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out of the process and, on the other hand, I feel if the state is going
to become part of the partnership it must participate financially and
actively in the program.

Q. Governor, you mentioned the word economies. Do you have any
specific examples of what you had in mind?

A. Yes, we have quite a few specifics in mind, and that is exactly what
Mr. Lauber's Task Force on Modern Management is engaged in
right now. We have questionnaires around at the various State agen-
cies attempting to calibrate and to find the purposes of various de-
partments and sub-departments to see if there are more economical
and efficient ways to provide the services, to make sure that duplica-
tions will be removed, and above all to streamline and make more
efficient the provision of services to the public.

Q. Governor, have you thought of possibly giving Mr. Lively a job?

A. I haven't thought of offering Mr. Lively a job, no. I don't think
in terms of individuals to the extent that I would single out one can-
didate for a particular provision of work or anything of that sort.
I think Mr. Lively ran a creditable race, and I think that the vote he
got is indicative of the fact that his candidacy did attract a consider-
able amount of attention. And while I'm on the subject of politics in
Baltimore City, I want to say that I'm very concerned about the main-
tenance and preservation of the two-party system in Baltimore. While
I don't think it's primarily a governor's chore to enter the restora-
tion of political well being of his party in a municipality, I feel that
the situation is so bad in the City at the moment that I almost have
to become personally active in attempting to restore two-party govern-
ment to this City. I intend to meet with Republican leaders in the
near future to discuss the Republican party in Baltimore City, and I
intend to do everything I can to see that the Republican party be-
comes an effective ingredient in an election. I think that this can best
be done by interesting more young people in the party, and I think
much needs to be done in this respect.

Q. Are there a large contingent of Republican leaders in the State?

A. Yes, there are.

Q. Do you know whom you will meet with?

A. I haven't really made a decision about the people I'll meet with,
certainly the people on the Central Committee and other key people
in municipal offices, people around the State who have an interest
in the party and many people of Republican persuasion who are just