James H. Andrews, Kewanee native, director of research for the House of Representatives by Speaker William Redmond. Andrews, the first participant in the Legislative Staff Internship Program launched in 1961-62 by the Legislative Council and University of Illinois, was on the staff of the Mershon Center of Ohio State University, Columbus.
John E. Cullerton, Evanston, chairman of the Office of Collective Bargaining, by the governor. Cullerton, state director of labor, 1963-69, is in charge of industrial relations for the Hilton Hotel Corporation. The state post is unpaid.
Mrs. Ella Curry, Park Forest, superintendent of Manteno State Hospital by the I director of mental health and developmental i disabilities. She has been director of subregion 12 of the department at the Tinley Park Mental Health Center. She is probably the first Black woman to head a major menal health facility in the United States.
John Day, Rochester, executive director, Legislative Audit Commission, succeeding Dick Viar, who retired. The 12-member group reviews reports of the auditor general. Day was a fiscal aide on the Senate Democratic staff.
Neal E. Eckert, mayor of Carbondale, to [chair a newly created advisory council for economic development in southern Illinois, the governor. Eckert was Gov. Walker's unsuccessful running mate in seeking the Roman Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1972.
James Edgar, Charleston, a regional director of the National Conference of State legislatures. He has served on the republican House and Senate staffs and was¦an unsuccessful candidate for the House 1974.
Theodore N. Silverman, deputy director of the Department of Business and Economic Development. Formerly he was acting director of the agency and deputy director for international trade.
Betty Simpson, Mackinaw, chairperson of a new Illinois State Library Advisory Committee on Education and Training, appointed by Secretary of State Michael J. Howlclt. Simpson is trustee for the Illinois Valley Library System. Sydelle Popinsky of Rockford. coordinator of Personnel Enrichment Program, Northern Illinois Library System, was named vice chairperson.
Resignations
Denis A. Hayes, Illinois energy coordinator, to join the staff of the World Watch Institute, Washington, D.C., as its director of energy and environmental programs.
Donald R. LeFevre, executive director, Capital Development Board, effective May 30, to return to his former employer. International Business Machines, as an executive in real estate and construction.
Robert N. Schoeplein, head of the Office of Financial Affairs, Department of Local Government Affairs, to return to his position on the University of Illinois faculty. William Townshley has been named acting head. The office is responsible for certifying property tax multipliers to counties.
Other
Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois (1961-69), was released from the federal prison at Lexington, Ky., after serving seven months of a three-year sentence on a bribery conviction. The action was taken by the federal parole board on the basis of medical reports.
State Sen. Donald T. Swinarski (D.,
Chicago) was indicted (3/13/75) and pleaded guilty (3/14/75) to one charge of income tax fraud. Article XIII, section 1, of the 1970 Constitution states, "Any person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury or other infamous crime shall be ineligible,to hold an office created by this Constitution. Eligibility may be restored as provided by law." ž
'POLL'of lobbyists and legislators
INFORMATION on legislators and lobbyists will be compiled and published in pamphlet form under the auspices of a nonprofit corporation, it was announced in mid-February. Project POLL ("Profile of Legislators and Lobbyists") is to be directed by Kenneth Bode, a political scientist who was research director for the Democratic Party's Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection and more recently project director of the Twentieth Century Fund's Study of the Presidential Nominating Process.
A task force of 40 to 50 members, headed by a board of five or six members, will guide the project. Cochairpersons of the task force are Marje Benton, vice president. Better Government Association; Alice Ihrig, former president of the Illinois League of Women Voters and unsuccessful Republican candidate for Cook County assessor last fall: Lawrence Reinold of the American Federation of State. County and Municipal Employees (AF'SCME); Thomas F. Roeser, chairman of Project LEAP, a nonpartisan .anti-vote fraud organization; and Steven Schwab, chairman. Committee on Illinois Government, a political reform group.
A pamphlet will be issued for each legislative district, giving the voting records of the district's senator and three representatives, their role in committees, how they are ranked by special interest groups, and material from ethics statements and campaign finance reports, as well as an "extensive personal interview" and "a full page of unedited space" in which participating legislators will be able to express their own comments.
Data on lobbyists (identification, interests and organizations they represent, their campaign contributions, and legislation they support, etc.) will be issued in a single statewide pamphlet.
Research and interviews will be conducted by law students, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates, as well as citizen volunteers. A spring internship program based in Springfield will develop material from state records arid interviews; a summer internship program will involve more students who will complete the interviews and draft initial profiles.
The projected budget for POLL was announced at $50,000 to $60,000. Initial funding has been obtained from individuals and foundation grants were being sought. No government funding is involved.
Headquarters of the organization are at 73 West Monroe St., Chicago. ž
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