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by-passed? The answer was obvious. To the extent that

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the state government failed to accept their new role in

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the new philosophy of government, to that extent, they have

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been ignored.

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What was that new concept? Surely no one

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can deny that since the 30's the federal government adopted

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the concept that the economic and social welfare of all

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of its citizens was that trust of government. To the

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extent that local governments accepted that philosophy and

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state governments rejected it, to that extent were state

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governments by-passed.

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This, fellow delegates, is the basic crisis

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that we face -- not reform -- important as the reform is,

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reform of the judiciary, reform of the executive, and

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reform of the legislative, but the basic question is the

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acceptance by the state of the philosophy of social and

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economic responsibility for its citizens.

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As I review this Constitution, I am concerned.

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In this area we have failed and we have failed because of

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the most ignominious reason of all: We failed not because

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we did not recognize our responsibilities, not because