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REMARKS BY
HDIUIABLB PARRIB BRIAIT
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OI EMERGENCY PLANNING
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HABIIIGTUI GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE
ON FIDIIAL-SIAII RELAIIORS
OLYMPIA, ASKINGTON
MARCH 20, 1967
I'm happy to be in the State of Usahington, It is fitting that we hold
this meeting on Federal-State Relations in Olympia. Here in our northernmost
!Ici£ic State our democratic experiment was carried to what historians once
called our I'last frontier. That was before twentieth century science lifted
our horizons to the planets. It was before the airplane chopped days from the
. journey betveen the State of Washington and the Nation's Capital, Washington,
D. C. further binding our nation together.
That is why we are here today. We want to streamline and simplify our
federal-State relationships. we look toward a structure as modern as our age
and problems demand, yet as sound as the vision of Federalism conceived by
our forefathers and tempered to each new challenge which has faced our Nation
over 190 years.
Certainly your distinguished Governor, Daniel J. Evans, knows well the
problems of Iederalism in this last third of the twentieth century. He served
four terms in the State House of Representatives. He has served as the floor
leader of his party in the legislature. He has been a vigorous participant in
the deliberations of the National Governor's Conference. And by profession
and experience he was a practicing structural engineer in his earlier career,
.- which should eminently qualidy Governor Evans for whatever restructuring -
Federal, State or local will come under discussion today.
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The problems themselves are demonstrated in the statistics of those
relations. lbre than 1000 authorities exist for grant programs. At least
160 have been added since 1960. More than 1,000 new Federal development
districts, areas and regions have been funded. Last December, one of our
Governors reported to the Governors' Conference that "there are 170 separate
Federal aid programs being administered by 21 separate Federal departments
and agencies making grants to more than 200 agencies and aubdivisions"in
his State alone.
Here in Hashington, a highly productive State rich in agricultural,
industrial and mineral resources, Governor Evans and his administrative
family must live and work with about 160 separate rederal grant programs
providing more than 200 million dollars, and affecting every city and
county in the State.
All these figures underscore a serious question of centralization which
could weaken our Federal system if the States do not exercise affirmative
and aggressive initiatives in the management of these funds on the State
level. let me make abundantly clear my conviction that the State must con-
tinue to play a vigorous and vital role in our rederal system. It cannot
forfeit that responsibility despite the increase in Federal grants.
The fact is that State and local expenditures in these areas currently
exceed $75 billion each year, five times the amount contributed by the
Federal Government. And those State and local expenditures are expected
to reach $142 billion by 1975.
Clearly, it is the States playing their traditional role in the part-
nership which will determine the success of these efforts. There are two
' separate problems.
One -- the obvious problem -- is budgetary.
The other -- less obvious, and more important and difficult -- is the
administrative problem.
Neither of these problems is "political," for they are common.for
Republicans and Democrats.
neither of these problems is "deliberate," for they are the unintended
results of many separate actions by the Congress in the pursuit of diverse
but good goals.
Neither of these problems finds a natural or obvious solution within
the framework of our established institutions and practices.
One thing is clear: If we are to find a solution, a methodology mat
be formulated to insure the coordination of diverse claims, programs and
} administrations with related activities, shared concerns and similar respon-
sibilities within the State. It follows "as the night the day that this
cannot be done except thrOugh the Office and person of the Governor.
Essential to their solutions is adequate "communications." The Presi-
dent, in addressing the rederal Department heads on November 11, 1966, and
in his State of the Union Message January 10, placed great emphasis upon
that idea. He said, in part:
The 88th and 89th Congresses enacted more social and economic
legislation than any two Congresses in our history. But all
of this legislation will come to nothing unless it reaches the
people.
"Federal energy is essential. But it is not enough. Only a
total working partnership among Federal, State and local gov-
ernments can succeed. The test of that partnership will be
the concern of each public organization, each private institu-
tion, and each responsible citizen. ."
. We intend to work with the States and localities to do exactly
that.
And just a few weeks ago, President Johnson reaffirmed these sentiments
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in his Budget Message to the Gonfress. He said, in part:
" lOur agenda must give high priority to a stronger and more
effective rederal system of government in the United States.
To meet urgent and growing needs, the Federal Government is
providing a wide range of programs to assist State and local
governments. How the chief task is to manage these programs
efficiently at every level of government to assure the most
effective public services. .
QAnothsr aspect of the problem of intergovernmental coopera-
tion has been the process of consultation with elected
officials of State and local governments on matters concerning
the development and administration of Federal assistance
programs. Governors and local chief executives are responsible
for the management of their units of government. the Yederal
Government should take all practical steps to increase the role
of these executives in the administration of federally aided
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pray. e 0
He are here today to implement those ideas. Our objectives are simple:
1. To establish adequate communications. He went to he sure that we
. are all on the same frequency, that our earphones are plugged in, and that
everyone who should be heard has a working microphone.
2. To ensure coordination in process and purpose. That means putting
the Governor in the co-pilota seat.
While the President and the Governors are setting our course, the rest
of us can keep the ashtrays clean, and tigers in our tanks.
we have with us today a distinguished group of Federal officials. They
know their jobs. we hope this meeting, and the fallout from it, will enable
them to achieve a broader understanding of State problems than can be secured
from dealing exclusively with their special areas of concern.
I recognize the competence of Governor Evan's staff. With such a leader,
it could not be otherwise. we hope that they will acquire a better insight
into the underlying reasons for Federal procedures.
If this chemistry works, we will develop administrative initiatives
that will make possible the coordination we all seek.
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This is not Our first effort in the field of rederal-Btate relations.
We have over the past year:
V l. Bald a State legislative leaders' Conference in Washington -- the
first of its kind in history.
2. Arranged for President Johnson-to nest with the Executive and
Highway Safety Committees of the Governors' Conference and with Federal
Officials to discuss traffic safety. The suggestions node by the Governors
in these sessions were incorporated in the final legislation.
3. through Regional Offices of the Office of hergency Planning we
have maintained a two-stay dialogue with the States. 81 administers for
the President, funds nade available to the States in tines of natural disaster
and coordinates the activities of the entire Federal establith when Iajor
disasters are declared.
I. the Office of Emergency Planning has several other activities which
inset upon the Federal-State relationship. In the telecommunication field
we are loving forward with planning to improve cons-mications systems among
the various levels of Government. Bime law enforcement, education, water
development, transportation and air pollution are not bound by geographical
areas an assault on the problems requires the most efficient and swiftest
cal-unications facilities. In another on area, we are using our colputer
facilities and expertise to develOp a Data Casparahility Study of direct
interest to the States. In effect, this study looks to the sinplification
of standards and nomnclatures used by the fifty States. In countless in-
stances these definitions are different and not translatable unless the
criteria are thoroughly understood and programd. we do not want uniform
measuring rods, but it would be extrenely useful to know how one State's
masurenent can be expressed in terms of measurements used by other States.
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