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MR. ENEY: What do you call this, five or
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six of your statement? This intrigues me, because looking
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at it, I see that in 44 years you have hod only two
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Republican governors, or twelve years out of the 44, but
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that in addition to that, the only one who was not
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previously either Comptroller or Attorney General was
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Harry Nice .
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: That -is right.
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MR. ENEY: He served four years, from '35 to
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'39, as I remember. Would you care to comment on that
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fact in connection with your views, that the Comptroller
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should be an elected official and perhaps also your
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views, whatever they may be, as to whether the Attorney
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General should be elected?
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MR. GOLDSTEIN: Well, I have always been of
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the opinion, the more elected officials you have in a
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State government, the more efficient the government is.
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The elected official is closer to the people. Now, there
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is an old saying, everybody should be able to choose his
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lawyer, his legal advisor. Here again, you have had
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Republican governors , with a Democratic Attorney General.
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