New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-13
GOVERNOR ADVISES
Merger OF BOARDS
FOR MORE EC0N0N'
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service of n full-time, adequately
paid administrative officer, whom
We may call the commissioner OF
control and finance. to do the detai
work necessary 10 carry out the
boards program"
Message In Full
The governors message, in full. is
as follows: MIR. President, Mr..
Speaker and members of the gener-
al assembly: When ] last had the
privilege of addressing your honor
able body. the work of the present
general assembly had only COM
lnenced. Your session is now draw
ing to close and your labors are all
hut completed. ] cannot forbcai
taking the opportunity Of congratu-
lating YOU. not only upon the notable
results Of the session but upon the
manner in which they have been &C
complished. The people of Connecti-
cut cannot but review the final pro
duct of your deliberations with feel
ings Of entire s isfaction. II re-
fleets a thoughtful and Compre
hensive study Of the vital needs OF
the state and an intelligent response
to them. The session has shown
policy of real progre ssivcness and at
the same time been true 10 our ira
ditional distaste Tor fads and untried
experiments.
Harmony and Thought
But it is with even more pride
mat the state will view the spirit III
which all this has been done. a
feeling OF harmony in thought and
action has been not the least of the
noteworthy characteristics OF this
session and it has not been the con-
cord horn of subservicnce to any
particular individual or TO any pre-
arranged program but rather Il fine
cooperation OF men OF similar ways
Of thought, united in common cause
for the good of all the people. IT
is this unity OF purpose, this purity
OF honest and Intelligent approach
TO the problems of legislation which
has caused the accomplishment OF
the business % the session with the
minimum OF friction and the maxi
mum OF dignity and dispatch.
"A word OF personal appreciation
will not be out of order. The effect
ivencss Of the work OF the governor
and OF the general assembly de-
pcnds in no small measure upon a
mutual sense of confidence. We OF
the executive and you Of the legis-
la,ive branch OF the government
will have individual duties and per-
sonal responsibilities which cannot
and should not be avoided.
But these duties and RESPONSE
iili'ios are met most effectively and
performed with the minimum waste
Of effort, when each branch Of the
government may depend upon a
cordial reciprocity and cooperation
from the other. The certainty OF
This mutual understanding during
present session has been a source OF
the greatest personal satisfaction. II
Las rendered most pleasant my own
opportunities to be Of service 10
you: 1t has been the means OF easing
substantially the burdens if not the
possibilities OF my own part in
the government Of the state.
II wish also 20 express my sin
c're appreciation OF your thought
Tul consideration OF the suggestions
contained in my message to you last
January. Many OF these you have
translated into sound legislation.
Others YOUR committees are still in
Ncstigating. To all of them you have
given an intelligent and indepand-
ont study which ! deeply appreciate.
One OF the topics OF that message
is the particular occasion Of my ad-
dressing YOU today. ] then suggested
10 YOU that with certain limitations
necessarily inherent in Il corpora
llon charged with governmental
functions, there seems no reason
why state may not 10 It's advan-
taee avail itself of many of the
modern methods Of finance, which
are approved by the best business
practice and experience. ! discussed
the problem OF our bud get to which
YOU have been recently giving your
careful attention, the precautions
that We should take in connection
with capital expenditures, the need
tor balance sheet to show COM
pletely the actual financial condi-
ton of the entire state government
and number of other pertinent
questions involved in the problems
of financial control for which we
are all responsible.
Approves Institutions.
Il yield TO no one in my admira-
ton for the several institutions