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<br />17;:'~., <br /> <br />')(),' -~ I. t ' ~ __M".~.f;_ ? <br />If.(U. t:i II uuta """'Y""'-_rr . <br /> <br />The following quotation from a statement by Robert F. Kennedy <br /> <br />when he was Attorney General of the United States describes the basic <br /> <br />policy of the Government on land acquisition for pUblic projects: <br /> <br />"w.u. e John Adamo ltemincU Uh that I plUJpe/Lty <br />mUht be ~ eCWled. OIl UbeJr.;ty cannot ewt I. <br />In oUIL CountJty the poweJt 06 govelU1mmt, <br />.ioeal., 6tate and 6edeJ/.a.t, mu6.t lte6pec.t <br />and pJtatec.t the U6e, UbeJt;ty and plUJpe/Lty <br />06 OUIL cUizeYLl>. <br /> <br />"TheJte Me, howeveJt, c.elLttUn vdal. gOVe!ln- <br />me.n.ta.t 6W!cti.oYlh e6HnUa1. to .the ~ UlLviva1., <br />.the geneJ/.a.t wel6Me and .the plloglte66 06 the <br />Nation whic.h JtequiJte !and--Jpeci6.i.c. !and. <br />A mU.Jde mUht have a .ta.W!cJU.ng J.i..te; a <br />highwClIJ, a Ir.oadbed; a 6lood c.on.tll.o.i and <br />wateJt c.OYLl>eJtva..ti.on plUJjec.t, a lte6eJtvoVr. <br />ba6in. Folr. the bene6.i..t 06 a..e..e. .the people, <br />individua..t c.onveMeJtc.e mUht oc.caL>ionaU.y <br />yield. <br /> <br />"WheJte plr.oglr.e66 a.nd plLi.vate plUJpeJr.;ty c.oWde, <br />oUIL GOVeIU1mmt, autholLi.zed by .the duty <br />elec.ted .II.epJte6 enta.tiVe6 06 .the people, dOe6 <br />not c.on6.u. c.a.te pltOpeJr.;ty, a6 the tota..U.t.aM.a.no <br />do. It ell:c.hange6 the 6a.-Vt caL> h maJt1<.e.t va1.ue <br />06 the pJtOpeJr.;ty nOIl .the pltOpe/Lty -U6el6. <br />WheJteveJt p06Jib.te, the UnUed State6 buy~ -U6 <br />.ta.nd neecU. Bu:t.i..t a6 k6 no owneJt to .I e.U who <br />.V:, not .la.tU. 6.i.ed U:dleJt wWl .the autholLdlf 06 <br />.the GoveJtWl1ett.t to ac.quiJte hi./, p.ll.ope/Lty Olr. .the <br />money 066eJted 60.11. -U6 pUILc.hiUe." <br /> <br />12 <br />