Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 9

ht sfoife leaders' It 1979 from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham Served as law clerk to farmer Supreme Court Justice Daniel McCaU te 1970-71 and became assistant district attorney in Mobile County in 1971 Elected district attorney in 1974 Was an upset winner in his first campaign over Sen Joe Fine of Russellville primarily on a get-tough-on-criminals campaign State Auditor Bettye Frink Elected secretary of state at age 25 in 1958 Elected state auditor in 1961 Won seat on the state Board of Education in 1970 Elected state auditor again in 1974 and reelected last year By Frank Bruer rosi-Mrua mporar MONTGOMERY Eight newly elected state constitutional officers took their oaths of office hen yesterday before a large crowd basking in the pomp and fanfare that accompanies the inauguration of a new governor aiAll preceded Gov Fob James Jr in taking the oath Lt Gov George DH McMillan Jr of Birmingham started the ties At an early morning breakfast at the' Montgomery Civic Center he promised some 3000 persons he Will the Senate fairly and with Impartiality" McMillan said he "plans to make the legislative process work" a promise he made during campaigning last year "If government Is to be what we want it to be we must attract good people and make it McMillan The new lieutenant governor said he thought the Legislature has that klnd of representation this time and promised to the respect of the people for the Legislature" He termed Gov Fob James Jr "one of the greatest men I've ever McMillan was almost upstaged by his wife the former Ann Dial of Bir- ister this office honestly and with dignity and with -respect for all the citizens of this Torbert told the crowd packed around the inauguration stands on the historic Capitol steps that the oaths of office were more than mere words It is be said "an oath in every age that has been considered to supply the strongest bold on the conscience of men either as a pledge of future conduct or as a guarantee for the veracity of the To James he said "The practice of taking the oath of office originated as a religious act by which the party taking the oath Invoked God not only to witness the sincerity of his promise but also to avenge the violation of it" Three of the constitutional officers sworn in yesterday are returning to office Mrs Frink is repeating a four-year term as state auditor Lane is returning as agriculture and industries commissioner and Mrs Gunter was appointed state treasurer by Gov George Wallace after Treasurer Melba HU Allen was convicted of violating the state ethics law and sentenced to prison Otherwise it is a new slate Grad-dick succeeds William Baxley who had completed two terms as attorney general before he ran unsuccessfully for governor Siegelman easily won the secretary of state race in his first political campaign He Is the first mate to hold that office since 1943 Mathews replaces PSC Commissioner Jim Zeigler who declined to run again for that office and was defeated in a bid to state Board of Education Folsom the son of former Gov James Folsom replaces Chris Whatley who also did not run for re-election to the PSC Here are thumbnail sketches of the newly inaugurated officials who officially took office at 12:01 am today: LL Gov George DH McMillan Jrj Grew up in Grenville Dothan and graduated from high school at Auburn Graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University in 1966 Received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law SchooL Started law practice in Birmingham in 1971 Ran in a special election in 1973 from Birmingham and was elected to the House of Representatives Defeated present state Democratic party Chairman George Lewis Baites Jr for a seat in the Alabama Senate in 197f Promised to make the lieutenant governor's office a parttime job instead of the full-time position which outgoing LL Gov Jere Beasley made it Attorney General Charles A Grad-dick: Graduate of University Military School at Mobile and the University of Alabama Received his law degree New state office holders shew Feb James wasn't the only person smiling yesterday Above from left Charles Graddick attorney general Don Siegelman secretary of state and George McMillan Jr lieutenant governor stand with the governor before taking the oath of office Ann McMillan right proves her husband isn't the only one who deserves a round of applause Below cold weather didn't stop from coming it just forced them to dress a little warmer would certainly hate to cook breakfast for this many she said looking at the large crowd which had gone through the buffet breakfast line- Mrs! McMIllai breakfast was the only meal she and her husband shared during the campaign which was wig they chose to sponsor a breakfast for the inauguration day festivities Taking the oath prior to James on the crowded Capitol steps were McMillan Attorney General Charles A Grad-dicfc State Auditor Bettye Frink