mine as chief L these ends, specla'l legislation legislators snd Is not t0 b concerned may be deemed advisable- ,- I the history of its develop- shall present It to you from time to time knowing that you will what 4s0ur problem i to discover wrong and then correct be willing to cooperate in ' pro- - it. that end,: and with nq gram to expedite national deXhm.?V,ult flndin- - 1 herewith fense. you my findings and. - The people -- of the entire tny conclusions, and urge you to tbs re grateful for the e. Prokram tablishmeut of army hasee, aw which will eliminate eenala, and flying nnits by the waste and increase efficiency. federal government within onr Let me also the fact borders. We welcome the offfc. that mv attack emphasize is on a system of er end soldiers who have re- mfTnnitS.tratiW1 and finance, and cently com to onr state., it has mast noreflectiaon on been brought to my attention ficef f mPly in any that some ot onr laws parti, ' cf e0vvnimem. In cuiany th oa relating to our tliat this schools somewhat T. discrimi k, b,?ncnyinced bles,sd With many nate against the children of exceptionally efficient and faithnr visiting soldiers and ful public servants men and friends. I urge that you make yfomen who have given freely of , necessary . to .their time and talent; "many t all amendments of provide the facilities of state them without remuneration for school for the military force the benefit of the state and Ita. and their families without dim They hre of pJfPe crimination. the appreciations of deserving all of us for The financial condition of. our their services.' state government Is exceptional-l- v Most of the objectionable of past administrations good. Eight years ago. when Governor Henry H. Blood took can, I believe, be traced to ors office, there was a nearly two I shall now disemta, million dollar deficit Hr the gen- xnrse Sum themselves up to the eral fund, plus a bonded in following; (i) it hM b,, ,he ebtednCss of 10,310,1)00 with past policy of legislatures to 3 873,000 In the sinking fund, create new -- e bcr.icd I.r.hrbied-iw- t - commissions departments ,antt maklne and to provide for hr 1333 of $4 635.000. their organization without mak-tn- g a a wise and' careful adadequate Investigation and ministrative policy - Governor withont having -- accurate in- Blfod has been able to balance formation as to what sort of or. . the Ht budget, during .every gsnizstiom bIh win provide ths-- - Independent Stated Offices expenditures. The fourth factor which should meet with your disapproval is the independence of each of the departments. Each carries on its own lobby for funds, does Its own planning and expanding and operates as a separate and independent unit. As a result, an attitude has grown in some quarters that certain departments are more 'powerful and more important than the State itself, and that the welfare of the department is more vital than is that of the people of the State. There la substantially no coordination of activities except department what is required by statute and no cooperative planning of State programs by department heads. In fact, ours is not a State government. Rather, it Is a govem--meof- - a -- hundred separate Commissions r Are Assailed Executive Asks Control Over f All Monies nt Units. v s' , - appre-ciatedwh- has-bee- - w A -- -- -- 4v f 21 -- ' Jo-co- - , n. .. 'r nt - nur-ture- 5 - eak-ness- J, fiL, fea-lor- the-fact- - t sMeaesiawedt (Our Problem Is To Discover What Is Wrong9 "Gov. Herbf rl B. Maw In his message to the Twenty-fourtLegislature points out vyeakne8ses"In"t hesitate government and recommends drastic changes. h most efficiency.. (2) Commie, slons, departments and institutions have- - been permitted to grow andexpandwlthont ap. preciable legislative or executive control or guidance: (3) They have been financed without adequate legislative or executive Investigation of their financial needs; (4) They have been permitted to operate as In--' dependent units of government eo. without ordination or proper legislative or executive supervision. , Let us now consider each separately: -- -- . T CREATION SIONS OF NEW COMAil.H- - out-abov- intra-depart- JWhat actually happens when a new commission or Institution is created by the legislature becomes convinced that the state government should render a new service, and a bill creating a new agency to administer that service is prepared and presented to the Ipgislatut'e. Jdy experience in the. Senate has proven to me that the legislature devotes most of its attention, when it considers that bill, to whether the new service Is desirable, and makes few as lo whqt sort of an organization should be created to administer the service. For instance, when the Public Service Commission, and the Liquor Commission, and the Tax Commission, and the other commissions were created, very little was done by the legislatures' that created them to discover whether there would be enough work "to keep three or four commissioners in each of tiiose divisions busy, or what sort of a departmental organization would produce tbe greatest amount of efficiency. The size of the commissions and the nature of the organization of them received far too little legislative or executive attention or super-visio- n. The subsequent growth of the commission was unhampered except for restrictions in appropriations. Dr the next place. when - the mission Is creation of a new-coproposed, the legislature seldom investigates the feasibility of pert milting" an already functioning department to xebder the . new service Instead of setting up an entirety, new organization. when a new department is once created it endureth forever,' for most legislatures are w'llllng to add to the functions of government, but tew are willing to abandon a service., As a result of these practices, the state government has grown and expanded until the original divisions defined hi the Constitution have increased in numbers until well over a hundred institutions, . comm issiona-- di visions- - and organizations will petition this legislature in their budget requests for funds with which to carry on their ..several activities. Mv investigations have con) me vinced ; J' , A- - That there are too divisions of wur state government, and too many administrative . Officers. In fact the business of the state U over so wide n field ' andspread 'supervised by so many executives, that many of the commissioner and department m Tpr-thermo- te . 