305

1	his record and leaving the terms where they are. You
2	are not creating any material change here.
3	MS. MARTINEAU: I don't think one year before
4	election is long enough.
5	JUDGE CARTER: Leave it at 15 years and one
6	year. The only thing you are changing --
7	JUDGE CLAPP: There is probation there.
8	MS. MARTINEAU: The Committee doesn't feel
9	that the one year is long enough.
10	JUDGE PROCTOR: Is your main fear that the
11	judge is going to soldier on the job if he has a 16-year
12	term rather than 12?
13	MR. MARTINEAU: I think we have had enough
14	experience in the State that the judge is elected and he
15	says, I am elected for 15 years, and you can't tell me
16	what to do.-
17	JUDGE PROCTOR: Won't he do the same thing
18	if elected for 12?
19	MR. MARTINEAU: I am for reducing it even fur-
20	ther.
21	JUDGE BRUNE: May I join those who suggest it