The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27

The senate went into sec
ret session in Lieutenant
Governor M. Clifford Town
sends office at 1890 and the
house Democrats recessed to
the Indianapolis Athletic
Club. Both caucuses still
we're in progress early this
afternoon.
The caucus plans, on which de-
termined effort was made to have
the utmost secrecy, called for adj
ministration advisors to present
memoranda of the ripper bill.
Makes Drastic Shakeup
The memoranda, as originally
drawn, provided for the repeal of
the present executive and admins
trative setup and creation of eight
new departments.
Eight Departments Provided
These departments are:
Executive, department of state,
department of treasury, department
of audit and control, department of
law department of education, de-
partment of public works, and de-
partment of commerce and indus
tries
A revised memoranda of the bill
is reported to call for creation of
two additional boards. The bill
provided further that the only
elective administrative officers
be those provided for in the state
constitution-Governor, lieutenant-
governor, secretary, auditor, treas
urer, and superintendent of public
instruction.
Other reported provisions are:
That the attorney general and Of
flee of attorney general be appoint
i've.
Blow at Mayr
The measure, if the assembly &C
cedeS TO the administration "sugges-
tons, will strike a crushing blow at
Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr.,
whose political ambitions have
earned him no warm esteem from
Governor McNutt and r. Earl
Peters, Democratic state chairman.
Mayr will be stripped of his
patronage by the provision that
the Governor specifically be au-
thorized and empowered to appoint
and commission any and all neces-
sary officers, employees, and servants
of the several administrative de-
partments, and the same shall con-
tinue in service at the pleasure of
the Governor be eligible for reap
pointment, but not in any case shall
the tenure of appointment exceed
four years.
The department Of state would
be in charge of a board of the sec
rotary, as chief administrative off,
Ger, the Governor, and lieutenant
governor.
Departments Lined Up
Proposed lineup for other de-
partment boards is:
Treasury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Governor, and one other person.
Audit and CONFEDERATION, Gov
ernor, and one other person.
Law-Attorney general, Governor,
and auditor.
Education Superintendent Of
public instruction, Governor and
one other person.
Public Works-Three persons or
more, the Governor and attorney
general with the administrative Of
fcer a member of the board, desig-
mated by the Governor.
Commerce and ndustries-Three
or more persons and the Governor,
the administrative officer member
- be designated by the Governor.
Tenure Is Affected
One OF the most important fea-
lures of the bill, as drawn tentative
ly, affects the tenure Of persons now
employed in the present administra-
tive departments. Every person,
with exception Of the constitutional
officers and the attorney general,
for the remainder of his elected
term, would be ousted at the gov
ernor's pleasure by June 80, 1893,
but could be reappointed, as pro-
vided in the bill.
Rumblings against the centraliza-
ton of all administrative powers in
the Governors Office already have
been heard from several Democrats
and sharp resent at autocracy as
poets of the bill was expected to
flare at the caucus.
Close observer predicted many
amendments would be suggested to
replace provisions of the tentative
memoranda.