COMMISSION ON CONSTITTJTIONAL REVISION Seated, from lefti Genevieve Blat& Horace Stern, vice-chairman, Robert E. Woodside, chairman, Robert D.

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1 THE COMMISSION The Honorable Robert E. Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania Chairman of the Commission The Honorable Horace Stem Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Vice Chairman of the Commission Senator Robert D. Fleming Member, Senate of Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commission 0 Lientenant General Milton G. Baker Superintendent, Valley Forge Military Academy The Honomble Genevieve Blatt Secretary of Internal Affairs Matthew A. Crawford, Esq. Vice President and General Counsel, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Tbe Honorable Richardson Dilwortb Mayor of Philadelphia Dr. Jefferson B. Fordbam Dean, University of Pennsylvania Law School Mr. George R. Lamade Publisher, GTit Mrs. Mitchell MacCartney President, Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women Dr. M. Nelson McGeary Head, Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University Mrs. Robert L. McGeeban Second Vice President ( ), Pennsylvania League of Women Voters Philip Price, Esq. Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers and Rhoads The Honorable 0. Jacob TaUman Former Member, Senate of Pennsylvania Butz, Hudders, Tallman and Rupp Tbe Honorable Edwin W. Tompkins Member, House of Representatives of Pennsylvania

2 COMMISSION ON CONSTITTJTIONAL REVISION Seated, from lefti Genevieve Blat& Horace Stern, vice-chairman, Robert E., chairman, Robert D. Fleming, secretary, Gwendolyn W. MacCartoey. Standing: 0. Jacob Tallman, Jefferson B. Fordbam, George R. Lamade, M. Nelson McGeary, Harriet McGeehan, Philip Price, Edwin W. Tompkins, Matthew A. Crawford, Richardson Dilwortb. Milton G. Baker was absent when the picture was taken.

3 THE COMMITTEES Committee on Organization and Procedure Fordham, Chairman Crawford Fleming Stem Committee on Education and Social Welfare Baker, Chairman Lamade Stem Committee on The Executive Fleming, Chairman Baker Blatt Dilworth McGeary Committee on The Judiciary and Human Rights Stern, Chairman Dilworth McGeehan Price Committee on The Legislative Tompkin,s, Chairman Crawford Fleming Fordham Tallman Committee on Local Government Blatt, Chairman Fordham Lamade MacCartney McGeary Committee on State Finance C!r;;!r;dA Chairman Price Tompkins Committees cm Suffrage and Elections and Amendment and Revision Talhnan, Chairman ite2zeiy 6

4 THE STAFF Severino Stefanon - Executive Director S. Edward Hannestad, Counsel Bruce E. Cooper, Assistant Counsel Dr. Richard A. Edwards, Consultant l ResearchAasistants Allen W. Burns, for Herbert E. Hays, for The Executive Sufrage and Elections W. H. Clay Keen, for The Legislative Harry A. Kitey, for Local Government Dr. Edward B. Logan, fur State Finance Donald S. Smith, for Local Government statisticians. Charles F. Burnheimer Kenneth I. Woodhall Stella Friedman, Secretary Theresa M. Breski, Stenographer Mary B. Kaminski, Stenographer

5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In preparation of this report the Commission has had invaluable assistance from many sources for which it is deeply grateful. Particular recognition is given to the Pennsylvania Economy League for putting its research facilities at the disposal of the Commission. The Committee on State Finance was aided materially by the able assistance of Dr. David H. Kurtxman and Mr. David R. Baldwin. The Committee on Local Government received many valuable services from Mr. John W. Ingram, Mr. Robert S. Lewis, and Mr. Fred E. Hershey. The Commission is also indebted to Dr. John H. Ferguson, Budget Secretary, Representative Norman Wood, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Truman B. Thompson, Secretary of the House Committee on Appropriations, Attorney General Thomas D. McBride, Deputy Attorney General Harrington Adams and Deputy Attorney General George Keitel for their generous assistance in its studies in the field of state finance. Numerous individuals and organizations have been helpful in studying preliminary proposals and making their comments available to the Committees. George F. Baer Appel, Esq., Mr. S. Edward Moore, Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, Thomas Raebum White, Esq., the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs gave the Commission much of their time. The Bureau of Municipal Affairs was most helpful, as were all other departments within the state government to whom a request for assistance was addressed. The Commission recognizes the generosity of the Charles Fremont Taylor Trust of Philadelphia which made a grant of $5,000 available to the Commission for research on the subject of home rule for cities and other local communities. The Commission appreciates, too, the encouragement received from many sources, particularly The Pennsylvania League of Women Voters. The interest shown by many organizations, at the public hearings and subsequent thereto, has been stimulating. The Commission is grateful for all of these expressions of interest in its work.