COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. COM. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

James H. McLean, County Sol., Loraine S. Tabakin, Asst. County Sol., Pittsburgh, for appellant in No. 161. Alfred W. Crump, Jr., County Sol., Reading, for appellant in No. 169. Robert L. Knupp, Asst. County Sol., Harrisburg, for appellant in No. 170. Alan J. Davis, City Sol., Pauline Cohen, Chief Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, for appellant in No. 171. John R. White, County Sol., Gettysburg, for appellant in No. 172. Paula D. Francisco, West Chester, for appellant in No. 173. Alex L. Bensinger, County Sol., Stroudsburg, for appellant in No. 174. Prince Altee Thomas, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellees. H. Reginald Belden, Jr., Greensburg, for Pa. State Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.