My administration will lend every effort to the search for a proper balance between state and local support of education. As I see it, we are obligated to provide educational opportunities with incentives for youth, teachers and the taxpaying public. Other specific programs I shall present in my various messages to the Legislature. In recent weeks I have visited personally in many state institutions. I expect to continue to investigate first hand the circumstances surrounding government operations.
Problems are easier to understand and solve when they are studied at their sources.
The idea of good public relations has become a consuming passion with many business and commercial enterprises in this modern day. Numerous organizations employ extensive staff personnel to deal with myriads of publics with which they are concerned. I believe firmly that State Government desperately needs a program of good public relations in every department of its structure. In this instance, my administration will be concerned with only one public - the citizens of West Virginia, who will be viewed alike, taxed alike and served alike. I plan to report often to the people of the State via the press, radio and television.