The border vidette., 1928-02-11
STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR GEO.
w. p. HUNT

| 0IO AAuuuO4 0OlO AOVoAo " hIS-
must be considered in connection
with this subject; it is impossi.
BILE for any one to keep posted
on this matter without devotinR
practically their entire time to
it. Mr.. McCfuskey was assign.
ed to this work by me. at the
time he was secretary to the
governor. He has handled all
of the secretarial as well as
much of the legal research work
that has been necessary in pre-
pairing our case. The other ba
sin states have assigned men to
this work. Our legislature made
no arrangement for four years
to have this done, so | have been
compelled to do the best l could
by securing the services OF vol
unteer workers and assigning
some of the duties to the state
! employees.
Some states have single exc.
cutive in charge of the work OF
the industrial commission; Ari
zona has three. While the work
is important and growing, in my
opinion it was possible for them
to spare Mr.. McCluskey from
much Of their detail work, es
pecially as one of the leading
advocates for years of an indus
trial commission be was thoro
ughly familiar with the funda
mentals of their work and thus
at any time, on short notice,
could participate with the rest
of the commission on matters Of
general policy. Mr.. McCluskey
bad several years Of contact
with the Colorado river work
before the creation of the crea-
tion of the industrial commits
sion. Months would have been
required for any one else to be
come as familiar with the sub
ject as was Mr.. McCluskey. It
was not anticipated that a settle
ment would be so long deferred,
so even after his appointment
on the industrial commission, by
my instructions be has continu-
ed his duties in connection with
the Colorado river commission.
Our supreme court has passed
ons the question of who are state
officers, their remuneration, etc.
| AS the members of the Colorado
river commission are not under
salary, there is no question in
volved as to double pay. How.
ever, if q man cannot act in two
capacities for our state at all, we
have five members of our pres
ent Colorado river commission
who are members of the state
legislature and who are there.
fore prohibited from serving by
our constitution. This would
also mean that the. whole law is
invalid and we have no legal
commission at all to protect Ari
zona in her time of danger.
lam deeply sorry that this &C
tion which was precipitated by
Mr.. Kerby. has occurred. The
act is similar to the one made
upon me last fall when I went to
Denver to attend the seven state
conference of governors. l had
barely left when the admin.
istration was subjected to a re-.
newal of the attacks which were
made during the last campaign.
The Denver attack. did not hurt
me any more than the primary
attack. The primary vote in
1926 showed what the people
think of these attacks. How
ever, outsiders do not under
stand our internal affairs and
these things do hurt our state
| by indicating divided senti
ment.
The men from California reao
the attack upon myself at Den
yer with great glee; they have
welcomed the attack on Mr.;
| McCluskey with equal pleasure
i Treason is defined as levyine
war or giving aid and comfort tt
the enemy. {@ -
! These are the facts. It is fol
i the people of Arizona to judge
whether or not man should bt
punished for faithfully perform
ing the duties assigned to hin
by the governor of the state
Neither myself nor Mr.. Nc