New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
SMITH SAYS HE IS
 NOT WORRIED NOW
Is Thinking Only of Present,
 Not 1924

New York, Nov. 0.---Alfred D. Smith is giving his attention to the idea ol making good in his new job of gov. ernor and Is not bothcring with what his political friends arc saying about possibilities in 1924.
 This was the answer received by those who told the goYernor-elect yes terday that his phenomenal plurality had made him an outstanding figure, not to be ignored when it came to se- lecting presidential candidates two years hence. Told that some demo- -catic leaders in other states had al- ready expressed themselves on this subject, Smith retorted:
 Big Job Ahead of Him.
 'I am not thinking anything like that. There is a big job ahead of me in the State of New York and I have got to make good. These opinions are all very nice. but I'm not think ing or talking about that matter"
 What he was bothering q good deal legislature he will have to deal with next winter in order to carry out his platform pledges.
 T am going to take lot of time to think 1t out" the governor-elect said. when asked about his program on transit, public utilities and the possible repeal of the Mnllan- Gage act. T shall have nothing to say about any of these matters until have had chance to think them out well and carefully"
 1T he had clear democratic ma .jority in both branches of the legis- lature 1t would be simple thing for the new governor to put through a legislative program which would carry out his speeches, giving cities control over their own public utilities Including the power to build and operate their own transit lines.
 Sees Transit Construction
 1t was made plain, however, that the absence of such majority will not prevent the governor from using every effort to carry out the program and that he believes measures can be taken which will speedily bring about the long delayed transit construction work needed in New York city.
 Plans are already being formulated for reviving the work of the recon struction commission, whose recom- meDdations for consolidation of the 1S7 state departments and bureaus into 19 were killed by Governor Miller. Constitutional amendements involved in this plan will have to be passed by two legislatures with dif- | ferent senators before being submitted | to the people. This means that even If they were passed at the next ses- sion they could not be submitted to the people before the fall of 1925, after Smith had completed his con- ing term.
 The same rule would apply to the of an executive budget which his commission proposed and | the establishment of the short ballot by making the officers of the state, except the governor, lieutenant gov ernor, comptroller and possibly the attorney general -appointive instead of elective.
 Hopes for Consideration.
 A study is being made to determine several of the proposals. for consolidation and retrenchment cAn- ( not be effected by statutory enact T nents at thernext session. Governor I Miller is believed to have paved the i way flor some of these. @ T The governor-elect took time r enough away from the string of call- V CTS at the Hotel Biltmore to go to f Brooklyn for an hour and half I visit with his mother, who had cast \ her first vote for him the preceding lay. To his associates in the state c