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DR. BURDETTE: I might say to Mr. Melvin I had
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some impression that one of the objections which Mr. Ratch-
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ford brought here — he is Executive Secretary of the
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Maryland Association of County Commissioners, one of the
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consultants to this group -- if we were in any serious
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danger of classification, he would rather hove the present
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system because of the fact that, or at least would rather
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have the system you are talking about, the system of the
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Legislature granting powers — I guess that is his exact
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position, because he thought it would be possible to go
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to the Legislature to get powers -- but if you allowed
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classification to run rife, there would be small groups of
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powerful interests opposed to dominant hoir.e rule officials
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elected by the people. — that is, specifically members of
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the Legislature, who would enact legislation for those
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classes.
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We have come up with the idea this afternoon
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of providing that no classification should have less than
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two units. I would call your attention to the fact that
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earlier in the afternoon, before speaking of two, Mr. Brook
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suggested three, I think. I didn't misunderstand you?
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