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again in 1951 when he visited him iri^ his private office in Westminister. '’*M
Byrd recalled that Churchill didl^ most of the talking expressing interest in Virginia and the Shenandoah*^ Valley. "***
And then Churchill said something that has always stuck with Byrd: » “The basic strength of America, in my «judgment, lies in the fact that the 48.*^ states, acting through their own legislative bodies, can to a very consider-'^ able degree determine their own locate problems. You are not centralized iil ^ America like we are in England."
Ironically, America subsequently became much more centralized in government, leading to the movement now afoot to cut the federal government down to size and return power to the states.
John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to 1st District ; Rep. Herbert H. Bateman. Opinions * j expressed are is own. - •> *
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