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that there would be any objection to having in our Consti-
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tution the election of a team, that is a governor and a
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lieutenant governor, in view of the fact that we are in
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a -- we have been very lucky in Maryland, we have never
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had any trouble; we have had no trouble on the national
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level where they have a team, but today our governors, of
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necessity, have to go abroad, and around the world, and
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in this atomic age there can be blockades, things of that
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sort. What would happen right as we are today if a governor
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got waylaid because of war or other emergency and was
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miles away and out of communication shouldn't we have
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somebody empowered to perform the necessary functions in
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his absence?
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MAYOR McKELDIN: Well, it might be all right,
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but I don't think it is important whether we do or not.
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MR. MILLER: You don't think so?
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MAYOR McKELDIN: No.
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JUDGE ADKINS: Mrs. Freedlander.
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MRS. FREEDLANDER: Mr. Mayor, when Governor
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Tawes was presented with two reapportionment bills, he
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pled for the constitutional right, or statutory, whatever
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