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MR. BROOKS: That is right.
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DR. BURDETTE: I should wonder if we shouldn't
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look into the possibility that this arrangement would
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avoid the dangers of classification and really give us a
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broader ho.-ne rule power in Maryland.
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MR. BROOKS: I think maybe a minimum of three
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with a maximum number of classifications, that the two
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together would pretty well give the balance you would want.
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DR. BURDETTE: I may be wrong in my feeling
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that some objection to a broad grant of power was rooted
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in the danger of classification with respect to the removal
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of those powers. I don't know if you have that impression.
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MR. MELVIN: I think that is correct. I must
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say my strong feelings I had before this meeting are not
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as strong now as they were at the beginning.
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DR. BURDETTE: I would be much opposed to the
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idea of letting the State so classify that it would be pos-
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sible for a group of politicians who spake in the Legis-
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lature for their interests and locale to remove home rule
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powers from a single unit.
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DR. LOEVY: We leave classification to the
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