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this point, and that furthermore he would attempt to get approval
for us of the leg of the Southwest Expressway that's holding things
up. That's about a one-mile section somewhere between Monroe Street
and the intersection with the East-West Expressway.

I obtained assurances from the Mayor and the City Council, the
City councilmen present I should say, that there was no controversy
about this particular one-mile section and that the minute we were
able to assure the City Council that the Federal government had ap-
proved the alignment, we would be able to go ahead with the con-
demnation ordinances.

This makes me believe that, if things go as we expect them to, we'll
be able to have this matter fully defined and on the road before the
new administration takes office. In short, I think Mr. Werner's assess-
ment that appeared in the morning papers several days ago can now
be reevaluated to be much more optimistic because of the recent action
of the Federal Highways Department.

Q. Governor Agnew, have you received the report on the investiga-
tion of Commissioner Pomerleau?

A. Yes, I received that report about one hour ago.
Q. You have had no chance to study it?

A. I haven't even had a chance to open it yet. But J expect to look
at it over the weekend, and I'm hopeful that by early next week I'll
be able to comment on it. I certainly do want, in any event, regard-
less of what's in it, to discuss it with the Commissioner personally be-
fore I make a public comment.

Q. Governor Agnew, Mr. Eney says the Constitutional Convention
needs more money, something like $250 thousand, some of it for what
he calls publicity purposes. Would you approve such a sum and
where would it come from?

A. I haven't had a chance to sit down with Mr. Eney to talk about
exactly what's needed and the staging of the need. As you well know,
the contingency fund of the State has been seriously depleted by the
crash jobs program and now there remains in it approximately $210
thousand. We like to keep some kind of cushion for any genuine, un-
foreseeable, absolute emergency that may occur, something of a natural
disaster or something of that type. I would want to talk with Mr. Eney
and see if there's a possibility that his needs can be scheduled in such
a fashion that the money can be appropriated by the next session of