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1	the form they have.
z	THE CHAIRMAN: I would like to have your comment
s	and then I am going| on this particular point, and then I
4	am going to ask that we let you have a full and wide range
5	of approach to any matters you might feel are of concern
6	to this Committee. That is, would you give the grant of
7	power in the form of a broad one as we defined it, V.^iri^
8	the residual, and if so, why do you take that point of
9	view rather than trying to define it?
10	DEAN FORDHAM: Yes, 1 very much would. I
11	wouldn't stick to every jot and tittle of this thing I
12	drafted in '53. There are some things I might change, but
13	I still embrace the general philosophy of the idea of the
14	broad grant of power which means that you are committed
15	in your State in substance to a real philosophy of local
16	autonomy. At the same time, however, you leave the Legis-
17	lature in position to take the broad overview to serve
18	the broader interests in matters which reach beyond the
19	scope of a local unit and to take into account changes.
20	In this way, the Legislature can always step in and act
21	in a way that protects its general interest.