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THE CHAIRMAN: Does anybody else desire to
speak in favor of the amendment?
DELEGATE DORSEY: Mr. Chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Dorsey.
DELEGATE DORSEY: Mr. President, I was a member
of this body in the session of 1931 and 1935, when the
population of this State was just a little over a million
people. The membership of this house then was 123. My
good friend, Glenn Beall, and Stuart Bushong, who were members
of the General Assembly at that time,will testify that it
operated in an efficient manner and was not unwieldy.
Now that the population of this State has more
than tripled, the leadership here now is trying to reduce
the membership even lower than it was when there were only
a little over a million people in this State.
You have called, Mr. President, to the atten-
tion of this body what happened in New York yesterday.
If we want to present to the people of this State a
draft which they can vote for, we should not deny them a
voice in representative government.
If you reduce this number to that brought in |
