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(202) 382-2111. FOR All. REWSB
Sunday. December 21. 1969
NEWS RELEASE
AMSORY MISSION OR INTERGOVBRRIENTAL REMTIONS
Washington, D. C. 2057s
CITY Ills NOT BEYOND RMDY NATIONAL MISSION SAYS
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Curt tlw American federal system survive the crisis that "addict and
bulls in tlu- grout: cities of the Nation?" A report rulcmwd today by the
Advimny round:qu om Intergovernmental Relations says yeu--providml
drastic clmmzcs are mule in our governmental lnstitutloua, prugrams. and
I'I'm'edurc. 11n- n-pm-t, Urban Amricn and the Federal Sputum, Outlines
clmugme llw (humiauimt hrlitVC Iwcvunary for the cmmtry to dam! vlfucthwlv
wth "than lnuhimnn in time to avert dnmcullc chaos.
Drawing mum ita Individual rug-urn inmmd uver the p.13: 9 ynm-n. lhv
Yummisaiou [Ht-Noun; in .1 Magic volume a uloctinu nf fimlingx uml lc'u-nmwml.l-
(hum rclniim: directly to the dmcstic issues tumbling most Amcncann:
W'mmmm run- n-lniimuu; civil disorder. rising tnxua, dvterioraling sown-vs.
c-ru'nlntinr, Ilmr and llw growing pollution and congestiuu uf thc- urlun uminm-
m-Ill all within .1 climutv uf porwuiw: fear.
In roiu-mu'mg ihc- mm publication, Adviuorv (hmmisuiun chairmm Roan-rt H.
mun!!! nl lihlcugu said: "1110 incrudihlv and m'vningw inauluhh- arms .-I dun-
Iirnll (-5 mm! mm Um; urlum Maurie clvnumdu umrumdvv mui ismmimuwv .wriu m
run-nun. lmlmu-v in out fc-clcrul Minivan-wt uystcm gutting nvrinmzly an: m LI llcr.
w ullttt --I this (mlmlmu'tr arc must apparent in H!" Nation'x umtrupnhl m
.u'var: whvw w' Iiml .I wisnuuch .1! needs and rcaourccs--hulh fit... .uu: pm L-rul.
illihmuh "109:! wt Ann-riru'u mulch in lmmol in tiw nu-trolmlil'nu tit-win. ll... n'
mmhlv hm: umt lww' .H'I'Hud cffchWclv I'vcmwv rcmmu-crz I'xisl Mainly in nnv m'i
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of luriadictiona and the proble-e in another.
"The purpoae of thie report ie to outline the draatic and painful atepe
necessary to restore balance among levela of government in a say that will
permit local. State and national governmenta to deal meaningfully with urban
difficulties. A great many of the Coumlanion'a propoaala are directed toward
the Staten. they have life-or-death legal and (local authority over their
local government! and should exercise a pivotal role in urban affairs. Al-
though the Federal Government nuat also play a major role in this area.
Unablngtun simply lacks the power. personnel and perepoctive to achieve the
nrceaaory reordering oi governmental inatitntiona, policies and nothoda at the
Stnto and local involu."
lhe Advisory Clminaion on lntemchrmntal Relationa ia a Iii-neuter
Nntinnnl bipartisan body established by l'odoral law in 1959 to maintain con-
tinuing review of the relationships among Federal, State and local governannta.
Its uemherehip includoe xovcrnore. mayore. State logielatora. county officials
and representatives oi both Houses of Congroaa. the Federal executive branch
and the general public. [Rooter or (Rx-nieeion nelbora encloead.]
During lta lo-ycar hiatory the Commiaaion'a nenbarahip haa included some
n: tho countrv'a unlor political leaders. including Vice Preaident Agnew while
unvornor nl Maryland; Senator Edmund Muehlo; Governor Ncloon Rochefollor; nun
Srctututy purge Romney, and Coliiurnla Aaaonblynan Jena Unruh. The CaInllaion
ho- nemn Iml toy throv umlmn: frank lialw. tumor ill rector of the Council of
Stotn GnVornmontu; Pnrrin hryant, former Governor of Florida; and the present
(lurinnnn Rohort E. Horrinm who aerVod an Aaaiutant to President Eisenhower.
