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1	I think he should also appoint the Treasurer.
2	It is now by the Legislature, but I think as Mayor McKeldin
3	said, we are fortunate in having had highly qualified
4	Treasurers, and he didn't put it in this language, but the
5	new Governor, the incoming Governor, has to exert enough
6	persuasive power over the Legislature; if he complied or on
7	a political basis he would never be able to appoint a
8	Republican Treasurer, but we are fortunate in having the
9	type and kind of people that vie have had over the years.
10	I don't see much sense in having the Legislature elect
11	the Treasurer. The Treasurer is more responsible to the
12	Governor than he is to the Legislature.
13	I think you could give them the right, with the
14	advice and the consent of the Senate. That's purely a
15	detail. If he is a good man, with the Governor's power
16	of persuasion, he is going to be okayed as a practical mat-
17	ter, and it doesn't need to get into the Constitution.
18	Should the heads of all administrative depart-
19	ments serve at the will of the Governor?
20	Well, as I indicated more in detail my exper-
21	ience, I never had much trouble, but there are times, only