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Legislature were going to be its City Council in practice,
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that practically all the votes in Baltimore City would be
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against the adoption of that constitution. When you would
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pick up around the State just a general scattering of
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opposition, it might be quite difficult to get through a
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constitution which aimed that way at Baltimore City.
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DEAN FORDHAM: You might have to do it differ-
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ently. I wouldn't be dogmatic about that.
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DR. EURDETTE: Would you worry about that, that
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Baltimore City has to take that from the Legislature?
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DEAN FORDHAM: I would worry about it.
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DR. BURDETTE: I would, you see.
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DEAN FORDHAM: The problem is not quite so bad
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where you start out, as I did, with the broad grant of
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power to the City, the Legislature has to assume political
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responsibility for taking it away. So that there is some
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obstacle to overcome there. It is not like having to go
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to the Legislature begging for powers as the traditional
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thinking has been in most States.
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THE CHAIRMAN: That touches upon the point that
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gives me the greatest amount of concern, following through
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