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1	elect anybody but a Governor every twenty years in this
2	State who is a Republican, so the Board of Public Works
3	consists of a Republican Governor and two Democrats. For-
4	tunately, they have been very cooperative, because the
5	Treasurer has been o high-type man who has not been involved
6	in politics, which is a blessing like John Luetkemeyer, see
7	he wouldn't play politics, but if the Comptroller and the
8	Treasurer get together, they could give the Governor a fit.
9	JUDGE ADKINS: May I ask a question, Mayor?
10	MAYOR McKELDIN: Yes.
11	JUDGE ADKINS: In the recommendation which you
12	have made to the effect that the Comptroller should be ap-
13	pointed by the Governor, is there any reason for him to
14	continue as a member of the Board of Public Works if, in
15	fact, we continue a Board of Public Works?
16	MAYOR McKELDIN: I wouldn't see any reason, no.
17	He is only advisory, of course, and the Board has its ad-
18	visors, I mean whether they are on the Board or not. Repeat
19	it again for me.
20	JUDGE ADKINS: Well, if you cake the Comptroller
21	appointive, as you have recommended, should he then be a