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Deon Fordham, I am going to ask you to comment

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and tell us why you finally came to the conclusion and

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drafted the language which you did as it is set' forth in

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the new model constitution.

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DEAN FORDHAM: You are not going to confine me

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to that? May I range beyond that?

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THE CHAIRMAN: You may range in any direction

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as you more or less gathered here.

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DEAN FORDHAM: May I ask Mr. Melvin to qualify

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something? He said he could not be persuaded in effect

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the residual powers theory is a sound one. You will lis-

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ten to me, won't you?

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MR. MELVIN: I will.

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DEAN FORDHAM: There was one thing my esteemed

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colleague, Dr. Loevy, said I would like to comment on at

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this junction in a preliminary way. He referred twice to

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the question whether there was any guarantee that change

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would be fruitful and constructive.

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I don't know how, any way of demonstrating. that.

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You have to take some of these things on the basis of the

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best judgment you can muster without scientific demonstrati



 

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