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the various alternatives; so that an ultimate Consti-

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tution Commission would deal with the problem.

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We are going to turn here to question 5. It

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seems to me that there are other alternatives in that

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also, that is, whether to include a provision establish-

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ing general legislation in terms of city sizes and county

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sizes, on the one hand, or whether to leave this problem

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for the Legislature. That does not exhaust the possi-

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bilities at all.

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There could be, with respect to the second one,

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some guidance for the Legislature. My own philosophy

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really runs along the idea of a broad Constitution which

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permits a very good deal of flexibility, but has in it a

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minimum of inflexibility. So, if someone says, a new

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development turned up in the space age, let us work that

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out within the institutions of the State, would be my

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philosophy, rather than saying we must amend the Con-

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stitution because we didn't think of that. That is why

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I think a broad Constitution would be appropriate, with-

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out getting to relative inflexibility.

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You see, question 5 presents some inflexibility