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had to be made and substantial changes would have to be

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made in this State or any other. Now, that is nothing

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insurmountable, but that is a little proposal.

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There was a proposal for unicameralism in the

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1937 sessions of the legislatures in twenty-two states,

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but nothing happened. Because of this widespread inter-

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est, the Council of State Governments instituted some

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polls. I don't know how much polls are worth. I think

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all of us have our doubts about their validity and their

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usefulness, but it is rather interesting sometimes to

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see what happens as a result of the poll that is properly

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conducted. They got the American Political Science

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Association to make a poll of its members and the political

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scientists were, and I think probably still are, about

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nine to one for unicameralism. The Council made a poll

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of the legislators, the result of which you might predict;

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it resulted in a vote of nine to one against.

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I say, I don't know how significant that was,

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or either of these were, but it is interesting, and for a

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long time I was inclined to side with the legislators.

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During a period of my life, I have had rather