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THE CHAIRMAN: Does anyone else have any ques-

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tions? I am going to hold up excusing you for a few more

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minutes, Mr. Thompson, to call on Dr. Burdett to give us

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his reaction to the policy questions as stated and any

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amendments or additions. Doctor?

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DR. BURDETT: As you know, I am leaving with

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Mr. Thompson, but I will be brief, First, if I could make

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a general observation about this very good list of ques-

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tions, I should think that there ought to be here some

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way that the Commission could deal with and some way that

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the Committee focuses for the Commission the problem of

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where State authority is in this total picture.

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Now, the questions really deal with home rule,

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but they don't deal with another trend which is going on

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in our State along with home rule, that there are many

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functions which are becoming State functions. For example

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there is nothing here which faces up to the kind of prob-

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lem which is realistic in our State now, that the State

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is in actuality a partial partner, not a full partner,

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but a partial partner in such things as, and it's in

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varying degrees, health, assessments, law enforcement.