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form of the Senate Bill. Mr. Thompson?
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MR. THOMPSON: Mr. Chairman, just for the
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record, I would like to mention that I have had some
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correspondence on this general subject with an official
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of the State of Massachusetts which is, of course, avail-
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able to this Committee and this subject, or at least a
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similar subject, that is, the creation at the state level,
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perhaps in the office of the Governor or elsewhere, of an
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office to deal with local government problems and further
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for the record I would indicate that at the 17th Annual
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Conference of the Maryland Municipal League, out own
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Congressman-At-Large, Carlton Sickles, in an address,
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suggested the creation of such an office.
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I do, in fact, have copies of his talk in which
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he refers perhaps in some detail to this, which I would be
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pleased to make available to the Committee.
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DR. BURDETT: That really could be left in the
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statute.
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MR. THOMPSON: I would think so, but, nonethe-
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less, it would appear to me not entirely unwise to make-
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up, if not n provision, a footnote or indication of some
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