Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-03

title. In this case the court as
sumed there must be attached tul!
copy of the act.
Governor Issues Statement.
The governor issued the follow
ing statement announcing his ao-
pointments under Ike new law.
1T has been my opinion that the
civil administrative code has been
the law since the 18th of July, and
now that the district court has held
with the secretary of state in his
opinion that the referendum petit
tions against the code were not
properly circulated, I feel justified
in making the appointments of the
secretaries of the six administra-
tive departments under the code as
follows:
Secretary Of finance. Philip F.
Mross.
Secretary of agriculture, Leo A.
Stuhr.
Secretary of trade and COM
merce, ]. E. Hart.
Secretary of labor, Frank A.
Kennedy
Secretary of public works,
George E. Johnson.
Secretary of public welfare, H.
H, Antics.
Serving at Present Time.
1T will be noted that, with the
exception of Mr.. Antics, all Of these
appointments are of ones who are
at the present time serving under
the present administration. For in
stance, Mr.. Bross as secretary to
the governor, Mr.. Stuhr as deputy
food commissioner, Mr.. Hart as
secretary of the state banking
board, Mr.. Kennedy as deputy labor
commissioner, Mr.. Johnson as sec
retary of the board of irrigation,
highways and drainage. l would
explain that when I appointed
these men originally, it was with
the thought in mind that they
would be advanced to more respon-
sible positions when the code went
into effect, and it is really fortunate
that I am able to bring to the serv-
ice of the various departments un-
der the code men who have already
had experience in the work which
thew are to perform.
81 estimate that under this plan
of administration it will be pos
sible to administer all of the de-
partments without an additional
number of employees. In fact, I
believe that it will be possible to
reduce the number of employees.
Obtain More Efficiency.
"The administration of the states
business under the code simply
means that by consolidating the
several subdivisions of administra-
ton into six major departments, to-
gether with the elimination Of the
boards and commissions under
which they were formerly adminis-
tered, it will be possible to fix re-
sponsibility and obtain efficiency.
"In making the minor appoint
ments under the code, l shall de-
pend largely upon the recommended
tions of the secretaries of the de-
partments. This is the policy that
| have pursued, not only in my own
business, but in the handling of the
states business since | have been
governor, and | think it is the only
plan through which discipline and
loyalty of service can be insured.
H. H. Antics, who becomes secre-
tary of the department of welfare,
is expected home from overseas very
soon. He has been serving as first
lieutenant in the sanitary corps in
France. His home was formerly
at Pilger, Neb. He has been admit
ed to the bar of the state; was deputy
warden Of the state penltentiary;
was deputy sheriff of Lanca ster
county, and was chief OF police in
Lincoln at the time he entered the
military service. His varied exper-
fence in handling questions that re-
late to the public welfare, together
with his service in connection with
the health and welfare work in the
army, fits him especially we'll for his
duties in this new department.
"The subjects over which the var
ious departments have administra-
tive authority are as follows:
Finance-(Business System)-Uni-
formity, accounting, reporting, pur-
chasing Budget, taxation.
Agriculture-Food, drugs, dairy
and oils. Live. stock, health and
sanitation (hog cholera, tuberculosis,
stallion registration). Markets and
marketing. Agricultural statistics,