Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-09-05

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new appointee will be. And both the
governor and Mr.. Maxwell are known
to be just as communicative as an
oyster as to what they intend to do
until the time comes to do it., those
who know them agree.
The belief is growing in informed
circles, however, that whoever is ap-
pointed assistant commissioner OF
revenue to succeed DR.. Noble will be
some one now an employee of the
revenue department who has had
port in it's reorganization and is ia
miliar with the functions of it's many
different divisions, rather than an
outsider who is not familiar with the
present set-up. It is also believed that
instead of being given to some poll
tician, the appointment will again be
made on a non-political basis and
that when the announcement is made
the name will be almost as strange
and unfamiliar in the ears of the
politicians as was the name of DR..
Noble.
Politicians Ruled Out
Accordingly it is not believed that
this new and juicy vacancy in the
Revenue Department will be used to
take care" of some political favor
lite of the present administration,
such as Charles Powell, at present
private secretary to Governor Ehring-
haus, although it is believed that
Powell will undoubtedly be taken
care Of The appointment of Powell
as assistant commissioner of revenue
would not only raise an immediate
howl among the politicians who eth
err want the job or want some friend
to have it, but would bring down ire
mendous criticism upon the head of
Governor Ehringhaus for filling the
office with a purely political appoin-
tee after maintaining for three years
that DR.. Noble was nOn-political ap-
pointee named for the purpose of ELI
minating politics from the Depart
ment of Revenue, it is being pointed
out. It is still further maintained
that if Powell should be named to
this office, the Revenue Department
would soon sink back into the same
sort of political limbo from which
DR.. Noble is supposed to have res
cued it, since Powell is conceded to.
belong to the old school of politicians
whose definition of state job is that
it is merely something to reward po-
liticians with. So most observers re-
gard Powell as being out of the pic
ture.
Nor is Guitar Moore of Lumberton,
erstwhile secretary of the Democrat
ic State Executive Committee, and
mate recently assistant campaign
manager for Clyde r. Hoey, regard
ed a. sbeing in line. for the job. For
while Moore is regarded as being one
of the most likeable and affable
young men in the State, these very
qualities virtually rule him out for
the revenue job. For whoever gets
this job must say mo" more often
than Eyes" and must be essentially
hard-Iboiled and as impervious as pos
siole to political considerations. So
the belief is that Moore comes much
nearer being in, line for appointment
as private secretary to Governor
Hoey than for assistant commission
err of revenue.
England Is Talked
The name of Charles H. England is
also being mentioned for the post.
England is a political hangover from
the Mclean administrations where he
was private secretary to former Gov
ernor A. w. Mclean. He was then
taken care of in a job made for
him in the Department of Conserva-
ton and Development as State game
warden. Brought UP in the Simmons
school of politics, England was con-
vinced that political lame ducks made
the best game wardens until the
sportsmen rebelled and another place
was made for him in the Revenue
Department, by and with the consent
of DR.. Noble and governor Ehring-
haus. So if England should be nam
ed assistant commissioner of reve-
nue., many believe it would not be
| long until the department would again
be filled up with political lame ducks,