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1	as the people he appoints are concerned.
2	Certainly, the Merit System should be preserved
3	in its structure because they need protection in the hold-
4	ing of their jobs. Their protection has worked in the past,
5	and certainly no serious complaints about it have been
6	called to my attention, and I wouldn't be qualified per-
7	sonally to comment on that either.
8	Should the Governor be given the power to alter
9	the functions of the administrative departments to the
10	extent necessary for efficient administration?
11	I think he should, but so long as he doesn't
12	in doing that, violate any law that has been passed by
13	the Legislature for the regulation. I would say otherwise
14	you would put the Governor up in the position of doing
15	whatever he pleases, and that could be handled by any res-
16	trictions on revamping that the Legislature has tied down,
17	and it oughtn't to go beyond that. What authority the
18	Legislature has done in particular instances should be
19	continued, and I think about the people that have served,
20	well, our prison setup for one, how essential it is to
21	have people that are qualified and who conduct themselves