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note it is a very definite compromise of all positions

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heretofore taken.

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I point out for your very earnest considera-

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tion the fact that our present Constitution contains a

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right of removal in civil cases .

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I am confident that most lawyers will agree

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that if you delete something, something of this nature

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from the Constitution, or for a matter when you delete

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anything from the Constitution, it takes on a far

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greater meaning than if it had not been placed in the

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Constitution in the first place. In other words, I submit

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to you that if we eliminate this right of removal in civil

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cases, it will be argued, and succinctly, I am afraid,

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that this Constitutional Convention has gone on record

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to delete the right of removal in civil cases .

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I am certain that each and every one of you

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do not want to create a situation of that nature.

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I should also like to point out to the

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proponents of deleting this subject matter in the Con-

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stitution the fact that by doing so they may very well

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be precluding the Court of Appeals by rule to operate in