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Mr. Donaho, who was a witness before the

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Committee that day and a well-known expert on budget

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and financial matters, a man who, incidentally, has

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had more to do than anybody else with the so-called

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Wolf Committee Report of the Sobeloff Commission's

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final report on the State Budget in the early 1950' s,

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and he said;

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"Mr. Chairman, may I make some observation

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or put it in the form of a question? Mr. Perkins,

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when you review the budget, do you then have the oppor-

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tunity to establish your own calculation as to how

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many pupils there are per county and other factors

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that are involved? Isn't that correct?

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"Mr. Pc-rkins: Certainly.

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"Mr. Donaho: And you can debate this with

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the Superintendent of Education or public instruction

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as to whether this is correct or not?

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"Mr. Perkins: Yes.

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"Mr. Donaho: And the Governor can arrive

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at his own determination based upon these statistics?

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"Mr. Perkins: Exactly."