Arizona state miner., 1924-06-21


lii addition to this, upon MY rec
ommendation, committee was ap-
pointed by the Board of Education to
consider the matter of text books and
their Standardization and method
of handling them. The committee,
further, has been standardizinz on
text books for high schools so as to
do away with the costly system of
choosing d text book for one year
and abandoning Mt the next year,
which has proved All expensive pro-
cedure for parents with large fam
lilies and those who are forced to
move from one coff1mttnity to another.
| am glad to state that the faculty
of the University Of Arizona is being
brought to a high standard. l shall
continue to support the endeavor to
make the University of Arizona one
of the best institutions of higher edu-
cation in the United States.
State lnstitutions.-The cost Of op-
erations of all our State institutions
has been materially reduced without
any sacrifice of efficiency or any re-
duction in the standard of living of
the inmates. The buildings and
grounds Of all the institutions have
been put in state of repair and nu-
merous improvements have been
made. The policies inaugurated will
be continued,
Our prison is being operated this
year for approximately fifty per cent
less than it cost to operate it under
the previous administration while
maintaining approximately the same
ratio of inmates. shall, if elected
ask the legislature to make adequate
appropriation for the employment of
prisoners upon public work which
will tend to develop and build up our
State. In particular l shall ask for
the construction of State cement
plant to be operated by prison labor,
as outlined in my message to the last
legislature
At the last legislature 1 caused a
bill to be. introduced for the deporta-
ton of all non-citizens of the State of
Arizona who were committed to the
State Insane Asylum. It failed to
pass. I still favor the adoption of
this policy and will so recommend in
the next budget. At the prison we
have been following the policy of de-
porting all aliens upon the expiration
of their sentences or at the time of
parole.
Highway Department.---My policy,
as far as the Highway Department
is concerned, is to maintain our pres
ent highways in the best possible
manner; to match federal aid funds
made available by Congress for the
State of Arizona and to build such
connecting links as will contribute
to the greater efficiency of the high
way system of the State / shall ad-
vocate the policy of considering the
state highways as a unit rather than
in fourteen subdivisions.
State Examiner.-Upon my recon.
mendatiOn the Sixth Legislature in.
creased the appropriation to provide
for additional deputies for the State
Examiners office. It is the first time
since statehood that the county off.
GERS have had their accounts exams
ined as provided by law.
AS result of this policy savings
have been made in the administra-
tions OF the affairs of several counties
and the way pointed for additional
economies in the future as we'll as
many leaks having been discovered
and stopped. l favor extending the
authority of the State Examiner by
giving him authority to audit the ac-
counts of school districts.
State Auditor.-The law provides
that the State Auditor shall audit the
accounts of all State officials. ! shall
advocate additional appropriations to
be made to enable him to employ adj
help to carry out this pro.
vision of the law.
made during the last campaign was
to enforce the banking laws of the |
State Of Arizona. This pledge has
been fulfilled. One of the issues in |
the last campaign revolved around the
administration of the affairs of the
Central Bank Of Arizona. / made a
request upon the Governor of Kansas
Tor the extradition of P. K. Lewis,
former President of the Central Bank,
1ut the authorities were not success
'ul in apprehending him. / then Of
'ered a reward Of $500, which is the
maximum allowed by law, for the ar
'est Of p. K. Lewis. / promise a
continuation OF present policies in
his department.
Public Heatth-This department of
'tir Government is becoming one of
he most important in the State. The
nfiux Of aliens who are unaccustomed
o modern sanitary methods is respon.
ible for several epidemics OF disease.
smallpox. / favor the ex-
ension of our public health program.
into preventive work as to n
children. This work will probably
'e costly. but the indirect return from
will ,ha Ona E~s~ I.,rS Amv1 |