NEWS CONFERENCE 9

my personal start and in appointments I will have to make before the
summer. But I have received a great many applications, as you must
be aware, and we are processing and categorizing those so that I can
review them a little later on.

Q. Are the applications both Republican and Democrat?

A. We don't even designate which party they belong to. We're merely
interested in their background.

Q. Governor Tawes said in a news conference not too long ago that
one of the biggest problems that he faced was the fact that so many
people were coming in to see him looking for jobs. Do you find that
a problem?

A. Well, I will say a lot of people are attempting to arrange ap-
pointments to discuss jobs. I've been rather inaccessible during these
past weeks out of the absolute necessity to face some of the decisions

T have to make in following this tax program and the other things

that we're considering. I intend to become a lot more accessible after
the legislative session is over. But most people are content, if they
are able to talk to someone, to send in a resume of what they are in-
terested in and their background.

Q. Mr. Agnew, do you have any thoughts on a second Bay bridge?

A. That is a subject that is going to occupy a great amount of my
time during the next several months, and I want to be thoroughly and
officially briefed, as soon as I take office, by the State Roads Commis-
sion, and also to read the conflicting opinions with their determina-
tion. I don't feel that I want to discuss it as yet, however.

Q. Are you planning to change the decor or, should I say, is Mrs.
Agnew going to change the decor of the State House?

A. That's another subject that we haven't gotten to. It has to go low
on the list of priorities. I mean the Governor's house.

Q. Could you give us an idea of the other fields that you have in
mind for these program executives? You named Mr. Cole for education.
In general, what other fields did you have in mind?

A. It's a good question and it's a question that I'm not going to try
to avoid, but I'm simply going to indicate to you that it is a very flex-
ible situation now because with 204 State agencies of many possible
groupings we haven't decided on just what groupings are appropriate.
And that's one of the reasons for the Governor's Commission on