20 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

Q. Do you have any feelings about a union in the Baltimore City
Police Department?

A. Yes, I have some feelings about it, and to that end I'm going to
take three steps before I make a determination. First, I certainly want
to consult personally with Commissioner Pomerlean soon after my
inauguration. Secondly, I want to consult with the appropriate labor
leaders who claim or can show that they do represent policemen on
the force. And third, I am going to ask the Attorney General to inform
me of the full legal position between the State and organized labor
in reference to police matters. There are certain legal nuances that
I want to recheck and become advised of before I would take a posi-
tion on this matter.

Q. Mr. Agnew, didn't Mr. Dobbin withdraw from the contest of
Treasurer only after you offered him the job, and then discovered it
wasn't worth the offer?

A. Yes, that is true. I did think soon after I was elected, before I
checked the method of electing the State Treasurer, that it was an
executive appointment. And I believe that the Constitutional Conven-
tion group feels it should be an executive appointment because the
Treasurer performs a primarily executive function. This wasn't the
reason Mr. Dobbin withdrew, but this was the reason that he sought
the job originally, and when we found out that it was a legislative
situation, naturally different steps had to be taken at that point. And
it is completely obvious, I believe, that the naming of a State Treasurer
is a purely political type matter where there can't be any outside in-
fluences of the feeling of the individual of any depth to cross party
lines. So it looks like a very difficult proposition, unless I would
employ every means at my disposal to pursuade the Legislature. Now,
every means at my disposal is certainly in the infancy of my administra-
tion. I would love to have Mr. Dobbin, but it is just not in the cards.

Q. To make that an executive appointment would give the Governor
control over the Board of Public, Works or the majority votes on the
Board, no matter what his party. Do you think that is a good idea?
Do you think the Governor should have control over the Board?

A. Well, I think he should and I believe most of the people who have
been involved with the reorganization of the executive branch feel the
same way. But let me hasten to say this, and let me emphasize this,
that I don't see the Board of Public Works running as a political
body. I don't see a man of Mr. Luetkemeyer's caliber utilizing the