The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-26

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enormous activities Of this de-
partment," Brown told newspa-
per men. There is not . rule Of
the civil service commission or
Of the federal Hatch act which
Is not being violated repeat
eddy"
Brown piled on the floor Of his
office . huge array Of documents
to support his charges and de-
clared he was willing 70 turn It
over either to the attorney gen
eral or q legislative investigating
COMMITTEES.
From the official reports Of
the highway department Brown
presented figures which he said
showed that the administrative
costs Of the state highway de-
partment rose from 7.37 per cent
during the Ave years preceding
the present Democratic con-
trolled highway department to
1871 Der cent In the succeeding
Ave years and . high point Of
1888 per cent last year.
DISPLAYS EVIDENCE"
+. Brown showed newsmen large
charts Of the campaign organiza-
ton Of G. Donald Kennedy. can
didate for highway commission
er at the April 2 election, con-
tending the names Of most Of the
persons on the charts were on
state payrolls, that the charts
were made by the highway ensi-
neering division with state
funds, paper and equipment.
Similar charts for II congress
sional districts and 80 counties
were displayed. Brown also dis
played IN Institutional booklet
to election workers which he
said was drawn by the planning
division Of the highway depart
ment, and . score or more Of let
tiers and leaflets on the letter
head Of Kennedy, Governor Van
Wagner, veterans organizations
and private citizens, al of which
he contended were either print
ed ON state paper or by state ma
chimes.
He displayed individual order
sheets to highway department
employees assigning them to po-
litical tasks after work, togeth-
or with supervisors reports on
those assignments and writing
cards for each employee to be
filed in at the end Of the cam
paign.
HONORED IN SONG
Other exhibits displayed by
Brown included mimeographed
songs honoring Kennedy, m
eight-page biography Of Ken
nedy, photostatic copies Of cleo
ton instructions and similar
items which he said were print
ed on state paper with state ma
chinery.
He said the highway depart
ment bought As reams of high
grade paper on which to print
maps Of each county showing
highway projects completed in
those counties.
Brown sh W e d newspaper
men q list Of 10 names of per-
sons in various cities drawing
salaries of $125 to $3.50 q month
and charged that none of these
In the slightest degree con-
tributes to highway work."
He showed a list of Is high
way department employees, in
Guiding some division heads,
whom he said now are devoting
their entire time to the Kennedy
campaign.
He charged that the highway
departments famous" poll of
prediction trends costs the
state $4,000 each time it Is
taken, adding 1t was operated by
state workers on state time and
at state expense.
Last Thursday, Brown said,
three highway department en-
ployes In q state automobile
went to Camp Beauregard, La,
to solicit absent voters ballots
from Michigan national guards
men in training there. A high
way worker in q state car re-
Gently took Rep. John Sabol,
Democrat, 1ronwood. to Iron
Mountain to make q campaign
speech and returned him to Lam
sing, Brown said.
Brown, q Republican, said ne
sought an opportunity to stop
such expenditures. The solutions,
he said, were to "elect someone
who will put things back the
way they should be "or to adopt
Legislative rules controlling the
expenditures.
Brown said he unsuccessfully
attempted to prevent q number
OF pay increases for highway de-
partment workers after the last
election. II charge those raises
were for work In the Van Wag-
oner gubernatorial campaign
and not for meritorious services
Tor the state," Brown said.
Van Wagner replied tartly TO
the s''ditof general. accusing