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It puts something in the legislature that should not be
there. I am opposed to it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gilchrist, you have
two minutes to allocate.
DELEGATE GILCHRIST: I allocate two minutes
to Delegate Marvin Smith.
DELEGATE M. SMITH: The arguments presented
against this and other plans have seemed to be based
on the size of the General Assembly and as I have
listened to them, they have been based primarily on the
premise that the present General Assembly is unwieldy
because of the House being based on two committees.
What kept going through my mind was why there
could not be three or four or five. I notice the
Eagleton Report which has just now been distributed to us
on page 25I suggests the possibility of five committees
in the House of Delegates.
I take cognizance of what has been said by
Delegates Hanson and James with reference to shirking of
responsibility and I will point out to you that the majority
report provides that the General Assembly shall prescribe |
