Word: craige
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Saved: Lives & Minds. As a result of this fundamental difference in philosophy of government, there has been a compromise, e.g., the legislature gave the governor his two new departments, but refused to centralize authority in the cabinet. Now, with his term at the halfway mark, George Craig appears to be on the way toward a record of accomplishment as governor...
...administration has started building a toll road across the northern end of the state from Ohio to Illinois, and has won Federal Government pledges to build an Indiana port on Lake Michigan (a longtime Indiana dream). Under the new corrections department, the administration of state institutions has improved materially. Craig has proposed (and will probably get legislative approval for) higher pay for teachers and more funds for schoolrooms. His most spectacular progress, attested to even by some of his foes, has been in the fields of highway safety and mental health...
...state's highway-safety program, Craig lured Professor Joseph L. Lingo, one of the nation's top highway-safety experts (who helped reopen West Germany's postwar highway system), away from Purdue University. Under Professor Lingo, the state police force has been increased, patrolmen have been freed from housekeeping duties so that they can spend more time on patrol, and enforcement and education have been stepped up. Results during 1954: a 58% increase in moving traffic arrests, 8,000 fewer traffic accidents and 204 fewer deaths. From this improved record, highway users have saved $22 million...
...side-taking began even before Craig was inaugurated. When the Jenner-blessed Republican state chairman called a Republican caucus to elect a Jenner man as speaker of the state house of representatives, the Craig forces countered with an earlier call for a caucus, and elected their own man. They nudged out the Jennerite state chairman, and transferred the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a juicy patronage plum in Indiana, out of the hands of the Jenner-aligned secretary of state.* By that time Bill Jenner, with clenched fist, was telling reporters: "George Craig is only going to push...
...Albert J. Wedeking of the Toll Road Commission. After passing the time of day, Wedeking will say that "a good friend of mine" would like to come over. When the good friend arrives, he politely asks whether the contractor would like to make a contribution to the Republican Party (Craig division) campaign fund. To such a cause, the contractor is happy to contribute...