Milford chronicle., 1955-01-14
BOggs DeLiUer8
His Message To
The Legislature
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system to the Delaware Memorial
Bridge from income derived from
bridge tolls.
New departments in the state
government recommended by Gov
ernor BOggs include the establish
ment of central purchasing sys-
tenn, the establishment of a Depart
ment of Administration and/or FL
nance, and the establishment of a
State Department of Labor.
Regarding central purchasing and
administration, the Governor sub
mitted to the legislators copies of
survey reports made in the first
case by the Public Administra-
ton Service of Chicago and a citi-
zens' committee in the latter case
by the Chicago organization.
School Consolidation
The Governor called for the con-
solidatiOn of school districts wher-
ever possible, and in the field of
higher education asked legislation
to clear the way for the cOnstrUc-
tiOn of new buildings at the Uni
versity of Delaware and to provide
adequate operating appropriations
/ for Delaware State College.
He recommended enactment of
civil service legislation for state
employees other than those holding
pOlicy-Inaking positions, a recon-
mendation he had made to the 1853
General Assembly. and called for
the establishment Of a central com-
municatiOns division in the State
Highway Department.
Such a division, the Governor
said, would vastly improve the
/ effectiveness of those charged with
| maintaining law and order, effect
long-Tange economies, and would
also be of inestimable value to the
many volunteer fire companies
| throughout Delaware"
Highway Uses Only
In other highway matters, Gov
ernOr BOggs recommended enact
ment Of a constitutional amend
ment requiring that all revenues
/ derived from taxes and fees paid
by highway users be made avail
able for highway purposes only.
He said he had requested the
! Highway Department to prepare
a comprehensive study of highway
needs, and expressed the hope that
within the next decade all dirt
roads in the state would be hard
surfaced. He called for increased
efforts for highway safety.
The Governor called for further
improvement in the state pension
system, which he said already made
II Delaware one of the first states in
I the union TO provide its employees
with the retirement and survivors
benefits of federal Social Security.
The chief executive also called
\ for legislative action looking to-
ward state penal system, and asked
the legislators to establish a state
Human Relations Commission on a
permanent basis. The latter recon-
mendation. he said, was suggested
by a committee appointed by him
TO study human relations prob
\ lens in the state.
Aid To Mentally III
He urged the legislators to:
Continue to provide the support
which will enable Delaware to inn
prove its program and facilities
for the prevention and treatment
of mental illnesses. He noted that
Delaware, under the leadership of
Dir. M. A. Tarumianz, "has acquired
an outstanding reputation in the
mental health field"
Give careful and continuous at
tention to the public health pro-
gram.
Enact the following for the State
Department Of Public Welfare: I'M
provement in the method of cOllec-
ton and disbursement of public
welfare funds, authority for recip-
rOcal agreements with other states
in certain welfare cases, establish
ment of a clear-cut residence re-
quirement applicable to all types
of cases, and establishment of a re-
endorsement requirement, frequent