State Treasurer Annie Laurie Gunter Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries McMillan Lane Secretary of State Don Siegelman and Public Service Commis-sloqers James Folsom Jr of Cullman and Charles A Mathews of Ashland Alabama Supreme Court Chief Jus-' Qce CC Torbert Jr administered most of the oaths JJl t- 1 La uiaCKUCK roCClVcu Dll Oaul Iran luT" mer Supreme Court Justice Daniel McCall Jr of Mobile whom he served ai law clerk in 1979-71 t-k i in tii of State Don Siegelman took the oath from Ms father Leslie of Mobile' who is a notary th addition to the usual pledge to uphold the law and Alabama Constitution the 32-year-old Siegelman added: make this further pledge to admin Secretary of State Don Siegelman: Native of Mobile A 32-year-olu bachelor Graduated from Murphy High School received Bachelor of Arts from University of Alabama law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington in 1972 did postgraduate work in international law at Oxford University in England in 1972-73 State Treasurer Annie Laurie Gunter Appointed in June of last year to fill the vacancy when Treasurer Melba Till Allen was removed Ran successfully for re-election defeating PSC President Juanita McDaniel in the September Democratic primary runoff A native of Florida she moved to Montgomery in 1940 after her marriage to Dr William A Gunter Jr son of a man who was mayor of 1 ery to nearly 30 years A Wallace supporter she was appointed bead of the Governor's Office of Highway and Traffic Safety in 1971 and six months later was named as first director of the new Consumer Protection Agency Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries McMillan Lane: A cattle fanner he was appointed assistant commissioner of the department in 1973 by the late commissioner "Pete" Gilmer Appointed to fill unexpired term in January 1974 and re-elected that year for a full term He was unopposed to re-election this year PSC Commissioner Charles A Mathews: Replaces Jim Zeigler Elected to the House of Representatives from Clay County in 1954 Elected to the State Senate in 1962 ran again for the House in 1966 and 1970 Was defeated in 1974 after reapportionment and has been a lobbyist for Alabama Farm Bureau Federation since PSC Commissioner James Folsom Jr: Replaces Chris Whatley Born in Montgomery in 1949 while Folsom was governor Graduated from Jacksonville State University with degree in political science and history Worked with the Department of Industrial Relations and had been in public relations at Florence in recent years coach Shug Despite a rope that divided the hall leading to the governor's office and the office of Secretary of State Don man the lines of governor's office reception mingled Mae Thomas former Coosa County probate judge from Rockford was working his way to Siegelman's office "I knew Don when be worked with the Democratic committee and I think a fine young man" he said leaning forward to ask which line someone was in By late afternoon the Capitol littered with paper cups napkins and cracker crumbs Trays that had held cheese balls and crackers were stripped of evrything except the radish roses and endive that garnished the plates Only a few store-bought cookies were left Wallace was accompanied by his mother who rode in the inaugural parade in car Wallace rode with James in the parade but when the new governor left to watch other units from the reviewing stand Wallace was placed in the car with his mother and they drove away After missing the parade Wallace returned at the beginning of the inaugural ceremony and sat on the stand white James and other officials were swornin Cornelia Wallace sat high on the Capitol steps well away from the outgoing governor She explained that she was attending Thousands queue up togreef governor ByKsyKHpatrick out of line after an hour and a half nounced like farmer Auburn football Poat-HmU MONTGOMERY Gov Fob friends and supporters and the curious lined up yesterday for the second time in as many days to shake the hands of the hew governor and first lady About 8000 people stood in line outside the mansion Sunday in subfreexing temperatures to say hello to them Some waited as long as two hours About half that many people stood in a line yesterday four and five abreast between the governor's office and the Capitol rotunda a distance itnanai I already i tided the line would move fester if there were no food served in the ihabogany-paneled office But after 45 idinutes in the line Betty and Smith Lanier of Lanett had moved only a tenth closer to the office £frfcnds of the Jameses who SSi their name not be used stepped asked bme notable no-shows a a a a for James' inauguration having made it only halfway to the office door got to get out of this line HI see them later at the the woman said Eula Sanders of Tuscaloosa who worked in the James campaign said she went by the mansion Sunday saw the two-block-long line and At one point yesterday she was the last person in the