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be required for any boundary changes among the units of

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the State.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Will you extend that to include

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even more than mere boundary changes but any basic change?

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MRS. FREEDLANDER: Creation or merging of any --

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THE CHAIRMAN: Basic political subdivisions.

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MRS. FREEDLANDER: Yes.

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DEAN FORDHAM: Is an outlander free to speak?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Absolutely.

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DEAN FORDHAM: I would like to preface my

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remarks with the observation that as we all know the

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process of change in our society is very rapid.

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THE CHAIRMAN: May I interject there and say

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that I am completely and sincerely delighted to have Dean

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Jefferson B. Fordham present here with us today. I had not

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overlooked him. I had merely deferred in introducing him

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to the Committee and to the record of our proceedings here

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but will do so now and say, first of all, that in intro-

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ducing him, I am not doing so in a formal manner, but in a

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completely informal manner and intended to ask him to ac-

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tively comment and participate as any question arises which