UF00083703_00102.pdf

UF00083703_00102.txt

UF00083703_00102_pdf.txt

AP L 1963

Honorable Raymond P. Shafer
Governor

State Capitol

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

Dear Governor:

As I said in my telegram of March 26. I am delighted to

learn of the action of the President in appointing y0u as a
Member of the Advisory Comission on intergovern-ntal Relations.

this Co-ission. as you know, deals with some of the most
difficult and complex problems and questions that confront us in
government today, and we are looking forward with great pleasure
to working with you on than.

Hr. Wm. G. Colman, the Executive Director of the Comission,
will be writing to you in the next day or so with background material
relative to the Commission, as well as travel forms and other
administrative matters.

The Werall responsibility of the Lomission as laid down
in its enabling statute is to m recoenandations to various
levels and branches of government on the specific problems of
intergovernsmntal relations. Lhe Comission's racomendations
may go to the Congress. the President, the Governors. the State
legislatures. governing boards of local govermnts. or cmblna-
tions of any of these. ma emission is an advisory body and
has no power except the power of persuasion. because of its
unique Lila in the American federal system, new Members are
usually innadiately concerned as to their roles as embers and
whether they are functioning in an official or individual
capacity. The legislative history ad the previous practice
of the (Emission place the role of the or as an individual
rather than an official representing a particqu jurisdiction,
constituency, lr department. Obviously, in many of his counts
the Hember will peak from the vantage point of a Cabinet office,
a Governor, or other official. the following excerpt from the
minutes of the July 1967 meeting appl ice to another aspect of
this general Question and reassures Members that their votes on
matters before the Comiaaion are not in any sense binding on

their future policy positions.

Honorabla lay-cod P. Shafar
Pass 2

"Kola of Caion m.

Pursuant to a quaatiaa raisad by Attormy General
Clark subssquant to the April l967 Iaatiu, Chairman
Bryant road a stat-ant clarifying tho status of Cos-nia-
sion odors in thair votas on particular iasuas. rha

Omission unanimously w to tha statanaat radio;
as follows:

linca thara an award as. Ida's, I
hava baan askad to rastats tbs unarsl undat-
standing of tho rola of Conisaioo nanbara
who ara an of Constass. haads o! radaral
aganciss. or o! Stata or local .ovaruasot
jurisdictions. Participation by such an
on dacisions or policy datarninatioos of the
Co-ission is understood as not pracludin;
indapoodaut considaratioa of such Iattars in
subsaquant votas in Courass or by thair
raspactiva aganciaa a jurisdictions in light
of tha particular oaasidaratioos partinaot to
chair own .ovarunantal rasponsibilitias."

It you want to [at in touch with I parsonally for any
raason prior to tha April ll mating. lay addrass in Jacksonville
is: 7ll Barnatt Bank Building. Jacksonvilla. Florida 32208
and my talsphona rut-bar than is Araa Coda 9 353-1266.

Vary but regards.

Sincaraly your: ,

l'arris Bryn:
Chairman




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