An important point to note is that the concept
of a country is fairly new; I have read, and agree, that modern states did not become such an important
unit of human
organization until the Great Depression in the 1930s;
at that time the problems facing them - broken economies and socialist movements - the country
level government was the only
organization existing that could solve these problems while the existing power structure stayed in power.
(B)(i) that such
unit shall be located
at an organizational
level and shall have an organizational status within such State agency comparable to that
of other major organizational
units of such agency, or (ii) in the case
of an agency described in clause (1)(B)(ii), either that such
unit shall be so located and have such status, or that the director
of such
unit shall be the executive officer
of such State agency; except that, in the case
of a State which has designated only one State agency pursuant to clause (1)
of this subsection, such State may, if it so desires, assign responsibility for the part
of the plan under which vocational REHABILITATION services are provided for the blind to one organizational
unit of such agency, and assign responsibility for the rest
of the plan to another organizational
unit of such agency, with the provisions
of this clause applying separately to each
of such
units; provide for financial participation by the State, or if the State so elects, by the State and local agencies to meet the amount
of the non - Federal share; provide that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions, except that in the case
of any activity which, in the judgment
of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the vocational REHABILITATION
of substantially larger numbers
of handicapped individuals or groups
of handicapped individuals the Secretary may waive compliance with the requirement herein that the plan be in effect in all political subdivisions
of the State to the extent and for such period as may be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, but only if the non - Federal share
of the * cost
of such vocational REHABILITATION services is met from funds made available by a local agency (including, to the extent permitted by such regulations, funds contributed to such agency by a private agency,
organization, or individual);