The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-06
MUST BALANCE
MIDGET, THEME
|lFEHRINCHAUS
,,o,d Recommendations
To legislature Deal
With Economy Plans
AUDIENCE SERIOUS
RIIT GIVES APPLAUSE

RALEIGH, Jan. o. d o Il II
t,y,,toph Butcher EhringhauS,
fs,ial son Of the Albemarle sec
at l2H5 p. m. yesterday
%ycbanged his old black-and-yel-
or No. 225-229 automobile Ii
&anse plates for couple of new
Ia shiny blue-and-white No. rs
and became North Carolina 5
fif,y-fourth governor. ,
Wan and not yet recovered
fro,,, q siege of illness that kept
n, in the hospital almost to the
+. of his Inauguration as sue
tsssor 10 0. Max Gardner, Mr..
fbrinqhaus was still able to be-
4 ,ow that smile made famous
Errinr the heated two-prlmary
Fampaign upon an audience that
fTej Raleigh's handsome new
Memorial auditorium and rose
H. spontaneous applause to
rect its new chief executive.
/ Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy,
cungest of the five justices who
,rDrise North Cardinals SUI
RENE court, extemporaneously
sininistered the oath of office
hsr the goyernor-elect had been
Yanted bv Governor Gardner,
4! the new governor at once
hinged into the delivery of mis-
rllgural address that lacked but
BIO minutes of going a full hour.
HE address, true to the Ehring-
taus standards, was an eloquent
bresentation from the standpoint
b rhetoric and oratory. but the
huge audience-there must have
been almost 5000 persons at
tending-seemed to care little
Dor the manner of its preSenta-
lon out rather for what it said.
Basing his address on the
t.me, "the budget must be bal
heed and "the cost of govern
bent" must come down. and that
Substantially" Governor Ehring-
lls listed ten recommended
qnS.
"Reverently and in full con-
|aolsness Of the momentous re-
fPonSibilities | take up the duties
Ii this great office" Ehringhaus
tad as ne started speaking.
To me it has always symbo-
1ed the ultimate in political
achievement, but / find that the
salizatiOn of a life's ambition
brings only an overwhelming
ense Of responsibility and made
4uacy"
After reviewing the years of
prosperity, tn c depression and
he fac. the state faces n $12,-
100000 deficit by end Of the
current fiscal year, June 80,
t933, Ehringhaus presented the
Following recommendations:
|. Retaliation of property.
2. Relief of the present prop
'tT:y levy.
3. Substantial economy.
I. Reduction in operating cost
|ci the state government.
). No new financial commit
|nents.
5. Reserve highway funds for
nga|ay use and abandon all new
Z. EduCatiOn-economy, elimi-
nation and consolidation.
g. Reduce the cost of local
government.
>. D is C o n tinuance of unre-
STRAINED fee expenditures.
H. Agricultural improvement
-commendation of Gov. Gard
ner,S liye-at-home program.
hhrInghaus concluded his in
algural address with commenda-
uon Of the General Assembly for
oanlfeating "a fixed determine
Ion to hold down expenses and
expenditures, and an appeal for
arnOny" in solving the prob
EMS Of the state.
. Under the head of reduction
n operating cost of government,
GOVERNOR Ehringhaus made the
following recommendations:
a, Repeal the 1929 act grant
ing the governor an entertain
nent fund.
0. Abolish the office of execu'
I'VE counsel and give the COVER
lior authority to appoint a Par
ION Commissioner at a salary to
'e fixed by the legislature.
c. Consolidate t h e personne
apartment with the executive
apartment, having the WORK
landled by a clerk in the execu'
I've division.
d. Transfer the local govern
aent commission and its funC'
IONS to the treasury department
e. Consolidate the highway
nd prison departments and mo,
" vehicle revenue collections.
I. Canvass the whole field Of
Governmental cost to avoid d"pi'
.atlonS and effect consolidation:
'ad eliminations.
The new governor made NJ
,peeific recommendation for an
9IIner cut in salaries of state EN-
''oyeeS, although he recommend
. economy in all expenditures
'aCluding salaries.
In addition to Ehringhaus anC
1raham, the oath of office wa.
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