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Using roughly 52, 35 or 34 as the maximum number
of people that you can place upon a committee for effective
committee work, it seems quite obvious that the number
you would want to strike in the House is about a hundred and
in other words, it is very close to the 105 figure.
I do believe from the point of view of effective
committee work, 144 is too high. I say 144 again because
I am convinced that that will be what will happen under
this amendment.
There are those in this House who believe 142 is
high. Certainly 144 is just a little bit higher yet.
I should also point out in order to accomplish
keep in the House at 144, there would have to be a reduction
of seven members in the Senate, the present Senate being
43 and to get the four-to-one ratio, which would be
required to preserve the House at 144, you would have to go
to 36.
As Delegate Hanson has pointed out, this
provides the most obvious form of inter-house warfare and
by its very nature suggests a stalemate.
I do not think we ought to provide the materials |
