Evening star., 1947-01-19
Speaker.Studies
Cut in Maryland
'WorkIess' Jobs
Assembly Move os
To Slash Traditional
Patronage Posts
By the Associofed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. Ii. - Mary
lands General Assembly was in re-
cess today after a week of routine
work, but there were indications
that the members will have their
hands and heads full of figures
after they resume sessions Monday
night
Meantime, a move was afoot to
do away with a batch of time
honored jobs around the Legisla-
ture-jobs which always have in
volved lot of political pulling and
hauling, not too much pay, and
little if any work.
House and Senate committeeman
long have passed out jobs as clerks,
doorkeepers, pages, flag raisers and
committee secretaries to friends and
supporters. Some held them only
a few days at time. Hardly any
of them were expected to do any
work. A good many showed up only
on two occasions-to sign the pay
roll and draw their checks.
Speaker to Study Proposal.
The Select Committee which early
in the session designed new
streamlined legislative committee
system for Gov. Lane also recon-
mended to him that the "Workless"
Jobs be abolished.
The recommendation was held In
allegiance at the time, but a State
House spokesman indicated today
that Speaker c. Ferdinand Sybert
has been given the job Of studying
the idea further.
Delegate John E. Clark, chairman
of the Select Committee and long a
proponent of patronage reforms,
said he believed a majority of the
LEGISLATORS are in favor Of the pro-
posal.
Gov. Lane today took another step
toward perfection of a two-year
State financial program which he
must formulate in conjunction with
the Assembly before the session
ends April /.
He named a group of IL citizens
from all sections Of the State to
act as an advisory committee to the
Bureau of Revenue Estimates.
To Advise Tax Program.
Within the next 80 days the lay
advisers are to work with the State
treasurer, the controller, the dlrec.
tor of budgets and procurement and
the chief of the Bureau OF Revenue
Estimates on recommendations for
the taxes to be levied by the State
in the two-year fiscal period which
starts July l. ...
Conspicuous on the group was
John 3. Funk, who holds the job
of Secretary of State and is the
Lane administrations expert on
State finances. He is a former
chairman. of the Senate Finance
Committee Another member with
experience in the same post is j.
Allan Coad off st. Marys County,
president of the County Trust Co.
of Maryland.
Others named include former
Mayor Howard w. Jackson OF Bal
timore and former State Con-
troller ]. Millard Tawes.
Naming of Mr.. Tawes follows GOV.
Lanes announced intention OF using
the former controller as an admin
istration adviser despite any bitter
ness they may have generated when
both were running for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination last
summer.
Others to Be Added.
The IL committee members named
today have notified Gov. Lane OF
their acceptance. Several others will
be added upon their acceptance.
Others who have accepted:
Fred P. Adkins, Salisbury, former
member of the State Tax Commits
sion; Owen E. Kitchens, Cumber-
land, member of the State Tax Com
mission; Christian H. Kahl, presi-
dent of the Baltimore County Board
of Commissioners; Joseph O'C. Nc
Cusker, deputy State controller;
Reuben Oppenheimer, Baltimore
lawyer; Enos S. Stockbridge, Balti-
more lawyer; Eugene I. Paynter and
Edward L. Reisinger, representing
labor.
Technical advisers to the commit
tee include DR.. William Paul Walker
of the University of Maryland.