liksriW /loft:A/CAA/ Sair4Vimil -14Afe ols, Job cuts please Clements Growth of state government has stopped, he says By GAYLE REAVES American Statesman Staff Gov. Bill Clements said Tuesday he was "disap- pointed, but pleased, too," by news that his gov- ernment-efficiency program has helped cut state employment by about 1,100 persons. That's nowhere near the goal of 8,000 state work- ers Clements wants cut by Aug. 31, the end of the state's fiscal year. The 8,000 workers would repre- sent a 5 percent reduction in the state workforce. "But it's no mean accomplishment to stop that growth of state government and have a net reduc- tion" in personnel, Clements said. State govern- ment "is swollen, it is fat, it does need paring down...I personally think we've proved that point," he said. "I never did figure this would be an easy thing to accomplish." Clements was referring to figures provided to his State Management Effectiveness Council, made up of Clements and the directors of the 12 largest state agencies, by his budget office. From January 1979, when Clements took office, through the end of May 1980, the figures showed state employment decreased by about 1,100 per- sons, or by about 1.2 percent. Hunting Texans' votes He said he hasn't given up hope on reaching the 8,000 goal. Paul Wrotenberry, head of the governor's office of budget and planning, made the point a little clearer at a two-hour meeting of the council Tues- day. "I think there are some in this room who in my opinion have not bitten the bullet enough," he said. At least one of the persons Wrotenberry was probably referring to was Ken Clapp, a member of the Texas Employment Commission. Wrotenberry cited the employment commission as one of the agencies whose employee numbers had actually increased slightly. "Ken Clapp is try- ing desperately to explain that in terms of rising unemployment" among the general populace, Wrotenberry said. "Paul, I've told you 100 times that (reducing the number of TEC workers now) doesn't work with us," Clapp said. When unemployment increases, he said, the employment commission's workload jumps. When Clements asked whether the employment commission couldn't do the same amount of work with fewer people, Clapp responded, "If you were standing in line five miles back, you wouldn't want us to do that." Clements to lead Reagan effort By DAVE McNE ELY American Statesman Staff The Ronald Reagan presidential campaign an- nounced Tuesday that Gov. Bill Clements will head up Reagan's effort in Texas. The announcement bore the full stamp of the governor's office. Reagan Texas chairman Ernest Angelo said that it was the "unanimous feeling" of the national Reagan campaign that "proper lead- ership" of the campaign could come from none other than Clements. Standing beside Clements in the governor's re- ception room during the announcement were Lyn Nofziger, deputy chairman and director of com- munications for the national Reagan campaign; Chet Upham, chairman of the Texas GOP; and Rick Shelby, former Oklahoma Republican state chairman, who will be the Texas campaign direc- tor. The Reagan group announced that Angelo will handle the day-to-day operation of the campaign. Clements, maintaining the optimism for a Re- publican presidential victory that he has exhibited since before he won the governorship in 1978, said he has "no doubt in my mind that Governor Rea- gan will not only carry Texas, but he will be the next president of the United States." Clements said Reagan will have broad appeal to Democrats and independents in Texas and will muster a force of between 25,000 and 30,000 voluegt- eers between now and the Nov. 4 election. "We will start immediately — like this after- noon — putting this organization together," Cle- ments said. AP Ernest Angelo, right, announces Gov. Bill Cle- ments' selection Tuesday. He said he is looking forward to the next five- month effort to unseat President Jimmy Carter. "I think it's gonna be fun," said Clements, who has made criticism of Carter one of the main points of his gubernatorial administration.