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reference to the Curlett Commission report. I was
Chairman of the subcommittee. You will have to read
that Commission report and you will find what it said.
I know because I wrote it. I just sent for it.
We were concerned about the fact that the
Commission draft had been published and so we said "We
will not act on this whole problem at all of whether or
not we should ask for the abolition or what should be
done. This is not for us to do. "
So what our subcommittee said was in effect
and I have all the quotations here, but if you do, make
sure there are checks and balances. If you are going to
rely on the legislature for these checks and balances,
be careful that you don't lose them.
Now, the history of Maryland is replete with the
fact that we have had these cross-checks between one
Department of Government and another and I am thankful
that we do. We have them within the same department.
Don't let anybody tell you that you should buy this pet
phrase, "no cross-checks or checks within the department.'
THE CHAIRMAN: You have one-half minute,