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these: the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace, as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; the regulation of commerce with other nations and between states; the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries." (Page 136 - THE FEDERALIST, edited by Lodge, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1888). Herein were named four specific objects to be served by federal union; the idea was that powers other than those named would be reserved to the states. Now I am not one who fails to recognize that the relation between federal government and states may change with the years. The relation does change and it is not my thought that the concepts expressed in THE FEDERALIST papers need remain the concepts of today. But we now face this question: Is the problem of providing for education so changed in its character that now it must be reckoned not as a local but as a national problem; and must it be financed, in part at least, from federal funds? If it must be done federally, what will it cost in terms other than money?

There is very much in this inquiry about which we must think. There is a drift to the concept that states, as states, are not able longer to meet many functions of government as they should. Education is not the only field that many times seems bigger than state governments can solve. For example, marriage laws would be simplified if federalized; corporation organization would be greatly strengthened, it seems, if made a federal rather than a state responsibility. It is obvious that there are many things which might be better done by national rather than by state control. But this following sentence from THE FEDERALIST says something

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