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extensive contacts with legislators in many states. I

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don't know very many now personally, but I did know quite

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a few for a period of time due to my connection with the

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Council and then, after World War II, when we were setting

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up the National Legislative Council Conference; in the

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course of these years, I talked with many legislators

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about this and, of course, the ones who take part in

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Council activities in the National Legislative Conference

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and such organizations are, for the most part, the cream

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of the crop and very, very few of them were favorably

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disposed to unicameralism.

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You might say it was because they were familiar

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with the other system. I don't think it was only that.

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I couldn't help feeling, though, that their experience,

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and these were the more able members of the legislative

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fraternity, I couldn't help but feel that their views

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were entitled to some serious consideration. Anyway,

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Nebraska adopted it and the thing was successful there

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and has been, and I think there is no argument on that

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whatsoever.

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Professor Senning who is a member of the