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the states and will give the people of the state

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assurance of this kind of service through one administra-

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tion after another, and that is what you want.

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MR. MART1NEAU: Isn't there actually an

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example in Pennsylvania of hov; this so-called voluntary

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system actually backfired on the Governor of Pennsylvanie

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and turned out to be a rather disastrous proposal for

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him?

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MR. WINTER: Hell, I would not put it that

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way. Governor Scranton was the first one who did

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appoint a voluntary commission to advise him with

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respect to a series of Common Pleas Court appointments

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in Philadelphia. I would not say that it backfired.

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Those appointments came up in due course of time for

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election under the elective system and political authori-

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ties who would have liked to have had a hand in their

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original selection and were not able to do so because

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of that, finally had a chance to get back at them and

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it was necessary because of the system to make some

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kind of an arrangement for those men's protection and

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an arrangement was provided, where I am not at this