line in the rotunda But she said she was going to stay in line this time to shake the hand' Not everybody lined up outside the office was an Alabamian Sug and Ray Anderson of LaGrange Ga came to the Inauguration of James who was in their wedding Mrs Anderson clutched a rose plucked from the reviewing stand garland and a program autographed Ray and Shug With deep appreciation for your friendship over the A "He spelled my name said Mrs Anderson whose name is pro- said Carter the former governor of Georgia Another one who make it was a native Alabamian Dorothy Vndenburgh Bush secretary of the Democratic National Committee Mrs 1 tfamand Baites Alabama Democratic party chairman and Mrs Bailes But Mrs 'Bush caught cold attending Florida's inauguration recently and was not well enough to attend Among those who did make it were both Gov George Wallace and his ex-wife Cornelia although they did not sit together elected senators are escorted alphabet- ically in groups of four by the other senator from their state In every case the escorting senator is already a senator For example when Mrs Maryou Allen was appointed to the term after her John Spartan the aisle to take the oath from Moo-dale But when they called Howell Heflin's By Ted Bryant aJhsiaM tsastese Montgomery Those who wen here and those who wen not iffljiortant to Gov Fob HSB yesterday Among those who wen invited and rant make it was President Jimmy Carter who sent a telegram in his stead to new chief erecn-' -h -i iSfi ahd congratulations to you on your two former governors Gordon Persons and Frank Dixon Folsom now legally blind was greeted with applause as he was ted down the street to the reviewing stand by his son Jack Several Alabama congressmen were on the stand Including Republican Rep John Buchanan of Birmingham and Democrats Tom Bevill of Jasper and Bill Nichols of Sylacauga Mississippi Gov Cliff Finch who said he looks forward to working with James to keep the Tennessee-Tomblg-bee Waterway project alive was the only out-of-state governor to attend the ceremonies The crowd packed around the Capitol steps was pushed back at the last minute to allow a van to drive right to the steps Its passenger was 89-year-old uncle Charles Robertson Allen of Charleston SC who was pushed to the reviewing stand in a wheelchair James at the beginning of his inaugural address introduced -two special guests CoL William Lawley and SgL Paul Bolden Alabama natives who have been awarded the Medal of Honor Lawley is retired from the Air Force and Bolden from the Army as a candidate in last gubernatorial race saying she offered at that time to endorse Junes Mrs Wallace was in the race briefly She dropped out saying promised campaign funds did not come through Among James' special guests who were not introduced to the crowd was Deloss Walker the Memphis advertising executive who designed the campaign one of the most expensive in Alabama history The only three former governors still living were present James "Big Folsom John Patterson and Albert Brewer along with the widows of to him as senior Stewart in turn has postponed several decisions particularly on how the four federal judgeships for the state should be selected until he has time to meet with Heflin The Alabama House delegation also picked up a new member yesterday when Rep Richard Shelby D-Tuscaloo-sa took his oath of office with his six Alabama colleagues The House cere Senators accommodate each other solve question of there was no incumbent Ala- accommodate Stewart even deferring there was no accommodate Stewart even deferring who leads whom monv is much simrter than the Senate about to enter Shelbv said he mony is much simpler than the Senate about to Shelby said he name bama senator to escort him Heflin tidal let that little trifle get in the way He asked Stewart to escort him anyway And when it came time for Stewart to march down the aisle Heflin escorted him "This is typical of the way these two men are going to work said one of staf members Heflin is making every effort to primarily because all 435 members have to take the oath white only about a third of the Senate must be sworn again All House members are sworn in at the same time After swearing to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and to faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am was a bit awed by his new job "Those are solemn words and a solemn pledge and with the help of the people of the Seventh District I will honor that he said All three new members of Congress from Alabama held receptions in their offices following the official ceremonies for those Invited from Alabama and those in Washington who wanted to meet and congratulate them PaU IWiM WwMwstoa WASHINGTON Alabama's' new senators Donald Stewart and Howell Heflin had a problem yesterday when it came to taking the oath of office from Vice President Walter Mon-flaUP A Who would escort them down the aisle? 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