1 beady do even though such organizations, attention. During the last fiscal are recommended by Federal year the atate paid for -travel the sum of 352,073.40..- That agencies and national groups. . METHODS OF FINANCING amounts to $704,146.80 per biInasmuch as the amount of ennium, or about ten per cent of the estimated revenue for . revenues a department receives the general fund during the on which to operate Is the only the next two years, material factor on which its size C.. Several of the boards, and the scope of its activities crecommissions and divisions hinges, it will be interesting to ated through past legislative note the practice for determinauthority are now . rendering ing the amounts to be appropriatinsufficient services to Justify ed to each. To do this, will you their existence - and should, now permit me to preview for you or and 1 will an account of what therefore, be consolidated r ' 'probably do duringyou"the next t possibly abolished. DEPARTMENT EXPANSION sixty days in this matter' unless e, As I pointed the the policy of.the past Is changed. only- iimitatlon in" You will soon appoint an Ap- ment expansion is The amount from propriations Committee of revenue appropriated by the both Houses. That Committee, will sit jointly. Within twenty legislature each biennium. Except for a few general regulations days the Governor will submit which need not be mentioned his budget for the various dehere, each commission and board partments to be considered by jnav build up aa blaborate an or- . you. That budget, If it Is similar to the pattern set by previous ganization as their appropria-tions .wlll allow The heads of-twill tell you the various units receiving state estimated revenues for the general fund for the next biennium, appropriations are on the whole the request made by the various making continuous efforts to expand their services and enlarge-thei- r departments who receive their departments. Two factors appropriations from the general contribute to thla tendency: (11 fund, and appropriations made, The human desire of the departto the same departments during ment heads to make their organprevious bienniums, and the recization large and efficient; (2) ommendations of the Governor The pressure of National governas to how much, he thinks each ment agencies and national orshould' have. 'The department be lower Governor flgures-wil- l ganizations. Every - administration created by Congress to than the department requests, of for he must keep within tne esassist states offers services to the states through timated revenues they need state boards and commissions. rot Then.the lobbywill begin,. The,.Federal administration usuEach department and commission will have its representatives ally sets up a separate division for each of the many services it work on you for increased approrenders. The supervisors and inpriations. You will either In spectors of these divisions visit body or by committee visit eachinstitution and commission. Elabwhich the state department orate plans will be made for they function and naturally they enthusiastically urge that ths your reception in each piaeg. De- -' atate departments organize thempartment heads in their eagerselves along the same lines as ness to enlarge their revenues, the Federal agencies and divide will make good hosts. You will themselves into divisions as be entertained royally, and fed numerous as those in the Federal well. By the. time they . are setup. -- Being anxious to cooperthrough with yoir you .will be ate with the "Federal administraready to begin looking around for new taxes to provide revtion, and being udsupervised by the State, department heads and enues to" boost "their appropria-- inclined to commissioners-a- re tions over the Governor estifollow these -s- uggestions. The mate. In this you will find plenmore divisions they create the ty of encouragement, for their more money they need for adlobby will continue with renewed ministration, and the greater the vigor until the appropriations cost of State government. Such bill is finally passed. Then they a tendency may be all right for will go home to work out ways states with large populations and and means for spending all that multitudinous demands for servyou appropriated, for an unused ices, J)ut for a state the size of surplus st the end of the bienUtah with a half a million peonium would cramp their style with the next legislature. ple to adopt the organization patterns of the type that are sucThis is tbsproceM that has cessful In New York, Illinois, been going on in this State Pennsylvania and other states -- since Statehood. The depart-- .. ment or institation which puts with large populations is ridicu li lous. We cannot afford that much Jobby gets the cream of the approgovernment in Utah. Members of Utah commissions Why shouldnt they ? priations. show all -- pot on whose departments- - receive no often members FederaLajd-.ar- e of voluntary national organizaAccording to the State Budget tions created to improve the efOfficer, no arefulor systematic Investigation ot actual depart ficiency ot their