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additional subject for research or more or less in con-

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junction with this question, by enlarging it, what has

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been done by way of establishing a department of state

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and local affairs and, in conjunction with that, what if

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any provision has been made in any constitution of any

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state for the creation of a department of state and local

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governmental affairs.

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Now, Mrs. Freedlander has brought to my atten-

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tion the efforts being made in that direction in Pennsyl-

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vania and apparently, right now, there is a bill which is

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before the Governor for signature sotting up a department

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of community affairs, or some such name, and I asked her

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to send a copy of that bill and it did reach me by the

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last mail before I left the office, and it is certainly

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one where I think not only what is being done in Pennsyl-

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vania, but what is being done or has been done in any other

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state would certainly be a matter for us to determine.

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By an article which appears to be part of s

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Senate Bill No. 1144, Session 1965, the bill before the

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Governor is one which bears the caption, Powers and Duties

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of the Department of Community Affairs, Its Departmental