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That there is a critical need to integrate local gov org in the metropolitan areas has become an article of faith with practically all who are concerned with Ur affairs. Such integration is, however, virtually impossible in practice, because of the implications for the pol'al position of the major parties. In general the large cities are heavily Democratic (D) & the subUr rings heavily Republican (R). It seems likely that the central cities will become more & more D. Those who are leaving them for the suburbs include a disproportionate number of R's & of the upward mobile people who are likely to become R's. Their places are taken almost entirely by poor whites from the South, Negroes, Puerto Ricans & Mexicans. At least 80% of these are normally D. These facts suggest that for many yrs to come it will be difficult or impossible to integrate local gov's where the two-party system operates, for consolidation of the cities with the counties in which they are situated to form a single metropolitan area gov would lead to the loss of D bastions, & city-county separation would deprive the D's of the influence they now possess in the counties in question. Even apart from party diff's, certain other natural diff's of interest, for example in the field of public transportation, oppose the pop's of the central cities & those of the suburbs. Consequently the only solution in sight for the realization of area-wide planning & administration even in special fields lies in the cooperation of strong mayors & strong governors engaged in pol'al give & take. IPSA.