services. The ment needs has ever been made tedency of these national is to recommend dibudget department as a visions of responsibilities within guide for the Governor. The legislature has never provided revthe departments of the various states resulting in addition after enues for such an Investigation. addition to atate costs. Here Consequently, when the governor the again we are face to face with recommends a reduction ofneces-'sltthe fact that a small state like department requests he of does sa arbitrarily. In order "ours 'cannot afford the compli- -' to bring his recommendation cated governmental structure within the estimated revenues. which would be appropriate for Under the present system he has large- - states. not been able to determine just Of course, it is essential for how much each really needs to us to make the administration of our. various departments as carry' on Its statutory assign-- , awnt- - Ths legislature, en the and - ws efficient gs other hancU has so much to do must and want to comply with Federal requirements --in order during 4he sixty days of its session that jt would be humanly to participate in Federal funds tmrxwslbie- - for it to acquire acRut w must rememher that our ; curate." Information a$ to the responsibility is to eliminate all amounts actually needed by th unnecessary expenditures. W various government units. Th in r should, therefore, not attempt whole procedure is a hit and miss set up complicated one one that is resulting in organizations which are " iwyonu our, ability to ' umutiam asuiunduig a uinSuf uunevessafy - not hate enough work- . - to justify a continuation of the . offices as now set Op. B. That Jtecanse of a complete lack of supervision over department activities and functions there is a considerable- flf ntyjnf j resulting in thousands of dob lure of unnecessary- - expend!-Lir- e each month. As 'an 'ex-nmole of what department f. - tivities cOet where some with authority doe not upervie and regulate them, let ns take-- ' the travel bill of the state an item which i usually consider- StSSlt SSu SnWSithjF vi mucu he on-tl- for-.yon- -- by-th- e y pos-?ibl9- -- t- it I need not convince you . that such an organization results in numerous ; duplications - of services, and that each duplication is wasteful and unnecessary. So also is it obvious that enormous savings will ..follow an elimination of these duplications. As an illustration of what might be accomplished through cooperative planning by departments, let us take as an example the Road Commission and the State Board of Public Welfare. Each of these units spend in excess of $7,000,-00-0 per year. The Road Commission, on the one hand, is unable, -because 'or shortage offunds," to meet the demands of tl public for an enlarged joad building program. On the other hand, we find that the Welfare Board set up in itj 1941 budget an item of $964,837.00, all qf which is paid from state revenues, for aid to employables. Employables are adults who are able to work but can find no work. Most of them would rather earn their livings than receive' direct aid. If the Road Commission and the Welfare Board would coordinate their efforts while preparing .their respective programs, most of these employables could be given employment on the roads and be permitted to' earn the $964,000 now set up from the revenues from the sales tax by the Welfare. Board for their direct relief. By that cooperation, these men would be restored to the desirable atate of - laming their living, the Welfare Department would be put to no extra expense for aid to employables, and the State would have nearly a million dollars of additional roads each year. Numerous other examples of liberal saving or ex--, tended benefits growing out of a policy of planning, benefits, which cannot be enjoyed under" the present' practice of complete separation of department activities, "might be cited. Certainly, this legislature should be willing to cooper- ate- in bringing about these reforms. So that you might be advised on the importance of this problem 1 desire to state at this time that the department requests for appropriations from the general fund for the next biennium are-iexcess of ten million dollars. The estimated revenues for the same fund for the same period is $7,438,500, or more than two and f million dollars less than the - requests. - If thla legislature does not adopt some plan euch as the one I shall propose herein to bring atate expenditures under more definite legis- lative or executive control and to eliminate duplication of services it will be a difficult task to carry on present state activities without jmateriaLincreasea. taxation. On the other hand, I can say without hesitation that with a systematic method of appropriation, plus careful state supervision of expenditures, together with effective governmental reorganization, this state can administer the part of its present program now paid from dethe general fund without any crease- in efficiency,- - and-s- till keep well within the estimated revenue for the general fund. ' UNAPPROPRIATED FUNDS There is another matter on this subject tp which I must your attention. -- The sums of money which you would normally appropriate from the general fund for the next biennium to about $8,000,000. This is less than twenty-fiv- e per cent f the sum which will actually be spent by various commissions and department of the .tat dur- Peri0d ,les SI than ten per cent of the total amount spent each biennium by all government" units in Utah. For your information, I am causing to be printed at the close of this message an itemized statement under Schedule No. 1 of the Source of State and Local Government Revnue In Utah for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1939, and under Schedule No. 2 the - Expenditures of State and "Focal GovernmenF Units in UtafT" for the same period.. More than $30,000,000 from State funds in 'excess of what you appropriate will be disposed of by State departments who are not required by law for to tSsNjnd-c- ft these revenues and over which this legislature would ordinarily exercise no control The funds I refer to include the revenues obtained from the gasoline tax and the automobile license fees by the State Road returns Commission, and the from the sales "UX which go to the State Board of Public Welfare, ,plus Federal, Government appropriations to these two departments.