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After the end of World War I; we got the first

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edition of the model state constitution which proposed a

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unicameral system and that has continued through some six

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editions to be the position of the National Municipal

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League which sponsors the model state constitution.

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This was the only specific achievement during

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this period in our own country, that is, at the state

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level. It is notable that unicameralism was making dis-

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tinct gains in the provinces of Canada and that our cities,

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which has been referred to here already, were moving from

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a bicameral to a unicameral council.

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At this point, we stopped for a few years,

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until 1934, and through a period of about ten years, there

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were some very interesting things that happened.

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The first, of course, was the Nebraska vote.

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I watched this very closely, and maybe some of the rest of

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you did, but I recall these things which may be of inter-

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est to think of at this time. Some of the members of the

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group here were talking this morning about the fact that

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Nebraska had not always been as conservatively inclined

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as it is now, that there had been considerable liberal