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1	are you in favor of having all your department heads
2	serve at the pleasure of the Governor, be subject to ap-
3	pointment by the Governor, removal by the Governor, and the
4	present boards, some of which exercise executive authority,
5	become advisory; are you in favor of that?
6	MAYOR McKELDIN: Having a cabinet appointed?
7	MR. BOND: Well, having — in other words,
8	the heads of all your departments would become — would
9	serve at your will and would be in essence your cabinet.
10	MAYOR McKELDIN: Yes, well, they are your
11	cabinet anyhow, even if they don't serve at your will, they
12	are still your cabinet, I mean you still confer with them,
13	and my own feeling is that they should be subject to the
14	will of the Governor and should serve not for any term but
15	should serve at the will of the Governor, yes.
16	MR. BOND: And how far down the line should
17	this go? In other words, you have your heads of your
18	various departments, then you have your various sub-heads,
19	your heads of your institutions. How do you feel about the
20	Governor's right of removal and whether these people should
21	serve fit the convenience of the Governor, and how about