2.
It has been said that my
own appointment was political.
It has been rumored that I
have a mother and that
Homer
Adkins does not like her. It has even been
rumored that I or my
family gave $10,000 to Governor
Bailey’s campaign. So far as
I know it hasn’t even been
rumored, incredible as that
seems, that I was not
qualified to fill or had
not filled the position
acceptably or will.
With regard to the
circumstances of my appointment
we should recall that the
late President John C. Futrall
was killed instantly in
an automobile accident
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