Milford chronicle., 1958-01-24

come only If each person accepts
individual responsibility as per-
sonal challenge, he said. This is
not something we can leave to the
other fellow because the other fell
low is likely to be leaving it to US.
We are prone to make everybody's
business nobody's business, and
then nothing happens. What diff
ference we find when there is an
acute sense of personal RESPONSE
perhaps to follow, perhaps
to lead, but surely to participate.
"Some may object that the voice
of the individual is weak and fee
BILE and would never be heard above
the clamor OF the day. Suppose one
individual voice is joined by an
other, and another, and still an
other, until it becomes a mighty
chorus of thousands. Then it would
be the clamor of the day, and it
would be heard with Difference and
respect. What is more important,
it would be needed, for there is no
one who detects a ground swell
quicker that political leaders or
men in public office"
Pointing out that in Delaware's
educational institutions, profess
sions, and industry I'VE have re-
organized experts in virtually every
area of human knowledge" Mr..
DUPONT urged making use of their
talent and experience ito design
government geared to meel the
needs of the present and the future
rather than the past"
He reminded there is a prece-
/ dent for the kind of study he pro-
posed for Delaware in action twice
taken by Congress creating COM
missions on reorganization of the
Executive Branch of the Federal
Government.
1T seems to me such comlais-
sion could be most effective if kept
small-perhaps limited to five
members. The commission should
be authorized to call upon experts
in various fields as task forces &c
undertake specific studies in the
areas of their competence. The
findings and recommendations OF
the task forces would be submit
ted to the commission fol review
and decision. The ultimate action
taken, OF course, would be the re-
J sponsibility of the General AS
! sembly.
Now I am under no illusions
! about the difficulties inherent in
! this proposal. There are vested po-
litical interests in the state which
| ~ do II,
tions which might affect their areas
of power and control. Neither an
l naive enough to think we could
keep politics entirely out of this
but at least we could try. The goa
should be nonpartisan commits
! sion and a nonpartisan study, an(
hope you will note the deliberat,
use of 'nonpartisan' rather thar
= bipartisan
I'VE also should recognize thai
regional considerations have been
and are likely to continue to be, ar
obstacle to some reforms which
| may appear to be needed. Without
trying in any way to minimize this
problem, l have considerable faitf
it can be overcome through the
: fairness and intelligence of Del.
: aware citizens everywhere, es.
pecially if we are wise enough tC
have patience and to show consid-
Grafton"
4 Mr.. DUPONT said he believes en-
ployers il the state would be glad
to give experts time from their
regular duties to serve on COM
mission task forces, and in this
way, the cost of the study to the
taxpayers could be held to a mini
num-
, He added that doubtless there
may be alternative approaches tC
the problem which might be better
| suited to Delaware, saying, my
purpose in bringing the plan to
your attention is not to enlist your
support, but to enlist your interest
| hope it will start an argument in
which every citizen of Delaware
will take sides. That is the way to
progress, for / have little conf
dence much will be done until
more of our citizens are aroused
Continuing to stress the need for
acceptance of personal RESPONSE
bility by Delaware citizens, Mr.
DUPONT said:
IT may sound incredible, but
am enough of an optimist to be-
lieve that if we went about this
the right way, we could even have
our political parties competing for
the right to carry out reforms
which may be found to be desir-
able. l am also enough of real
ist, however, to concede the stress
es and pressures of partisan poll
tics are unlikely to permit this to
happen unless substantial num-
ber of voters speak up-not in an
ger, but with insistent determina-
tion."