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by surprise; Doctor, when Mr. Thompson gets through, I am
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going to ask you to give us the benefit of your thoughts
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insofar as either rephrasing or additional policy ques-
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tions to be included in our submitting to the Commission
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as a whole, similar to the question I was touching upon
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when I talked to you on the phone the other day, Mr,
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Thompson?
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MR. THOMPSON: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I
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particularly appreciate the wording of the question as
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you put it to Mr. Ratchford, my colleague, and I assume
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that question, as you said, has been put to me, because
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it really is a matter of reaction in view of the fact I
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have not had a great deal of time to carefully review
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and to digest the proposed policy questions which you have
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here.
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I would think that the activity of the Commit-
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tee as a whole would be guided by the thought which I
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think you expressed, perhaps not exactly this way, that
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really what we are out to do is provide a basis for the
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ideal local government in the State of Maryland and if
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that question is a background question, is an underlying
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