- In addition, the Fish and Game Commissioner disburses all of the revenues from the sale of hunting andFlshlng licenses, me hfleuruy commission has authority to kpend all of the fees collected by R. The State Land Board has for its use - w tWcuty freir and. rentals collected by it from the sale end rentals of state lend. The Bank Commissioner operate on the fees collected from th in" stitution be serves. personally iayor very uocn - n one-hal- -- dl-re- ct wllL-amou- the nee of all fish and game en charge of the administration funds for .the promotion of of all state funds, including purhunting and fishing and all the chasing, state budgets. Income sale tax revenues for relief, from, state lands, all state end ft may be advisable to nse state insurance fund, , all firemens fund, teachers, retiregasoline tax funds . for roads, bet I declare to you ment fund, and all other state ' that it is against the principle funds now administered by state of aound economy to permit n agencies. It should be assigned lew commissions and departall of the duties now performment heads to expend three- ed by the Board of Supplies and fourths of nil of the States revPurchases, Teachers Retirement enues without any adequate Board, Land Board, as well as legislative and executive consome of the functions of the Introl over such expenditures. , Commission and other Jt la natural for human be- dustrial commissions including the Board ings to be less careful in their of Examiners. budgeting and in their spending This board should consist of when they have large sums of three ull-time commissioners money at their disposal and are and should be divided Into as to themselves responsible only many divisions as efficiency and fpr mistakes or poor Judgment economy require, in their methods of spending. ENGINEERING Economies amounting to hunAll state construction and endreds of "thousands of dollars can b made if the legislature gineering projects such as high- will: . way .construction and. main. w ienance, dams, construction of (1) Repeal all laws which ..make these funds available to public, buildings,. together with all engineering surveys should the commissions and boards rebe brought under the direction ferred to herein; J2 Budget of one commission,-whos- e duties definite 'and appropriate amounts to each of them for . should include the services now Commisadministrative purposes; and performed by the Road 3 Appropriate th remainder-- of sion, State Engineer, Aeronautics -the revenues from each of Commission, Building Commis7 the above-name- d sources to a sion, State Planning Board and - public official or a group of -- the Water Storage Commission. Flood control, snow - surveys, public officials who are elected directly by the people, and ground - and underground wawho are clothed with authority ter surveys, stream measure-ment- s, - to control tho manner in which email reservoir, and oththe gasoline tax shall be spent er similar projects should be . on .the roail-- v the sale b -The Department of Engineer-in- g apent for relief, and the hunt-an- d fishing license fees be should be presided over by spent by the Fish and Gam -- three commissioners, Department. In addition, there and should include a division of should be appropriated to the a division general engineering, Land Boaijd n definite amount of roads, and such other divi-siofrom the funds administered aa efficiency and economy will require. by it and not n per cent of those funds, to cover their adPUBLIC WELFARE ministrative costs. It is recommended that the APPROPRIATIONS TO administration of all projects and SPECIAL GROUPS created to look after - It has been the policy of past institutions the needs of all classes of citizens legislatures to make appropriabe consolidated under one au- tions of moneys to certain pri-- ' thority. These will include the c vate or organizaservices now performed by the tions, and to special commissions State of Public Welfare, created by the legislature for Board Board of Trustees of the School definite purposes, to carry out for Deaf Blind, Board of certain activities for which the Corrections,and Board of Trustees of , appropriations were requested. Utah State Hospital, State The expenditure of those funds School, Board of is usually made without any TAistees of state state supervision. - My lnvigstlga. Training School .for Feeble Minded, Jutions have .convinced me that venile Court and Probation Commuch of the moneys so appropriHospital ated are poorly spent. Much of mission, Tuberculosis Assocla-tionit is used for extra salaries for Board, r and citizen who already have This department should ba incomes in payment for service many of which could ba under the direction of a three-ma- n commission, and should be assigned at no extra cost to peodivided into four or more diviple already employed by the state. Much of It is spent for sions, including a division of' travel Large portion-o- f it are Permanent Assistance, division - - of General Welfare, division of not carefully spent. Public Institutions, and a divi-sio- n Great savings would come to of Corrections. the state if this legislature more