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plate substantial percentage increases over the preceding budget.

Many of these increases (as well as increases in revenues) are due to inflation. It is necessary in each budget to provide increases for salaries of state employees to offset inflation and to be competitive with similar jobs in private business and industry.

Welfare reform is one of the major issues facing the 1974 General Assembly. In 1972, I was one of those initiating a resolution to study the administration of welfare programs in Virginia. This committee has made its report which is now in the process of being published and there are many

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