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in the Constitution. It is very important to us, for

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instance, to know your views with respect to the con-

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stitutional provisions as to the Executive Department,

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as to the counterbalancing of the legislative versus

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the executive, judiciary, and so forth. So, don't feel

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hampered. The guidelines that are here are merely

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starters, more than anything else.

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I am sure you all know Dr. Bard and, without

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more ado, I will turn the meeting over to you, Harry.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Vernon. I would

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like to make just a few brief remarks and then I think

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we can dig right into our assignment. First let me

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reiterate what Mr. Eney, our Commission Chairman, has

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said, namely that we are deeply grateful to all of you

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for being here and I might add we are also very grateful

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to you for furthering the powers of this Commission in

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making certain that certain bills were passed that put

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us into motion.

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Today we shall be largely concerned with

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questions that were put together by the Committee on the

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Legislative Department. Now, while it is true that most