The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-10-22
Governor Theodore Christianson
ANSWERS Floyd Is. Olson

January, 1880, than in January, 1925.
h.any VI Insm, however, are the
names OF parI-Jlme employees, work.
ing lntermIuuenrly as needed. Will
You, IL eiecLed governor, re0uce the
payroll OF the highway department!
wan you curtall lne highway pro-
gram Inc voters are Interested,
and are entitled to know.
There was an increase of 931 in
the payroll OF the University OF Min
neSoJa, but over this, the court have
he'd, the Governor has no control,
and this increase can therefore not
be charged to the economy pro-
gram" l have exercised the only
cneck the Governor has upon the
University, by holding down appro-
prlatlons and keeping them from in
creasing unduly during period OF
economic stress. Is it your intention
to continue this policy, or will you
adopt more liberal plan that will
admit of a greater increase in the
University payroll?
There are ia more teachers and
employees in the teachers colleges,
but it will not be charged that they
constitute any part of the Governors
patronage, for not one of them has
been appointed on my recommended
ton. Is it your intention to con-
tinue a policy of reasonably check
ing expansion in the teachers col
leges, or will you follow a more lib
eral policy that will permit greater
increases in their payroll?
There were 1877 more employees in
the state institutions, under the
Board of Control, in January 1880,
than in January, 1925; but the ratio
of increase in the number of EN-
ployees was less than the ratio of in
crease in the number of inmates, and
none of the 1877 was appointed by me
or at my suggestion. Will you, if
elected Governor, curtail the number
of this class of employees. or is it
your intention by a more liberal pol
icy to increase this rart of the states
payroll? The voters are interested,
and are entitled to know.
What is the truth in regard to the
increase in the number of state en-
ployees in departments and institu-
tons under the control of the Gov
ernor and his appointees and payable
in whole or in part out of the re-
ceipts of general taxation? The in
crease has been not 1000 but Alp,
and of these 3O1 are in the teachers
colleges and the Board of Control in
situations. In other words the net
increase in the personnel of the state
government paid for out of general
tax receipts and under the control of
the Governor, has been not 1000 but
Ill. And of these II are in the De-
partment of Criminal Apprehension,
a department of government which
did not exist when | took office.
1t might be interesting to know
how the financial record of this ad-
ministratiOn compares with that of
your own office during the same Pc
riOd. In 1924 the county attorneys
office cost the taxpayers of Hennepin
County $63,290. The budget for the
present year is S76,8S6. This repre-
sents an increase of II per cent i'm
the expenditures of your office during
the period when direct taxes for
state purposes have decreased Is per
cent.
Your statement that there are six
ty additional employees in the Game
and Fish department raises the
question as to what your own policy
would be if elected Governor. The
personnel of this department was in
creased upon the demand of the
lzaak Walton League and other
SpOrtSmen's organizations. r h
sportsmen provided every dollar
raised for the support of the depart
ment. The law requires that tbs
money which they contribute shall be
used for game and fish propagation
and protection. and for no other pur
pose. The Game and Fish depart
ment derives no support from the gen
eral taxpayer. and the increase in the
number of its employees does no;
cost him single dollar. Would you.
if elected Governor, reduce the pre-
sent number of wardens, and scrap
the policy of using game and fish re-
ceipts for game and fish purposes
only, or would you continue the pro-
gram of effective conservation in