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where the House of Lords was the tryer and the House of

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Commons decided whether the cause for impeachment existed.

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Your Committee has desired that the representatives of

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the people should be the accusing body and that the

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trial itself, the tryer of the facts, should be judges

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who perhaps by their temperament, by their experience, by

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their expertise, might be far removed from the political

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arena and not under the political pressures of the time

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and could perhaps more impartially and with more judicial

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knowledge try the situation.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.

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DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. Chairman, are you saying

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then that the proceedings brought by the House of

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Delegates would in no way be affected by politics?

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Boyer.

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DELEGATE BOYER: I can't say that, sir. I

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couldn't say anything which would or would not be

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affected by politics.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Malkus.

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DELEGATE MALKUS: My third question, Mr.

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President, or Mr. Chairman, rather, are you not taking