The division of Permanent Aswould appropriate no If sistance would include the servfunds "to special group. ices now rendered the legislature desires to make Jolhe aged, -certain to for funds available pur. crippled children, to the blind, , ' e or to organizations,--thosdependent children, and other Jloses unds should be appropriated services which are partly paid for by the Federal Government. to some elective officials for whatever purpose the legislaThese services must he adminture declare, who in turn istered under general rules and ' should he given authority to regulations imposed by Federal f control the manner in wnich "to classes of citizens agencies the special commission or priwhosa -- disabilities are- - more or vate organizations spend the less permanent in nature. amounts allotted for their use. - The division of General Wei-far- e SUGGESTIVE would Include aid to unem REORGANIZATION ployables, aid to those dependent All of the fault described children who are not eligible for above can be corrected through; Federal assistance,...ald to cm- - ---the FI) The elimination of ployables and others who are acoree of boards, commissions, from state funds. departments, end other, official Federalwholly regulation need not ap-- " agencies created by past legislato this ply group, a large pertures which now carry on the centage of whom ark not In as states functions and spend the much need of social welfart servstates money; (2) The classiice as they are of state cooper- - -fication of tbe states activities ation in securing employment. to. aa.few. units . aa possible;, division of Public Instf" and (3) The creation of an or- """The tutions would include the each administer to ganization pf all institutions admin- -Similar reforms classification. istering aid to various classificahave been made by many states tions of needy. The business of -of the Union, with resultant vast formulating policies and supersavings of the states revenues, vising the activities of public inand marked improvement in the stitutions has become so great states, efficiency.' . The. plan, that noh-pai- d boards whose memwhich I shall now propose is a bers meet only every two or product of the recommendations four weeks are unable to func-tlo- n of the Committee of Nine creataa efficiently as should be. "" ed by th 1935 Legislature the reorganization structure plans of Efficient supervision of these institutions require the several other states, and the services pf a division head, as recommendations of authorities well as the direction ot a full- in the field of political science. I recommend this plan not as time commission. The division of Corrections a finished product, but as a working model, with the hope that would direct the activities of before you adjourn you will have Institutions, juvenile penal courts, social service-freduced the departments of stat delin- to fewer than twenty, and that quents, and similar activities -you will then have either ap- - LANDS- AND WATER The Interests of fanners. " 'crekmH sportsmen, JroTLth and livestock men are becoming so involved that temporary committee with auit seems essential for all of the thority to set up after you have state activities in these field to adjourned with the help of efba consolidated under one comficiency experts,, an efficient and economical organization in each mission, who should . the state program for supervise of the newly created departfarmers,' ments. The task of doing this sportsmen, and livestock men. It may require several months, but should be composed of three fulltime commissioners with a diviwhen it la completed it will resion of Agriculture, a division of duce the cost of government of thousands of dollars Livestock, and a division of Fish ' . . and Game. per year. The SlaTeXbrisftfiitlofrfiiakes and of Livestock should carry a continuance of the seven elective state offices mandatory. The out the states program for farmers. livestock men and related should, however, Legislature The security of a Industries. bring each ot these departments within its program of great portion of the states popand ulation it is largely dependent on Reorganization, ne prosperity of-- tillers of the "Should consider the auvibauiluy efinite officials soil elective and tenders of flocks. To in of giving crease the productive security assignments of responsibiliof these groups will confer benties In newly created depart-ipentefits on most of our industries, It is recommended that now r trades and professions. Agrtcul-turand livestock programs existing commissions, boards, , and other government nnits should be planned snd admlnis- created by- tered -- through - the cooperative " Legislature be dissolved and that all of efforts of the Land and Water and the groups who the functions of the atate be Department are affected , t assigned to the following new-and Game division t The Fish ly created' departments of Finance, Departshould be administered so far as ment of Engineering, Departconflicting interests will permit ment of Public Welfare, in accordance with the desires of Lard; sr.d Water, and best interests of the Sport- men of the state. All of the funds Department of Service and of from the sale of hunting and Department ulicenses should be expend Health, Board of Higher-Efishing A War twia A farLal AM raaA -- U -- t m Ttw rywenwisaimi IIU wriwottl WW W rimvil' dustrtal Commission, not diverted to any other aiv Liquor Commission, and Department tlvlty. ' of Publicity and Industrial Dm When the present law placing the control of fish . and gam velopment. FINANCE DEPARTMENT) .Cviiuuuod SA Fvuvwul fijt) This ueyaftiueuii audvuu u giv -- ' -- tx full-tim- e -- -- semi-publi- Self-Hel- p s. ade-qua- -- -- - -- - -- full-tim- e -- or -- r . -d- al . Pt S |