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NILLAIID CALDWELL
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JDHN A. MADlMN. JR
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MEMORANDUM
TO: HONORABLE FARRIS BRYANT
FROM :MILLARD F. CALDWELL

DATE: DECEMBER 23, 1960

Farris:
A couple of random thoughts:

I note some awakening of interest in Constitutional Revision. I am
inclined to think that if I were Governor and about to make an Inaugural
Address I might touch on Constitutional Revision but pass it off with
the suggestion that recent efforts. such as the revision of the Judiciary

Article, have simply served to confuse and obscure the original purposes
of the Constitution.

And if I, under those circumstances. proposed any comment touching
the Merit System I would call for a drastic revision of the pragram
based upon careful study and would cite as examples of the evils of the
present system the Road Department scandal, the first major scandal
in the State's modern historym and the complete breakdown of efficient
administration in the Industrial Commission. And I would follow that
up by saying that my policy would be to award ability and general merit
wherever it may be and eliminate the professional time servers.