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DELEGATE ADKINS: I don't think an elected
governor has that omniscience any more than an elected
Comptroller. I think both are forced to rely to the
extent that they can on the best talent expert in the
field, that they can elicit on the best mechanical devices
for compiling the information and making the necessary fore-
casts, but I see no reason why the Governor Isn't equally
as competent to select the personnel to do this job as is
an elected Comptroller.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: My next question, sir, is
this: Would you have the Governor rely upon the estimates
of the Budget Bureau, the head of which is required to
have no educational or professional qualifications?
DELEGATE ADKINS: I would require him to rely on
such personnel as the Governor of this State elected by
the people saw fit to vest without authority. If he feels
that an education is not necessary, then I think that is a
matter that the people can call him to account for later.
I cannot conceive that a governor of this
State competent to be Governor and to receive the endorse-
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