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but it would have to be carefully guarded and protected.
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If that could be done, that would not be bad.
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For example, we got the State to give us some
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money for our police out of the gasoline tax for the roads,
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because the State uses it, of course, for their police,
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and we thought we could use it for our police, and the
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Governor very kindly gave us some for the City Police,
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which is, of course, under the control of the Governor.
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MR. ENEY: Mr. Mayor, can you come back to
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Mr. Sayre's earlier question as to possible reorganization
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of the Executive Department by the Governor; would you be
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in favor of the Constitution giving the Governor complete
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authority to reorganize the Executive Department by execu-
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tive order, or would you want to confer that power on the
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Legislature?
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MAYOR McKELDIN: I would give it to the Governor.
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MR. ENEY: Would you have any limitations on
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it as to how far he could go in abolishing departments or
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in merging departments?
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MAYOR McKELDIN: Well, I think there ought to
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be a limit on that. I think there ought to be a limit on
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