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Preparation of the new nary of Advlamamgcndntlons
on urban alfalra waa undertaken an a special project nadc pooclblc by a
grant fro. the Ford Foundatlon.
Rvntnrlg' Flscnl Balance
Tho Canal-clan ha: called (or o unaslvc rearrangement in the scale of
llscnl resourcva nvallablc to the three levels of government. lncludlns:
o-Pcdcral revenue sharln; with Statoa and major localltlca.
--Anuunptlon by thr federal Govornncnt of all costs of public
wrllnrc and mcdlcnld.
--Aununptlon by State government 01 aubutontlnlly all local costs
of publlc clvuvntnry and secondary education.
ooAdoptlon by Staten of blah-quallty. productlvc State-local
tnx syntrm. lncludlns norr lntrnnlvr use of the Income tox--tn
hr stlmulnlrd by a Federal lncumr tux crudlt-ound u ntrong brand-
bnuvd unlvu tun.
--Thnruuxhgnlux nvrrhnul of thv local property tax to vllwlnutu wtdc-
uprvnd lnvqulllvn and to lucrvunc lto producllvlly In Staten whvrr
It In now undrr-ullllzcd.
Hlthln (hr cnulrxl n! n newly hnlunvvd nyutou ul llncnl lvdvrnllum
ruvlnngrd hy Hu'(hmmh1|nn. nll wolfnrv and all or anal uchuol cunts would
Iu- llltvd nll tho property tax no that lt would an prlnarlly to support tho
rugulur urban uorvlcoa nnd meet the local nharo of Federal or State grants
for urban downlnpnunl.
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National and State urbanization Policies
The Commission has found that far too much urban development has been
disorderly. destructive. and ugly. and haa called for the fonnulation of a
National urban policy in Washington as well ea in each State capitol. This is
necesaary to assure that the tremendous acale of urbanization--involving more
than 100 million new people over the next few decadea--can be accelnndated.
A National urbanization policy could include:
-¢Pinancial incentives for industrial location and manpower training
in large city poverty areas and rural growth centers.
--Higration allowances to facilitate population movement from labor
aurplua to labor shortage areas.
--Horv governmental aid for family planning information to low-income
inmi 1 ion .
--va typvn of Federal support for large scale urban development in-
cluding the creation of new cunnunitics.
A State urbanization policy might well include comparable components.
A focal point of auch a policy would be the creation of an agency empowered
to acquire, hold, nite develop and aail off land to private developers {or
use in accordance with the Statea urbanization policy and with State, regional
and local land use plans.
Other meaaurea rocoumendod {or anointing urban growth are Federal and
Slate action for equitable relocation of peopla and huainoaaaa displaced by
governmental activity; an lncroaaad State role in building regulatinna: and a
recapturing hv the State of zoning authority aufficient to pravant the aplin-
toting oi the tax base in metropolitan araaa and to narrow the fiscal and aocial
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olltfm'cmcm lwtwcu central cities and lulmrlDO.
ttlvlllglnn the local (:mmrmncut Junglu
'w I'lmlsalml In: rctn'utcdly wpluulud that only the State. have llw
[N'Hl'l In clmm up llu- raw-hm um! clmutlr may at mu-rlnpplnp, loral mumm-
wum llml .qu.n.-u-rl.-.m mm of u- rmmlry'u mlor twtmwlunu anus. TM:
vlll rvqnlrr m'xol Stale-n tn mnvrlmnl llwlr cmmutntlunn and "Mules Au .1: to:
--('lm|n- Ilw Ian-,2 pmmrs nl' mom-ml pmpmw local ,zuvonum-Mu,
.mtlcmL-m,; Hum l. dvtcmuw mm mm annul structure. w-
umw nut-laud Innum M cunt rullluy, lmdl unvvnmmt tax and debt
lmwln, .md lllu-mlltv ammunition mocodurvs.
