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1923, wasn't it, Mrs. Freedlander?

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MRS. FREEDLANDER: I thought it was recent.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Or somewhere in the early part

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of the 20's, relatively recently. So, a lot of us know

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about it.

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DR. MICHENER: Now, after refuting the claims

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for bicameralism, the unicameralists make certain positive

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attacks on the bicameral system and the first of these and

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foremost among them is the conference committee which is

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heavily attacked. Every time you read some material pre-

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pared by unicameralists, they attack the conference com-

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mittee on the ground that the conference committee operates

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in secret. It is not accountable to the people and the

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populous as a whole cannot find out what happened in the

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committee, who has spoken for the particular direction by

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the conference committee, and that it is a secret legis-

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lature to the effect that you cannot hold anyone to account

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and that it permits the legislature to do all sorts of

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things they could not do if the legislature had to stand

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up and each member be counted for his position.

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MR. ENEY: Dr. Michener, the conference committee