Our first and primary attention will be directed toward doing those things with government that can be improved with great personal effort. We must make integrity in state government a tradition in West Virginia, and the time to begin to build such respect is now. Like an individual, a state can have no asset more valuable than a reputation for honesty. West Virginians deserve honorable government, and I will demand it. Through public trust, we must provide a fresh stimulus for improved government.
Society is built upon trust, and without trust, there can be little more than discouragement.
Therefore, we will seek to examine our educational system to assure that educational opportunities of high quality and the right type are available to all our people. We must develop not only the academic skills which lead to college and professional training, but also, and with much more emphasis, we must develop programs providing technical training sufficient to provide a great pool of skilled labor who have flexibility in the application of their skills. Every goal important to our people now depends for its attainment in some degree upon education. Schools and other means of education have become not only the instruments of our purpose but the most powerful instruments we possess for attaining our objectives. If our people are to progress, communication and transportation among all parts of our State are essential.