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1	will come a time when in the checks and balances of the
2	thing, the Legislative Committee will have to be passed
3	upon, or its recommendations, by the Commission at large.
4	So, rather than being committed to a position, I'd like
5	to just think out loud.
6	It seems to me that the checks and balances
7	in a bicameral system is a means of evading responsibilities
8	and I feel very pleased to hear Mr. Emanuel express him-
9	self along the line of having a General Assembly which
10	will be dealing v/ith matters of Statewide import rather
11	than local matters and divorcing that General Assembly
12	from local considerations and local legislation, because
13	that then ties in very definitely with the political
14	subdivisions and local legislation committee function,
15	where we are trying in every way possible to accomplish
16	that very purpose; and one of the recommendations of that
17	committee has been mandatory home rule.
18	Now, we're not saying specifically what kind
19	of home rule. We're only saying home rule for all
20	counties, and we also have come up with a recommendation
21	that the basic political subdivision shall be the county