The able Senator argued that the public authority of a State should have some say about whether the Federal Government could come in and establish in that State programs which in one way or another might prove inimical to the best interests of the State. There was practically no discussion of this proposal and it was accepted. The following day the Senate had before it a proposal by the senior Senator from New York . which would have permitted a State to take over the administration of community action and migrant labor programs in that State if it so desired. If it did not so desire. the Office of Economic Opportunity could go ahead and put those programs into operation itself. In short. the State was given an option to act. if the State was passive. the Federal Government could step in.