Aron I.-..n| cummtuvn Hi Ill .1" "arm-ml at wmpmm" for mount: the
I'llnlh'muw at mlonu growth lvv: MN In. In: cltyocmmty cmmnlldl-
(hm; .mllmrllean cumulus (u pvtluuul urlmu l'mvctlmul and In vulnhlhdc
ulnu'ollmllu m-rvlrv and taxlmz arc-MI: .mtlmrlwv lumtluu m non-tru-
pullhm clmrh't nmlsnlunu to Irma-p lm'al mwvrumont hlllwtnl ln
mo! I'Hpulllmb .uuuu; own-Harlan: wllul' cl! h-ec and urban mounter tn
(war-v nviglthlnvul "nub-muth ul )zuwonuwut ln urdt'l that dlsnlfrclml
rlllsmm mav lw lummlnl chva in and Inwlvvd ln Um prncmm 0! local
ch-nlm-nl; mcwhllm; fur wtrupulltun Imtctlnuul authorlth-u that
nl Io'r m'rvlnvu n-qulrlug uronwhlv llmulllmz; mu! antlull'lllnv, rronllom
ul l0v'_h~ll.ll vmmo'llu ul vlm'lml Ml h-lulu.
o-llall llw mulllrml Inn of hprc'l-ll olleIh-lu and ezmall lawfh-o'tlvn-
mun. .al lmul uzuwmmm'ul' in m-ltn'mllllm tin-am lw c-ululollnlulow.
vlmumv. Lunlanlyo In! Ilu' luruugnualluu ul new umulrumlil lvn: mn-
pmwc'luy, Slatv m real-null lummluw cumuluulmm In umunlld-Hv ur
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dissolve non-viable unit! and districts; and revising Stateaid
fernnlaa to eliminate or reduce allotments to local aovornaanta
that do not meet statutory atandarda of economic. geographic, and
political iuriadiction.
State Finnnctal Coanitaont
Repeated Conaission recoaaendations over the past ten years have urged
the States to break the pattern of years of apathy touard urban affairs. The
assistance for urban redevelop-eat. lou incoae housing. lass transit. and other
major city functions just as they havo heen paying for years a part of the bill
for State agricultural oxperiaent stations. county agents and rural roads.
States also should establish a departaent of community affairs to manage
their large-scale involve-eat in urban develop-ant and to provide technical
Jiihlancv to smaller aunicipulities and counties. The Calaission has urged
the rungress and the Federal ercutive Branch to hecnae more selective in laying
down patterns of lederai-Stnte relations. it has proposed that Federal funds
lnr urhan purposes flow through the State where. and only where. the State (i)
provide: adequate administrative machinery and (2) supplies fro. its can re-
vvnuvs at least half the nonoFederal share of required funds. In States which
choose not to meet these conditiona. a Federal-local relationship should obtain
uiih respect to the particular programs.
Curbing functional Government
A col-on the-e associated with aany of tho Connaaaioo'a proposals is a
move away from "functional guvernoent"--an institutional arrangement character-
i:vd by a chain of direct bederal-Ntntv local functional and professional cun-
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munication in the administration of grant programs. This "inactional autocracy,"
the Commission finds, bypasses in many instances the decision-making prerogatives
of legislative and executive officials at all levels of government. In order to
encourage stronger general purpose government and greater reliance upon politic-
ally responsinle cabinet ntficers. gchrnora. mayors. county commissioners. and
legislative leaders, the Commission recommends:
--Cranl Cunsnlldutlnn and overhaul at Federal and State levels.
--Shnrtuning thv hnllot and strengthening the planning and
budgeting prucruncs at the State level.
o-Curhinx and cnnuulidnting special purpose districts and authorities
at the local lrvul.
o-Pruvininu Governors with strong administrative reorganizatiOn
authority.
--aning Incal planning staffs responsible to political governing
hodion lnutead of independent commissions.
--lncrnssing the capability of State legislatures in the field of
Sintv planning and legislative oversight, including annual sessions.
vent-unnnd prnrnssional atairing and adequate compensation.
Copies of tho pnhllratlon are available from the Advisory Commission on
lntvrgnvcrnncntal Relations. Hashington. D. C. 20575
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