Governor Edge Advocates Broad State Reforms in Annual Message
Governor Walter I Edge urges extensive reforms in his first annual message to the 142nd New Jersey Legislature. He calls for a rural police system highway expansion including trunk lines Delaware Bridge Hudson Tunnel, fiscal year shift to July 1, centralized state operation, civil service reform and bonuses for workers, and wider state control of revenues and welfare programs. He also backs tax relief measures, private employment agency regulation, home guard support, and welfare for colored people, plus municipal reforms and election practices.
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New Jersey Governor outlines future waterfront and state reform
Governor Walter E. Edge urges a businesslike state government aligned with federal needs to develop waterfronts, rail and port facilities, and tax reform. He advocates river traffic projects, riparian leasing, civil service modernization, home rule expansion, and municipal reform to bolster wartime and postwar growth.
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