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of whatever general department was established to handle
the financial affairs of the State. The constitutional
provisions which are being proposed by the Committee do
nothing beyond that. It was perfectly within our concept
that all other appointments would be made by the depart-
ment head or pursuant to the Civil Service regulations
as they are now in effect.
This is, in no sense, a debate about whether
the 900 members of the Comptroller's office should be
appointed by the Governor or appointed by the Comptroller.
This is not involved in the issue as we see it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Child.
DELEGATE CHILD: My question was whether or
not you wanted to strengthen his hand by giving him more
appointive power.
THE CHAIRMAN; Delegate Adkins.
DELEGATE ADKINS: We do want to, in terms of
the top policy-making boards of the State so that when the
people attempt to assess the effectiveness of any adminis-
tration, they can look at the behavior, the policies and
implementations of one man; now there is no way to divide