Format:
1 online resource (428 pages)
ISBN:
9780813156941
Series Statement:
Public Papers of the Governors of Kentucky Ser
Content:
During the period from 1931 to 1967 -- thirty-six years -- Kentuckians elected only one Republican as governor of the Commonwealth. Yet that man, a former justice of the state's highest court, seldom appears as other than a footnote in the standard histories. That is unfortunate, for Simeon Willis of Ashland made a fine record as governor, assuming the office during World War II and leaving it strengthened in a postwar world. In this new volume in the Public Papers of the Governors of Kentucky series, editor James C. Klotter has assembled 173 documents and public statements, so that the Willis administration may be examined in depth for the first time. Such an examination is long overdue, for Willis sought to accomplish much under difficult circumstances. Hindered by the opposition party's control of the legislature and operating under wartime restrictions, the Willis administration nevertheless made path-breaking moves in education, health care, transportation, and civil rights. Many of the same difficulties Kentucky has faced in more recent years also existed during Willis's term. How he dealt with those puzzles can be instructive for today's citizens and leaders. Willis faced budget problems, sought to increase aid to education, confronted a conflict over the presidency of what is now Morehead State University, and attempted to increase tourism in the state. His calls for change would be echoed by later governors.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- THE CAREER AND ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR SIMEON WILLIS -- PREINAUGURAL ADDRESSES -- Opening of Gubernatorial Campaign -- Interview Regarding Election Victory -- New York Herald-Tribune Forum -- INAUGURAL ADDRESS -- LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, 1943-1945 -- Remarks to Legislative Council -- Statement Regarding Tuggle "Ripper -- State of the Commonwealth -- Statement Regarding Legislative Committees for Continuing Research -- Statement Regarding Deadlock on Budget -- Budget Bill -- Budget Bill -- Interview on Budget Bill -- Budget -- Budget -- Veto of House Bill No. 243 -- Proclamation for Special Session -- Special Session -- Education Bill -- Memorandum to Senator Moss -- Statement Urging Support for Education Bill -- Proclamation for Second Special Session -- A Report to the People -- A Second Report to the People -- Statement Regarding Public Assistance -- Interview Regarding First Year in Office -- Statement Denying Charge of Dictation to Legislature -- Proclamation For Special Session -- Special Session -- Prison Investigation -- Amendment to Special Session Proclamation -- Veto of House Resolution No. 3 -- Statement to Legislative Council: Budget -- Statement Regarding Tax Policy -- PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT -- Boyd County Bar Association -- Kentucky Press Association, Annual Midwinter Meeting -- Rededication of Mount Zion Church -- Dedicatory Service, Broadway Methodist Church -- Statement Read to Federal Power Commission -- Kentucky Rural Church Council, Dinner Meeting -- Labor Day Program -- Joint Journalism Convention -- Boyd County Lincoln Day Banquet -- Lincoln Club -- 100th Anniversary of Kentucky Female Orphan School -- The Judicial Process and the Executive Function -- Law and Politics -- EDUCATION -- 125th Anniversary of Centre College.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813106076
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813106076
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1915464
