Intergovernmental Cooperation in Planning ang Financing Programs ; An Outsider's Views

Abstract

Mr. Chairman and friends: It is indeed a great pleasure for me to participate as the only for ign speaker in this conference which deals with one of the most pressing administrative problems of the United States. I deem it a distinct privilege to come into contacts with must able leadlsrs and administrators as well as creative thinkers of Hawaii and the "Mainland." It is hardly necessary for me to add what a great delight it is for me to come back to your city, Mr. Mayor, and particularly on the campus of the East-West Center where I spent almost pleasant and fruitful time as a senior specialist a couple of years ago. Mr. Chairman, my assignment is to add an international perspective to the intergovernmental cooperation in planning and financing programs which, according to the prospectus of the conferernce, include "the use of planning for coordinated use of funds made available through great-in aid programs between different levels of government and international assistance." You would leadily agree with me that financial problems between the federal government and various states cannot be talked about in the same breath with these between different countries.