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minutes in which to answer that question, maybe extending

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it another five, and Mr. Thompson, I'm going to ask you

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the same thing.

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MR. THOMPSON: Thank you.

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THE CHAIRMAN: In other words, what I want to

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accomplish is the picking of your brains for the benefit

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of all of us, while we've got you here.

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MR. RATCHFORD; I think, looking down these

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questions pretty much in order, this first one is a

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question we have already mentioned. Baltimore City, I

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think, should not be singled out for special treatment

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because it is no longer a special category. Other units

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have grown in size to be able to share its problems.

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Exactly how you do this, I think, is still to bo decided,

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but I believe it makes sense, in my own feeling, to con-

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sider the City as one of the twenty-four major subdivision

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of the State, as it generally is in stated law and as much

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as possible continue it that way.

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I have already spoken on the aspect of the

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small cities. In some ways, this is a problem area, I

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think. If you say abolish all cities under a thousand