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put to the people at any time by a majority of the

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General Assembly, so truly if the situation should arise

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that great public issues are left unattended by the

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General Assembly, a bare majority of that Assembly can

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put it to a constitutional convention and the matter can

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be rectified.

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In short, whatever justification there once

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was for the constitutional initiative has since passed into

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history and is a memory with George Morris.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other Delegate desire

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to speak in favor of the amendment?

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Delegate Byrnes.

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DELEGATE BYRNES: I would point out to Delegate

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Scanlan and members of the Committee that we are living

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testimony and witness to the fact that, despite the fact

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we are now reapportioned, we do not leave the initiative for

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constitutional amendment with the Legislature.

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This very convention suggests at times the pepple must act.

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I think the essence of Dr. Winslow's proposition

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is that the people should retain the basic control over

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their basic law. We reject the initiative of legislation,