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1	THE CHAIRLADY: Dr. Zimmerman, the tendency
2	has been that this Committee has had thrown at it variou
3	constitutional provisions such as State librarian as a
4	constitutional office and adjutant general as a con-
5	stitutional office. We made some recommendations already
6	in these areas and will probably make others which will
7	tend to eliminate the number of constitutional offices
8	rather than add to the present number.
9	Do you really feel as a practical working
10	matter that it is necessary to give constitutional
11	status to the Board of Education and the Superintendent?
12	DR. ZIMMERMAN: Yes, I do. I think you run
13	the risk of having the Board maybe eliminated by statute
14	and then an elected Superintendent and he becomes a
15	politician, and in some states the State Superintendent
16	is no sooner in office than he is a candidate for
17	governor, and I think this is the worst kind of State
18	Superintendent we want.
19	I think we want a career man who is not a
20	politician, and that is why I feel very strongly that
21	he should be a constitutional officer appointed by a