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the General Assembly to appoint some officers also under
your proposal.
DELEGATE MARION: If they would so provide, yes
I think that would be possible. I am not sure that is
desirable but all I am trying to get at is what seems
to be an ambiguity in the words "its officers," since
having read that far in the proposal, I don't see that it
has any officers.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr.Chairman, in opposition
to the proposed amendment on the same basis with
which I opposed an earlier amendment, that being that
we must draw some clear lines of authority. I can think
of no valid reason why a commander-in-chief would delegate
the appointment of those under him to some other agency.
Nor do I think it right to allow another branch of
government to appoint those people.
I can see all types of abuses that might develop
from this. I think it would be foolhardy to establish a
principle where generals might appoint those under them.
I can see all kinds of abuses under this. Likewise, I |
